Inc.com's Christine Lagorio talks with Marc Kushner of Architizer about the 2011 World's Coolest Offices. As we enter the second year of honoring the coolest offices in the world, we decided to take a step back and examine what "cool"—as applied to a workplace—really entails
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Feed SubscriptionTo Push Clean Cookstoves, Involve the Cooks, Report Says
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Clean cookstoves that burn more efficiently and channel smoke outside could save millions of lives around the world, but only if the cooks themselves are part of the solution, scientists reported on Thursday. [More]
Read More »Can We Feed the World & Sustain the Planet? (preview)
Right now about one billion people suffer from chronic hunger. the world’s farmers grow enough food to feed them, but it is not properly distributed and, even if it were, many cannot afford it, because prices are escalating
Read More »Highlights from the 21st Monaco Yacht Show
The 21st Monaco Yacht Show, held from September 21 to 25, brought over 100 of the top megayachts from around the world to the Monaco harbor, as well as some new concepts.
Read More »The Military’s Conversion To Renewables Will Save Soldiers’ Lives
Guarding the fuel trucks that power America's armed forces overseas has turned into a deadly job. The military is realizing that saving money on gas isn't the most important reason to switch to clean fuel.
Read More »When Not to Say No to a Buyer
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Read More »The Paradigm Project: A Model For Getting People Excited About Uncommon Causes
In the competitive space of philanthropy and philanthrocapitalism, how do you break through the clutter and get people engaged in an issue that isn’t the tug-on-your-heart-strings norm?
Read More »Building A Steep Trajectory Of Improvement: The Pret A Manger Case
Building a magnetic product is never a one-shot deal.
Read More »Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day
Lady Ada Lovelace was a contemporary and colleague of Charles Babbage , he innovator of the programmable
Read More »Edsurge: Death To Edutainment Snoozers
Gamemaker Unity moves into the educational game space, hopefully with more panache than those that have come before. The groupies packed San Francisco's historic Masonic Center like Wi-Fi-toting sardines. The headliner?
Read More »Drought-Stricken Pacific islands Down to Last Few Days of Water
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A drought-stricken Pacific island nation is down to its last few days of water, prompting a mercy dash by New Zealand and Australia with water-making equipment. Tuvalu, the world's fourth-smallest nation sitting just below the Equator, has declared a state of emergency and is rationing water. [More]
Read More »If Steve Jobs Had Applied His Talents To Energy And Climate Change
Steve Jobs created innovative products that change the world of technology. Imagine the other industries he could have disrupted
Read More »World’s craziest toilet bowls
With World Toilet Day approaching, wacky toilets are in spotlight
Read More »Seth Godin: You Should Date Your Customers
The marketing expert offers his tips today at the World Business Forum on what innovative marketers are doing to lure new customers to their brands. "Have we branded ourselves to death?" Seth Godin asked the audience Thursday at the World Business Forum in New York City
Read More »Entrepreneurs Remember Steve
Upon news of Jobs's death, entrepreneurs shared an outpouring of personal condolences, anecdotes, and inspirations via Twitter, Facebook--even the iPhone. From Mark Zuckerberg to Jack Welch, we showcase them here.
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