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Read More »A Former NFL Player Tackles a New Restaurant Concept
Former Patriot Matt Chatham opens Skycrepers, a fast-serve crepe shop.
Read More »A Celebration of Inc. 500 Workers
A business is only as good as its people"and thats especially true for lean, fast-growing companies. Here's a look at seven dedicated workers from this year's Inc.
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Read More »BART Toed A Blurry Legal Line In Blocking Cell Service To Thwart A Demonstration
Last week, BART blocked mobile phone services for several hours to disperse a demonstration they claimed was going to turn violent. Was it legal? The FCC is now asking
Read More »Martha Stewart’s 10 Biggest Management Mistakes
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) has been profitable in only one of the past eight years. So where did Stewart go wrong
Read More »Stand and Deliver
Calculus does not have to be made easy--it is easy already. That banner used to grace the Los Angeles classroom of someone once called the best teacher in America. Jaime Escalante, the unconventional calculus teacher who was depicted by Edward James Olmos in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver , died last year of cancer at the age of 79.
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Read More »Even a little exercise spells big help for heart
Harvard School of Public Health study found 2 hours 30 minutes exercise per week reduced heart disease risk 14 percent
Read More »LGBT Employees Still Face Discrimination
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender employees continue frequently to report discrimination in the workplace, says a new UCLA report.
Read More »Navigate Blue Oceans To Undiscovered Business Opportunities
How is a blue ocean different from the usual business market? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from Blue Ocean Strategy (2005) by W.
Read More »Engineers develop material that could speed telecommunications
Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have demonstrated that light can travel on an artificial material without leaving a trace under certain conditions, technology that would have many applications from the military to telecommunications.
Read More »Are You A Horrible Boss? (And If So, How To Reform)
Robert Steven Kaplan, Harvard Business School professor and former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, shares the tale of a truly awful boss--and how he transformed himself and his company for the better. The managing partner of a hedge fund had built an excellent firm over several years. He had taken the time at the inception of the firm to write down a detailed set of business principles, which were on the wall of every office, frequently reprinted in company documents, and posted prominently on the corporate Web sites.
Read More »Rise Of The Machines: How Rube Goldberg Inspired A Decade Of Creative Copycats
Look! Another RGM. What is it about Goldberg’s contraptions that’s made them such an enduring commercial form and reliable source of web traffic? In support of its new Android tablets, Sony just launched a series of web films based on a Rube Goldberg Machine
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