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How An Ex–J. Crew Designer Built A Boutique Bag Empire
“Most of the Baggu ideas come from someone at Baggu going, ‘You know what I really need?’ And then just making it."
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#TheRules of Social Media: Everyone Says They Don't Want To Be Marketed To....
Patrick Starzan, Funny or Die's VP of marketing and business development, believes a strong social media strategy means more than accelerating follower counts. "We’re always working to grow those...
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A Workshop-In-A-Van, Designed To Make Creativity Totally Mobile
Like something out of a lost episode of Pimp My Ride, this U-Box folds out into a functional workstation.
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YouTube's Mobile Advertising Play: Watch The Video Or We Don't Get Paid
Consumers are moving off of the desktop and on to their mobile devices, but advertisers are not following them at the same pace. Just 5% of online advertising revenue in 2011 came from mobile,...
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Don't Innovate, Imitate
Entrepreneurs are often mistaken for inventors. They are not. There are some very entrepreneurial inventors, but they are an exception. Most entrepreneurs take another person's technological...
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The Abandoned Asbestos Mining Town That Was Turned Into A Haven For Orphans
The African town of Bulembu found a way to revitalize after the collapse of its local industry: by giving back. There just remains the slight problem of all the asbestos still lying around.
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How IBM Brings Online Community Into The Real World
Say you're a tech institution that wants to foster real-world community: How do you? Ask IBM social media strategist Ryan Boyles.
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Portraits From The World's Most Surreal Costume Party
A photographer who grew up in the Black Forest returns, training her lens on local traditions and a crumbling tourist industry.
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The Rise Of Social Entrepreneurship, From Innovation To Industry
Taproot’s Aaron Hurst has watched the social innovation movement grow for 15 years. He’s seen it turn into a real economic and social force. But has it lost something in the process?
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A Masterplan That Makes Buildings Mobile, By Putting Them On Train Tracks
Jägnefält Milton developed a plan for Åndalsnes that took advantage of its existing--but underused--rail system.
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#TheRules of Social Media: If You're Bored By Social Media, It's Because...
If anyone knows how to leverage the power of social media, it's Tim O'Reilly. The founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media has a whopping 1,593,190 followers on Twitter--more than the Yankees' Nick Swisher or...
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The Future Of Composting: Turning Food Waste Into Fuel And Plastic
Through the process of biorefining, Hong Kong’s Starbucks are experimenting with doing something other than throwing out their old coffee grounds. They’re turning them into biofuels.
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Can Importing Well-Run Cities Into Poorly Run Countries Lift The World From...
That’s what Paul Romer thinks. His idea of charter cities--autonomous, technocratic economic hubs based on the model of Hong Kong--that would be founded in developing nations is revolutionary. But...
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Are Foxconn Internships Now Better Than American Internships?
Under intense scrutiny from the Fair Labor Association, the Apple supplier has revised its labor policies, including changes to its internship program. Now one of the paragons of bad labor practices is...
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Former Foursquare Exec Tristan Walker Shares His Secrets On How Brands And...
Illustration by David Schwen I was the first business guy at Foursquare, the social check-in service. Almost every major brand wanted to work with us. A bunch of brand folks would ask me something...
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In-Location Partnership Created To Bring Us Indoor GPS
Nokia, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sony Mobile Comms and others have formed a new alliance called In-Location according to a Nokia news release today. Its intention is to promote...
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Inside DARPA's "Plan X" For Cyberwar
On September 27, DARPA will hold a workshop to flesh out the government cyberwar strategy called “Plan X.” The one-day workshop consists of a general access session for government employees and...
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3 Ways To Make Everyone Around You Smarter
Leaders accept and act on the paradox of power: you become more powerful when you give your own power away. Long before empowerment was written into the popular vocabulary, exemplary leaders understood...
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Often times we leave all decision making to managers. Empowering the team to...
Often times we leave all decision making to managers. Empowering the team to decide will make them more responsible. Attribution: Ambert King, Marketing Executive/Commenter, "9 Ways Great Companies...
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Beware Of Fake Mentors, And Other Advice On Accelerators From Tech...
Gabriella Draney is the cofounder and managing partner of Tech Wildcatters, a new kind of accelerator that boasts a vertical specialization. Rather than accept startups of all sorts, the Dallas-based...
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