Clik here to view.
Microsoft Facing Quarterly Loss On Failed Ad Business
News updates all day from Fast Company.Microsoft is writing down $6.2 billion on its 2007 purchase of aQuantive, an online ad serving system. According to the Guardian this places the software giant at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How To Properly Define "Great Leader"--And Act Like One
We don't think of leadership as some set of fuzzy, intangible character qualities that some people are born with and others are not. We think of leadership as the performance of behaviors. The skill of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
4 Leadership Lessons From The Founding Fathers
Now inscribed on the Library of Congress, James Madison's words are as true today as they were in 1829: “The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Studying Primates Taught Alex Dehgan About The Wilds Of Washington
For field biologist-turned-international development expert Alex Dehgan, the chaotic landscapes of nations (and organizations) in flux offer unprecedented opportunities for innovation and lasting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Explore Where Syyn Labs Dreams Up Rube Goldberg Machines And Bungee-Jumping Cars
What do a roboticist, an electrical engineer, a chef, and a pirate have in common? They're all part of Syyn Labs' army of art-damaged inventors. Even if you’ve never heard of Syyn Labs, there’s a good...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Steve Jobs Pivot
After Steve Jobs was exiled from Apple, he learned a valuable lesson. He learned how to pivot. The 9th in our series.Over the course of Fast Company’s Pivot series I’ve covered ad firms, media...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How The Failed Aakash Tablet Is An Object Lesson In India's Long Road Ahead...
Photo by Jason Pietra; Sculpture by Megan Caponetto Last October, Indian politician Kapil Sibal called a press conference. Indian politicians call press conferences all the time, even those with a last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The True Costs Of Launching A Startup
Every day someone asks me how much it costs to build a mobile phone application, a website, or an e-commerce site. As a co-owner of Crowd Interactive, and the CEO of an online 360º performance review...
View ArticleClik here to view.
3 Ways To Break Out Of The "All Work" Or "No Work" Death Trap
As I observed the debate ignited by Anne-Marie Slaughter's controversial "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" article in The Atlantic from afar over the past week, I witnessed person after person,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
5 Ways To Unlock The Power Of Google Drive On iPads, iPhones
Why would you even bother installing Drive on your phone and tablet? Why would you pick Drive over, say, Dropbox? Here's why.Apple spent a good chunk of its 2012 developers conference keynote staking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Many Lives Does A Brand Have?
It's said that cats have nine lives, but how many lives does a brand have? The answer, it seems, is definitely more than one.Recently, in Shanghai, a friend took me to one of the city’s most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How inome's $100K Cash Prize Encourages Employees to Innovate Like Entrepreneurs
CEO of inome Naveen Jain doesn't hire staff, he hires "entrepreneurs" and encourages innovation with an annual iPrize of $100K for the best ideas to move the company forward.As founder and CEO of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Great, You're Inspired: Now Begin The Nitty-Gritty Of Idea Implementation
Many people confuse creativity with idea generation. That is, they believe that all you need to be creative is to have a novel idea. True creativity brings novelty and usefulness together. A novel idea...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Love Is Covering A Shift For A Hungover Buddy: The BetterShift Pivot
All you need is love? Bah, the Beatles were full of it. You need to monetize that love. Jokes about prostitution aside, that's the lesson serial entrepreneur Chris Lyman learned the hard way. With...
View ArticleClik here to view.
4 Pillars Of Successful Brand Building From HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes
As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company and your brand apart from the crowd. If you form a strategy without...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How A Sony Marketing Manager Helped Build A Breakthrough Product
Meet Evan Krāchman, a Sony marketing manager who wanted to try his hand at a bit of engineering--and was given the green light from management to do so.Evan Krāchman is the marketing manager for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Google's Nexus 7 Tablet Will Lack Some Content In U.K.
News updates all day from Fast Company.One of the advantages that Google's Nexus 7 tablet may have over its Amazon rival the Kindle Fire is that Google wants to push it out internationally sooner,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hire Smart: Dump The Resume Pile, Start Playing Games
How L'Oreal uses games to find leadership qualities that rarely show up in resumes. Every talent-recruitment executive knows how hard it is to make a good new hire. But L'Oreal, the French cosmetics...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Content Conundrum: To Create Or Automate?
When it comes to content creation--even in short bits and blasts on Twitter---the human touch is what will keep marketers relevant and real. A look at J.Crew, Wegmans, NASCAR, and other brands that are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How OkCupid's Sam Yagan And A Team Of Other Love Doctors Make Better Love...
Online dating has ballooned to a $4 billion business. Now the industry faces new players (Spotify) and challenges (how do you keep happy couples engaged in a dating site once they’re, well, engaged?)....
View Article