How To Change The Strategic Direction Of Your Business
This is not a time to get enamored with technology, author Brian Solis cautions. It's time to get a clear vision for moving forward. [twistage 6aee004baaaae]Want more great ideas from top...
View Article"Boy CEO" Mark Zuckerberg's Two Smartest Projects Were Growing Facebook And...
Mark Zuckerberg, oft-parodied young CEO, didn't build the most important company of the Internet era by accident. How he fashioned Facebook--and himself--for success.From studying leaders he admired to...
View ArticleWhy Companies Should File For Patents Now
Filing patent applications between now and March 2013, while the first-to-invent rules are still in place, can provide some significant benefits. Companies should proactively manage their intellectual...
View ArticleMake An iPhone, Android App Without Knowing A Line Of Code
JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open. With JamPot's AppBuilder, you can build a genuine iPhone or...
View ArticleEventbrite Launches iPad Credit-Card Reader At The Door: A Lost Opportunity...
Jack Dorsey's mobile-payment startup Square, one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies, is now processing $4 billion in annualized payments. So it's no wonder why competition to its Square...
View ArticleAirbnb Buys U.K. Room Renter Crashpadder, Aziz Ansari Launches Online Comedy...
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Airbnb Buys U.K. Room Renter Crashpadder. Airbnb has bought its U.K. competitor Crashpadder--good timing, with just a few months...
View ArticleInstagram CEO Kevin Systrom On Hipstamatic Partnership, Future Of...
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom talks to Fast Company about opening up his API to Hipstamatic and the risks and rewards of opening up to even more photo apps in the near future. Today, Hipstamatic is set...
View ArticleExclusive: Hipstamatic, Instagram To Unveil Photo-Sharing Partnership
Last week, Instagram hit 27 million users, solidifying it not only as one of the most popular photo-sharing services on the market, but as one of the world's fastest-growing social networks. What's...
View ArticleHow To Create Socially Engaging Products That Transcend Online Communities
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View ArticleThe High Cost And Extreme Stickiness Of Free Stuff
How an emotional investment leads to a physical purchase, and why iPhone apps are Gillette 2.0.When I first began shaving at the tender young age of 16, I chose a Gillette razor. It seemed far cooler...
View ArticleForget "Mad Men"--Now Is The Golden Era For Advertising
Oftentimes when people ask me what I do for a living and I tell them I work in advertising, they ask, “Don’t you wish you got to be an ad man in the golden era, like on Mad Men?” I usually smile and...
View ArticleHow To Enhance An Online Community With Real-World Interactions
Online communities don't have to replace face-to-face interactions with social media, says IBM's Worldwide Social Media Strategist Ryan Boyles. Here's how to move a virtual group into real...
View Article9 Reasons To Choose A Corporate Job Over A Startup
Startups can be amazing places to work, and the euphoria surrounding them has a high degree of contagion. But future leaders have unique lessons to learn by working for larger, more established...
View ArticleMarketing From The Other End Of The Funnel
Traditionally, new product marketing assumes first-time purchases arise from an orderly chain of events. The effective commercial starts the engine turning by generating brand awareness, which begets...
View ArticleCan Nokia Beat The iPhone And iPad? (Don't Laugh, It's Trying)
Nokia has plans to refresh its future that start with Windows Phone 7 devices, then move on to a tablet and ultimately aim at an iPhone killer ... all while still selling cheap phones en masse. Can it...
View ArticleWhat's Absolutely Wrong About Culture Vs. Strategy
If you're thinking about these as two distinct issues for your company, says Rachel Sklar of Change the Ratio, that's your first mistake.[twistage 8e5eca8f4c49a]Want more of the wisdom we captured at...
View ArticleCory Kidd's Saving The World From Obesity With An Army Of Cute Robots
Cory Kidd thinks he can help solve our obesity problem--with the help of a robot named Autom.People have tried everything from acupuncture to hypnosis to compulsive teeth-brushing in order to shed a...
View ArticleHighlight CEO Paul Davison Launches Elastic Network Of A Different Color
Remember Color? Bill Nguyen's massively funded app might have slipped into obscurity (again), but a slightly different network for connecting nearby strangers still wowed 'em at SXSW. Here's why.Quick...
View ArticleFast Talk: How ZeroCater, The "Pandora For Food," Hacks Your Lunch Problem
Hungry? Meet Arram Sabeti, CEO of ZeroCater. Apart from solving the logistics of group delivery ordering, Sabeti also throws a mean sausage fest.Arram Sabeti is the founder and CEO of ZeroCater, which...
View ArticleWimdu Expects $132 Million In Revenue This Year, Hacks On The Rise Says...
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Room Renter Wimdu Is A Year Older. European Airbnb competitor Wimdu is sharing its year-old results today. 365 days since its...
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