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The average legal bill even before VC financing can run more than $20,000. Why pay that when DIY options abound
Read More »Building a ‘Honey Badger’ Empire
Honey Badger don't care. But its creator does--and he's hoping he can build a business around the most fearless mammal on earth. For a moment, forget the Honey Badger video’s 37 million views on YouTube
Read More »Fast Talk: How A Brooklyn Clothing Label Fights "Fast Fashion"
Meet David Gensler, whose Brooklyn clothing company Serum Versus Venom advocates a return to craft. Read on to learn about the value of a well-made belt, what would've happened if Picasso had tweeted, and how Jay-Z could be the next Oprah
Read More »Iran Government Suspected in Cutting Off Internet to Quell Protests
With the launch of a “national” more censored version of the Internet only a few weeks away in Iran, users are already reporting increasingly limited access to certain Web sites and Web security features. A number of Internet users in Iran have for the past few days reported difficulty connecting to Web sites housed on servers outside of that country, as well as blocked access to sites such as Google and Yahoo, and to any encrypted Internet traffic, according to Iran Media Program , a project of the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. The timing coincides with potential protests to mark the first anniversary of the house arrest of lead opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
Read More »Social Media Week Returns to a City Near You: February 13th – 17th, 2012
Next week marks the launch of the fourth annual Social Media Week , a global event with discussions about media use.
Read More »Twitter Partners With Satellite Co’s, Google May Sell Home Entertainment Hardware, New Wallet Security Snag Could Hit All Phones
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Amazon Gets Green Light From India Govt
Read More »Apple Rumor Patrol: New iPads And iPhones Coming Soon
iPad 3 Arrival Date According to the usual wonderfully unreliable (and always anonymous) " sources ," Apple may be poised to reveal the iPad 3 during an early March event, with in-store availability just a handful of days later. If you look at the booking information for the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco, an Apple staple for this sort of event, it looks like Wednesday March 7th is being held open for an undisclosed booking (or at least this day is oddly empty among a cluster of other bookings).
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 »6 Secrets to a Successful Start-up
How do you know if your company will succeed? Venture capitalists give their perspectives on traits that define the best start-ups
Read More »3 Steps to Build Your Business Up by Tearing it Down
Sometimes the best way to keep your business growing is to analyze what would bring it to an end. Judge Smails (aka Ted Knight) once famously quipped in the iconic Caddyshack, "It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat
Read More »Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian’s Work Flow: Fancy Hands And Making Things Suck Less
Believe it or not, the founder of Reddit also has to avoid spending all day killing time on Reddit. Here's his advice for staying productive. Reddit is arguably the most successful social news site on the Internet
Read More »Fast Talk: How FoundersCard Brings Exclusivity To The Startup Set
Meet Eric Kuhn, who has one of the few startups in America that isn't rushing to gain millions of users. Eric Kuhn, 41, is the founder and CEO of
Read More »Super Bowl Command Center Monitors Parking Gripes, Terrorist Threats
The private company behind the Super Bowl's official Social Media Command Center isn't just tweeting fans transit tips, they're monitoring social media for game-day threats by would-be terrorists. And Madonna. What do Justin Bieber and potholes have in common
Read More »Super Bowl Command Center Monitors Parking Gripes, Terrorist Threats
The private company behind the Super Bowl's official Social Media Command Center isn't just tweeting fans transit tips, they're monitoring social media for game-day threats by would-be terrorists. And Madonna
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