8 Ways To Coax New Ideas To The Surface
We need to face the issue of where great ideas come from. Their foundation is deep insights about customers--that part we know. But how do we get from insights to ideas? This is where we step into the...
View ArticleHow Leaders Build Trust
Trust me. When's the last time you actually believed those words on the job? If your answer is a long time ago, you're not alone. In fact, many people instinctively recoil from those two...
View ArticleWhy The Next Big Thing Won't Come From A Fortune 500 Company
What extraordinary abilities does Jack Dorsey possess that have enabled him to tackle and disrupt the payment processing industry? Certainly nothing in the Twitter cofounder’s career history hinted...
View ArticleGamesys Launches Facebook's First Gambling App
Facebook just got its first set of gambling games that will give out and take real money. The Bingo And Slots Friendzy app was launched today by Gamesys, an online gambling operator based in the U.K....
View ArticleAnd Shazam! 5 Billion Songs, TV Ads, And Shows Tagged
Shazam has hit 5 billion tags and counting, with the token 5 billionth tag logged for Pink's new single "Blow Me One Last Kiss," Shazam announced today. Shazam started out as a music identification...
View ArticleThe Rise And Fall Of The Company That Was Going To Have Us All Using Biofuels
Amyris’s breakthroughs in bioengineering--and its plans to make biofuels from Brazilian sugarcane--promised to transform how the world’s businesses produce energy, cosmetics, and medicine. Then reality...
View ArticleThe Rules of Social Media
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View ArticleWhy Your Brand Should Piss Someone Off
The better you are at creating a strong, clear brand position, the more likely you are to find a group of people who really don’t like you. As Bill Cosby once said, “I don’t know the key to success,...
View ArticlePoshmark's Friction-Free Fashion App Turns Mobile Purchasing Into Parties
Awaiting the widespread adoption of mobile shopping is a little like waiting for Godot. You’re sure it’ll appear someday, but not so sure when or what it will look like when it does. It’ll probably...
View ArticleWhitePages Launches Caller ID For the Social, Mobile Age
Long gone are the days when traditional landline phones would identify an incoming caller. In today's world of iPhones, Androids, and other mobile devices, anonymous callers and unknown numbers are now...
View ArticleSocial Media Isn't For Selling Something
While a marketing blast might seem seductive, it's the opposite of what you want to do to potential customers via social media, says Tout CEO Tawheed Kader.
View ArticleHow Cute Socks Conquered The World
Carrie Atkinson is the CEO and founder of Sock It to Me, a company that makes adorable socks. Also, a lot of money. Not bad for someone who was scrubbing toilets for a living eight years ago. We caught...
View ArticleDo You Really Need LinkedIn Premium?
While many public companies in the Internet space have underperformed in 2012--Facebook, we're looking at you--LinkedIn is an exception. Just last week, the business networking firm reported $228M in...
View ArticleRhapsody President: Spotify Hasn't Won
Last week, Spotify revealed that it had grown to 15 million active users of its ad-supported music service. That's great news for cofounder Daniel Ek, but for Spotify's competitors in the space? Not so...
View ArticleApple And Amazon Consider Changes To Security Policies
This weekend, Wired writer Mat Honan became the victim of a massive hack. Two hackers took hold of Honan's electronic identity and infiltrated his accounts on Apple, Amazon, Google, and Twitter,...
View Article5 Tips For Living From Craigslist--For Free
Joseph Garner, director of "Craigslist Joe," wanted to see whether or not online communities could actually take care of people in real life. Here, Garner talks about how to get just about anything you...
View ArticleLadies And Gentlemen: See Two Faces Of Gender Identity In Stunning "Half...
Photographer Leland Bobbé's drag queens are in your face with only half of theirs on.
View ArticleThe College Dorm You Wish You Lived In
A university in Denmark has created a circular dorm that will make you incredibly frustrated at the tiny double room where you spent your college years. Bet you didn’t have French windows, balconies,...
View ArticleYour brand is as defined by the consumers you want as it is by the consumers...
Your brand is as defined by the consumers you want as it is by the consumers you don't want. Attribution: Commenter, "Why Your Brand Should Piss Someone Off"
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