Mark Zuckerberg, oft-parodied young CEO, didn't build the most important company of the Internet era by accident. How he fashioned Facebook--and himself--for success. From studying leaders he admired to taking elocution lessons, Zuckerberg made his evolution into a world-class CEO a personal project
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If your growth has stalled, encouraging innovation on the front line will make all the difference. This past week, our team was working with members of a family-owned manufacturing business who had watched their product sales shrink over the past 10 years. Highly motivated to keep sales up as their core profitable products started to lose traction, they took whatever work they could find.
Read More »Don’t Build Products. Build Platforms.
Google, Facebook, and Apple all went from single products to entire ecosystems. Five reasons why you should be just as ambitious.
Read More »4-Step Entrepreneur Screening Test
Do you think like an entrepreneur? Test yourself against these four simple points.
Read More »Turns Shipping Containers into Med Clinics: G3Box
Through their young company, Gabrielle Palermo and her three co-founders are donating clinics to those in need. In 2009, Gabrielle Palermo entered Arizona State University to pursue a medical degree because she wanted to help people in need
Read More »The Smartphone Revolution Is Over (For Now)
Ahead of the Mobile World Congress event next week dozens of new smartphones are being revealed or teased to stir up the tech press, get potential customers excited, and, of course, drum up sales.
Read More »If Your Company’s Culture Needs A Shot In The Arm, Do The Huddle
Steal this idea: At method, we have a special--and easy to replicate--way of keeping corporate culture humming even as the company grows.
Read More »London Calling: New Home for Start-ups?
Welcome to the "Silicon Roundabout," which is luring young companies with government funding, Google-sponsored office space, and a new start-up competition. The start-up scene in London may not be as well known as the hotbeds of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley or New York City, but it is striving to offer entrepreneurs looking to launch companies a buzzing business environment.
Read More »Apple CEO Tim Cook On Cheap iPad Knockoffs: "You Hate It"
Apple CEO Tim Cook made a rare appearance today at Goldman Sachs' technology and Internet conference. During the presentation, Cook spoke on everything from supplier working conditions to the demise of the PC industry
Read More »What Obama’s Budget (And A Second Term) Would Do For U.S. Innovation
If Barack Obama is reelected, what would it mean for innovation, startups and science in America? His newly proposed budget--as well as past actions--offer clues
Read More »Ford’s Nancy Lee Gioia On Leading Where The Rubber Meets The Road
In her 30 years with Ford Motor Company, Nancy Lee Gioia’s learned a thing or two about teamwork, sparking innovation, and being a driving force in what was once considered a man's industry.
Read More »Inside INTERPOL’s New Cybercrime Innovation Center
INTERPOL, the international policing agency, is opening a massive innovation center in Singapore in 2014.
Read More »BlueCross BlueShield, BMW, Best Buy, And De Beers Venture Into New Investments
For many big nontech companies, the best way to innovate quickly is to fund startups that pioneer their future business.
Read More »Be Like Mark: 8 Ways To Emulate Facebook’s Zuckerberg, The Unlikely Leader
Whether you love him , hate him , or are just a little jealous of his newly minted multi-billionaire status, you have to admit that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook , has made some visionary leadership moves. In less than 10 years, Zuckerberg’s taken an idea for an online social network from his Harvard dorm room and delivered it into the homes, offices, pockets, and purses (via mobile phones) of 845 million users around the world
Read More »Votizen Brings The Empowerment Of The Internet To Elections
Before political campaigns were all over blogs, Meetup.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, there was USA.gov, cofounded by David Binetti in 2000. The site, which was the platform for the first ever webcast from the Oval Office, is now the U.S. Government's official portal
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