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Starting off in business is not easy. For the author, a terrible job became an opportunity to start a small business

Sit in on any meeting at Reckitt Benckiser in Slough, west of London, and you’ll get some valuable insights on the changing global workplace and the art of finding a job. This rapidly growing consumer products company prides itself on attracting top executives whose instincts are honed for mobility, global adaptation and data-driven rationality.

New York City's mayor laughed it up at TechStars Demo Day, claiming the Bloomberg TV show resembles the Jersey Shore and that start-ups should grow to pay "a lot of taxes." New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg stepped in front of dozens of young entrepreneurs and hundreds of investors Tuesday and joked about the Jersey Shore and taxes. This was the prelude to TechStars Demo Day in New York City, where 31 start-up founders graduating from the incubator would be presenting their ideas to would-be funders

To create what will be, you must remove yourself from the constant concern for what already is.

From drinkable rainwater to preventing suicide, India's ideas competition--powered by the country's largest automaker--is driving new innovations to "help India rise." India is a fast-growing developing nation, but the country still faces plenty of challenges, including contaminated drinking water, polluted air, and a lack of infrastructure.

I set out to find the best process for managing projects, but couldn't. That's because the best ones are all DIY. However, I did discover a theme: A bias toward action

Lady Ada Lovelace was a contemporary and colleague of Charles Babbage , he innovator of the programmable

Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, is the author of the best-selling books, “How the Mind Works,” and “The Blank Slate.” But he is also a public intellectual, devoted to bringing the ideas of academia to questions of broad public interest. His latest work is an ambitious attempt to understand the origins, history--and perhaps the future--of human violence.

It's near the end of Steve Cohen's chamber magic show , and he reaches for his legendary teakettle. Yeah--here it comes.

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How Eric Ryan of Method created a strong culture An offbeat culture and an obsession with product design helped turn Method, a San Francisco-based soapmaker, into a $100 million company. In a new book, The Method Method, co-founders Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry lay out their approach to creating a company in which flash mobs and dance parties are routine occurrences.

Jen Bilik, founder of the stationery and gift business Knock Knock, considers herself the company's "creative monarch." Jen Bilik calls herself a productive procrastinator. She took time off from her work as a freelance book editor in 2002, intending to write an illustrated memoir about high school.

Some businesses are using social networks to find mentors for their staff. Kathleen Lim wanted to move up the learning curve.

Fun apps for your phone aren't the only startups that need financial support. These four companies will now have the opportunity to get funding for their ideas to change the face of energy use. It's a rough world out there for cleantech startups

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