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Meet Roy Gilbert, a former Googler and the CEO of "social learning" company Grockit, who finds similarities between his experience aboard a nuclear attack sub and the world of Silicon Valley. Roy Gilbert is the CEO of Grockit , a 3-year-old social learning company that aims to make test prep more fun, and in the process hopes to democratize what companies like Kaplan typically peddle to the relatively well-to-do. Grockit's users are on track to soon answer their collective 15 millionth question, and each day the site gains more users than would fill the chair-desks of a pair of American high schools

Meet Elle Luna, a former IDEO designer who believes design plays a role at every stage of the process--even before teams start to think visually. Elle Luna calls herself a "designer, storyteller, and startup advisor." As a mentor at the Designer Fund , which believes designers should be startup founders rather than late-stage additions, Luna feels designers have a role to play at every stage of the process, including the gleam-in-eye phase. FAST COMPANY: You recently left your position at the major design firm IDEO

"Project management" can sound like everything and nothing all at once. We spoke with a project management pro to clarify what it really means to get people moving in the same direction.

Meet Shara Senderoff, who feels the intern hiring process is broken, particularly in creative industries like film, TV, music, and fashion. Step one: Ditch the paper resume.

Meet Ansar Khan, whose experience working at his family's restaurant informed the development of his software, Ambur. Ansar Khan (left, with cofounder James O'Leary) is one of the developers of Ambur , an iOS app that wants to cut through the clutter and poor design choices common in too much restaurant software. Ambur is poised to receive an update shortly (pending Apple's approval).

Meet Doug Ludlow, CEO of the postcard site Hipster, whose viral marketing campaigns have almost overshadowed the product itself.

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Meet Marci Harris, who wants to fix your broken line of communication to Congress. Marci Harris is the CEO of PopVox , a website that lets organizations and individuals weigh in on legislation making its way through Congress. Fast Company caught up with Harris to discuss the novelty of laptops in caucus meetings, the uselessness of tweeting at your Congressperson, and the difficulty of parsing the phrase, “Save the whales.” FAST COMPANY: So you’ve created a new way for Congress to ignore us

Meet Jean Paul Cauvin, a French fashion veteran and self-proclaimed non-geek who nonetheless saw the need to follow fashion's technological future.

Make sure your new hires are not only computer literate, but tech-savvy.

When you're determined to make your start-up succeed, it's easy to be serious.

Meet Chris Lee, cofounder of Meeteor, which leverages Facebook as a networking tool. Here's how to access "the network you may not even know you have." Chris Lee is the cofounder of the Seattle-based Meeteor , which scours your social graph in search of second- and third-degree connections to people who might be able to help advance your career. Fast Company caught up with Lee to talk about coffee, sandwiches, beer, and other networking tools.

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