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Time is running out to register for Innovation Uncensored in San Francisco. We're only three weeks away and we're excited! Can you blame us? The CEOs of eBay, Ticketmaster, SolarCity, craigslist, Virgin America, Startup America Partnership, Erly, Livestrong, and Path are coming.
Read More »Becoming More Skype Savvy via Recording Apps
I conduct many interviews via phone, such as with Clayton Christensen , Sunni Brown , MailChimp’s CEO Ben Chestnut , Adrian Slywotzky and Geoffrey Moore . I love phone interviews because I can learn a plethora of information from really interesting people in a fairly short period of time.
Read More »Becoming More Skype Savvy via Recording Apps
I conduct many interviews via phone, such as with Clayton Christensen , Sunni Brown , MailChimp’s CEO Ben Chestnut , Adrian Slywotzky and Geoffrey Moore . I love phone interviews because I can learn a plethora of information from really interesting people in a fairly short period of time.
Read More »Nobel Dreams: 2011 Physics Prize Honors Accelerating Universe
A few years ago, soon after moving to Los Angeles, an old grad school buddy of the Time Lord came to town, Brian Schmidt, and we took him to a nearby tapas eatery for nibbles and pisco sours. I remember they were shooting a scene from a Will Smith movie that night, so nearby storefronts were riddled with fake bullet holes, and the odd fake gunfire and explosion interrupted our conversation.
Read More »Four Steps to the Perfect Power Lunch
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Read More »How I Structure Innovation
Merisant CEO Paul Block says rather than leave innovation and inspiration to a whim, structure your company and empower employees to think toward the future. The assumption that inspiration only requires people in a room and a conversation is completely false. To channel inspiration and bring innovation to a company, you need a logical structure and organization.
Read More »How Many Slaves Are Working For You?
A new website and mobile app looks at your purchases and determines the amount of forced labor that's gone into everything you own. The number may surprise you.
Read More »6 Branding Ideas From Jay-Z and Kanye West
Jay-Z and Kanye West released one of the most anticipated albums on the year, Watch the Throne.
Read More »AdverseEvents: Why Big Pharma Is Scared Of This Startup
By taking lists of potential side effects out of the hands of the drug makers, the startup is letting people know what their pills might be doing to them in a more open way than big pharmaceutical companies ever have. Last week during a Republican debate, as you may have heard, Michele Bachmann claimed that the HPV vaccine Gardasil can cause mental retardation. Prozac and other antidepressants are often linked to suicide .
Read More »[UPDATED] Join Fast Company For Coffee And Conversation At Bryant Park!
We're excited to announce the final Breakfast Briefings session in partnership with Bryant Park. Join us on Tuesday, September 27 for an engaging conversation with MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman. What surprises and challenges are in store for MLB.com as they gear up for the Playoffs and World Series?
Read More »Kiva City: Using Microloans To Revitalize Small Businesses In Struggling American Cities
Building off its incredible success funding entrepreneurs in the developing world, the microloan company has turned its eye toward America, where it is giving loans in cities like New Orleans and Detroit. Microfinance platform Kiva has proven many times over that people are willing to give $25 microloans to entrepreneurs in developing countries .
Read More »The Best Social CRM Programs
New Social CRM software is being developed everyday.
Read More »Clinton Talks Job Creation
Yep, it's still the economy stupid, and the former president is talking small business and job creation at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. With job creation at the heart of the economic discussion in America, former President Bill Clinton will soon be joining the conversation in a big way
Read More »Facebook To Launch Crowdsourced Ad Format Next Week
What do you do if creative agencies are constantly bugging you to create new ways to promote brands on your network? Hold a competition
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