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MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte on Intel’s “dishon esty” and the long, tough road to the $100 laptop
The principal contractor for designing America’s next spacecraft, the goal is simplicity, not razzle-dazzle. Using off-the-shelf technology and plain old pragmatism, Orion, the nation’s new spaceship is reliable, functional, thoughtfully designed, with more utility than glamour.
Once, widgets were a synonym for “doohickeys.” Now they’re a very real — and soon to be indispensable — Web marketing and distribution strategy for young startups and giant corporations.
Widget makers, and what are they making — and for whom.
Think widgets offer more clutter than function? These ten widgets and apps prove otherwise.
We review the technology, innovation, and business trends of 2007 with this roundup of blog entries written by Fast Company magazine editors, Fast Company.com staff, and FastCompany.com expert bloggers.
A roundup of Fast Company’s picks for the best business books of 2007.
From the pages of Fast Company and FastCompany.com, we examine the cre ativity and innovation of great minds elevating business, such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Timothy Ferris, author of the 4-Hour Work Week, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Shana Fisher pursues new Web markets for the internet mogul who has (almost) everything. Her latest acquisition: a small outfit that could change video games in a big way.
For more than a decade, Diller has been on a multibillion-dollar shopping spree that created one of the Web’s busiest networks. Now he has an nounced a plan to spin off HSN, Lending Tree, Interval, and Ticketmaster. If the restructuring goes through, the next-generation IAC will have more than 30 Internet brands, including media, advertising, and emerging businesses.
Architect Michelle Kaufmann on finding an alternative to endless subdivisions of McMansions.
Blog empires like Arianna Huffington’s are finally legit businesses. Now comes the tough part.
The most popular places in the blogosphere, according to Technorati, as measured by the number of links to those blogs during the past six months.
Back in 2000 hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons bankrolled the short-lived hip-hop news, entertainment, and community Website 360hiphop.com. Now he and a group of investors are trying again.
Maurice Lévy, CEO of Publicis Groupe, has bet more than $1 Billion that he can define the future of digital advertising. Getting there has been enough to make anyone a little schizophrenic.
What does it take to manage a brand in a digital world? Kevin Roberts, worldwide CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, says it takes vision, guts, and the abil ity to thrive amid chaos. Here are four ways to keep your footing.
Old habits die hard, says Kevin Roberts, Saatchi & Saatchi’s worldwide CEO. And there’s foot-dragging in all quarters. But denial is not a winning strategy, and recognizing the impediments to change is the first step in overcoming them.
In an excerpt from his new book Leaders at All Levels, Ram Charan discusses which social qualities make someone a good leader.
Business author and consultant Ram Charan lists the qualities successful leaders possess in Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Per form From Those Who Don’t. Here is an excerpt.
Through Author Keith McFarland, a former Inc. 500 CEO, has spent years research ing thousands of private companies and interviewing their leaders — in an attempt to identify the secrets of why some companies succeed and some don’t. An excerpt of this eagerly awaited new book. Watch the grapefruit spurts!
How companies mushroom into powerhouses. A conversation with author Keith McFarland.
What defines a great company? For one thing, troublemaking employees are tolerated even when they disobey the boss.
Most companies have heaps of data sitting around, but that information can be tough to analyze. Dashboards help make sense of the numbers.
Scheme Meet Bill Zanker, founder of the Learning Annex, who might be having more fun than anyone else in business today.
How I Did It: Jack Ma of Alibaba.com
What happens when your business partner is also your partner in life? Couples who double as entrepreneurial teams open up about the joys and perils of working side by side with their spouses. How to build a successful business — and still stay together.
InPhonic, once ranked as the nation’s fastest-growing private company, made its mark by selling more cell phones on the Internet than anyone else. And then it all came tumbling down. A cautionary tale for investors and entrepreneurs alike.
Who’s helping Giuliani in Florida? Who’s working for Obama in New Hamp shire? Meet eight entrepreneurs who are sitting front and center for the presidential primaries.
Business lessons from the campaign trail.
Who knew starting a business from the comfort of your living room could be so easy? From retirement-averse baby boomers to Gen Y-ers disillusioned with the corporate world, a growing number of people are starting business es out of their homes in a wide range of industries.
From makeup mogul Bobbi Brown to Second Life creator Philip Rosedale, entrepreneurs weigh in with tips on what made them successful in business.
For the past quarter century, we’ve ranked the 500 fastest-growing compa nies in the United States. This year, we’ve expanded the list tenfold to create the Inc. 5,000. Find out which companies, which industries, and which regions are fueling the entrepreneurial economy.
The story behind the companies behind America’s prosperity.
After years of failed businesses and near bankruptcy, Joaquin Galan started a multimillion-dollar export-import company from his home.
Randy Horn turned years of using ridiculous questions as pickup lines into a popular board game.
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