At the center of every great project--whether Google Maps, a podcast, or Nashville--lies a conversation. Just ask Daniel Graf, Connie Britton, and Marc Maron, three of this year's Most Creative People in business.
Wasteful, expensive, and overbuilt, major data centers are an inelegant solution to remote storage--not to mention risky, in the eggs-in-one-basket sense. The secret to achieving "indestructable data" with minimal energy costs may lie in the way nature has distributed our own DNA. A small company called Space Monkey, raising money now on Kickstarter, thinks they have created the digital equivalent.
Before you ever "Liked" a single thing on Facebook, Lane Merrifield was busy building Club Penguin into a hugely popular social site for kids, which Disney snapped up for $350 million. With his new venture, he's trying to develop a healthier work, life balance. Trying.
Khouri, No. 80 on Fast Company's Most Creative People In Business 2013 list, won an Oscar for Thelma & Louise. Now she's getting a crash course in the TV business. Here, on the eve of the season finale of her first ever small-screen show, are some of the things she has learned.
The Greylock Partners data scientist shows how chaos theory and kindness go together--and can lead to a job, a career, a life, the universe, and everything.
