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Flexible work hours and time off for community service drive this family-like work environment.
Read More »5 Tips To Separate Personal And Professional Life Online
"My life and biz is so intertwined in every way that it's hard to make that clean separation on and offline." That's what Candace Alper (@ NameYourTuneCDs ) said on Twitter when I asked about the importance of separating your personal and business life on Facebook. As an entrepreneur who runs a made-to-order children's CD company, she is comfortable mixing business with pleasure online
Read More »Video: "Macho Man" Randy Savage dies at 58
"Macho Man" Randy Savage, a wrestling star who gained a huge fan following during his time at the WWF and WWE with his signature catch phrase, "Oh yeah," died in a car accident in Tampa, Fla. It is believed Savage suffered from a heart attack. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports
Read More »How to Survive Bad Press
When a prominent critic slams your restaurant, how do you recover? Last August, New York Times restaurant reviewer Sam Sifton wrote that the food at Plein Sud in Tribeca was "lacking in flavor, texture, temperature or interest: room-service fare that leads to increased loneliness, raiding of the minibar, sleepless hours staring at the television in blue light, thinking about home." Ouch. For an establishment that had opened a few months before the review was published, it was an ominous sign.
Read More »Olympic Gold Medalist, Acclaimed Author: Kids, Here’s How You Win Doodle 4 Google 2012
Over 100,000 entries. Millions and millions of votes cast
Read More »Nokia Wants To Go Into Business With You
Nokia is now crowdsourcing creativity. "Invent With Nokia" is a new program wherein anyone can submit an idea, and if it results in a patented Nokia invention, you get a cut
Read More »Is Now the Time to Buy?
So you're considering buying a business. But is it really the right move? Many experts are predicting that a huge wave of businesses will become available over the next decade or so as baby boomers look to sell
Read More »LinkedIn IPO Skyrockets, "Like" Buttons Stalk You, L.A. Noire A Hit, And More…
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. LinkedIn IPO Skyrockets Doubling in price right out of the gate, LinkedIn's stock price has been selling for as high as $92.99 a share, fueling as much adoration as it has bubble speculation
Read More »Google Love Story: Man Builds Android App To Propose To Girlfriend
Boy meets girl. Girl loves Android.
Read More »The Myth of Evil Aliens
With the Allen Telescope Array run by the SETI Institute in northern California, the time is coming when we will encounter an extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). Contact will probably come sooner rather than later because of Moore’s Law (proposed by Intel’s co-founder Gordon E. Moore), which posits a doubling of computing power every one to two years
Read More »Jack Plunkett Interview: What Small Businesses Should Know
This article is the final installment of a two part series.
Read More »Crowdsourcing Education Innovation, For Cash
One of the largest educational publishers in the world is offering cash prizes to the winners of a crowdsourced learning product innovation competition.
Read More »The Cure For ADD-vertising
Multi-tasking is humanly impossible. What your brand needs is a simplified marketing message--that you can sum up in one word. The enemy has changed
Read More »Massages, Flowers, And More MarketSharing Lifestyle Deals For Business Set
A New York startup is betting that businesses will, in fact, want deals on more than just printers. A few weeks ago, we told you about one of the first daily deal companies to start doing offers for businesses. Now another is opening up in New York, but this time with a twist.
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