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Innovation Agents: Oscar Morales And One Million Voices Against FARC
Long before the Arab Spring, Oscar Morales was among the first people to use Facebook to mount a successful large-scale political activism effort.When Oscar Morales graduated college at 21 he became a...
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Everyme And Social Networking's Future
Everyme attracted nearly half a million users in their first month of operation. Here's why they jumped to the web and Android so quickly--and why Facebook's success is good news for other social...
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The Really Big Guide Of Small Business Success Tips
In business, size does matter, especially if that size is small. Independent businesses with fewer than 500 employees represent 99.7% of all employer firms, according to the SBA’s Office of Advocacy....
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Hey Facebook, Google Is Still The Most Talked-About IPO In Internet History
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Facebook may be Wall Street's new favorite water cooler topic since its historic IPO last Friday, but Google still ranks as the most talked-about IPO...
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Dr. Leslie Saxon's Quest: iTunes For The Quantified Self
Feeling under the weather? In the future, you'll take out your smartphone--not to call your doctor, but to check your own vitals.What if monitoring your heart rate and blood pressure was as easy (and...
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Get More From Pinterest Than Just Expensive Ideas
If you want to harness Pinterest’s design strengths and habit-forming powers for something much more useful, try these creative uses.The appeal of Pinterest is hard to understand for those who have yet...
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Hey Shopaholics, This Little Birdy Will Keep An Eye On What You Are Spending
The busy personal finance tracking space has yet more company. The Birdy, a cutesy, emoticon-happy service, aims to stop you from busting your budget. But The Birdy's emailed chirps don't mean you must...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Launches Toward ISS [Updated: Scotty...
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.At 3:44 a.m Eastern time private space company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its Dragon space capsule system toward the...
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The Discovery Economy: When Digital App Play Leads To Real-Life Finds
Your smartphone may be a paragon of digital wonder, and if you fire up a navigation app it can even take you places in the real world. But it's poised to become a much cleverer and more rewarding way...
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Airbnb Now Comps Hosts Up To $1 Million For Those Pesky Partiers
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.Airbnb just announced it's upping its host guarantee system from $50,000 to $1 million. The home-tel business, a cornerstone of the new Sharing...
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How An E-Invoicing Company Could Disrupt The Banking Industry
Tradeshift is using real-time data to change the way rates get set for small business loans.A Danish startup has created a fairly straightforward web-based application that lets organizations invoice...
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With Guerrilla Networking, A Little Monkey Business Will Get You Noticed
The story of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, a helicopter, and how thinking a little bit bigger about networking will get you a lot further. Landing a helicopter on Johnny Cash’s lawn unannounced in...
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Pop Goes The Pivot
What do The Beastie Boys, Katy Perry, and PayPal have in common? They all pivoted. When the Beastie Boys formed in 1979, they were a hardcore punk band that dabbled in performance art, a fixture at...
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The Mouthwash Principle: For Max Effectiveness At Work, Rinse And Repeat
If you really want to make an impact on people, influence behavior, and get your points across, it's time to get comfortable with repetition. Just ask your dentist. I had what I considered a pretty...
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Scandal Brewing Over Facebook's Actions At IPO
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors.According to Reuters, a scandal is brewing over Facebook's actions in the hours before its IPO last Friday. Attention is focused on why underwriters...
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Personal Capital's Beautiful App Convinces The Wealthy To Trust Their Money...
Former PayPal and Intuit CEO Bill Harris builds a "high tech, high touch" app and service to manage all your money in a single place.If you have multiple investment accounts (a mutual fund or two, a...
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Shaking Up Crowdfunding
It’s that classic story: Guy has idea to buy beer company. Guy tries to raise funds. Guy catalyzes new federal legislation. Michael Migliozzi opened up more than just a tasty beer when he tried to buy...
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Surf And Destroy (Old Business Models)
What do a countertop company and a surfboard company have in common? Both are run by Ken Trinder, whose novel anti-microbial countertop may soon be seen in hospitals.A love of surfaces and materials...
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America's Most Innovative Neighborhood: 15 Square Miles In New Mexico,...
A shiny new city rising in the desert is designed to be a testing ground for everything from wireless networks to self-driving cars. One catch: It's totally empty. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New...
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How To Identify Your Customers, Make Them Love You, And Keep Them Hooked
Every company is struggling to nail down their core target group. If only they could define it, life--or at least business--would be a whole lot easier. They could then channel resources and focus...
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