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For most executives, sizing up the competition means reading white papers or paying researchers to conduct market analyses.

The leaves are turning as I write in early October. Also turning is my stomach, from the accounts coming out of something called the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C

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You have to be yourself to make your own way in the business world. We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from Free Agent Nation (2001) by Daniel H. Pink.

This month's The Muppets movie tries to reverse decades of brand mismanagement. table p {font-size:15px !important;line-height:1.3em !important;padding:8px !important;} THE FAULTTHE FIX Selling out Some fans balked in 1996, when their beloved Miss Piggy started shilling for Baked Lays, and then again in 2006, when she appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial to sing suggestively about "Cheesy Bites." Kermit's bizarre Ford Escape Hybrid ads didn't fare much better.

Andrew Yang founded Venture for America to tackle unemployment, one aspiring entrepreneur at a time. Andrew Yang wants to create jobs. Specifically, 100,000 U.S

If Startup America is to succeed, it needs start-ups to eschew the Bay Area. But there's no shortage of skeptics in the idea a "Silicon Prairie" will emerge

The retail music landscape may be walking dead, but the carefully curated soundtracks to the Twilight franchise are alive and well, thanks to music supervisor Alex Patsavas "marriage" of story and song, featured in the upcoming Breaking Dawn--Part 1. Darkness may have washed over the retail music landscape (RIP, Tower Records ; Fare thee well, Virgin Megastore ), but hordes of teenagers dressed in black and clutching hardcover books nonetheless descended upon Hot Topic stores in malls across America last weekend for a nationally synchronized CD listening party. On November 5th , Twi-hards, those obsessive, dedicated fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series and the blockbuster movies it spawned, gathered to listen to the soundtrack to Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1, just as they had in 2008 , 2009 , and 2010 .

Mike McQueary's failure to stop the crime he witnessed was tragic, but not unusual. How can you be sure your employees would have done better?

Welcome to another edition of Starred , where we take you deep inside the inboxes of our favorite CEOs, entrepreneurs, and VCs.

"The military has learned that when you seed an economy, people will put down their guns," says Connie Duckworth . "That’s why the Marines asked me to don 30 pounds of body armor to meet with them in Helmand Province in Afghanistan," where she had established Arzu Studio Hope , an artisanal rug manufacturer that employs 1,000 women, who in turn support 4,000 family members in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is officially the worst place in the world for women, according to a 2011 study by Thompson Reuters Trust Law.

Haters gonna hate. But in recent history, no brand's been on the receiving end of consumer vitriol like Ticketmaster

Haters gonna hate. But in recent history, no brand's been on the receiving end of consumer vitriol like Ticketmaster. Its CEO Nathan Hubbard has witnessed firsthand just how intense the loathing can get

Who shot first, Han Solo or Greedo? If you’re a diehard Star Wars fan, you know the answer is Han Solo.

If you've had it up to here with Ticketmaster's insane fees, or you're looking to buy or sell tickets to your school's bake sale, your band's concert, or a local cooking class, Eventbrite is for you. Ticketmaster, dubbed the " most hated brand in America " by Fast Company, has historically left much to be desired from a user standpoint, with its eye-popping service fees and market stranglehold on large events that makes them damned near impossible to avoid. Meanwhile, a massive part of the ticketing market has been virtually untapped--Ticketmaster will get you into the U2 and Sting megatours, but if you're looking to sell or buy tickets for a knitting class, an obscure music festival, or a neighborhood nonprofit fundraiser, forget it.