Perfecting Your Pitch, Part One: Assume Short Buildings
Bill Joos preaches the art of the pitch for Garage.com. The soul of his sermon? Brevity brings the best results, so give your elevator pitch a lift. John Hoult
E-tail Evolution
Online home furnishings sites have been plagued with problems from technological glitches to shipping disasters. But one savvy e-tailer found the best way to succeed in this sector was to apply his brick-and-mortar experience to his new virtual business. John Hoult
Stepping Into Bigstep.com
Lucy Reid left a safe and successful career to take Bigstep.com the next step. Read her plans for the young startup and her reflections on what's lost and gained in the voyage to the new economy. John Hoult
Ownership 101
Steve Mariotti shape-shifted his way through four careers -- corporate suit, solo businessman, high-school teacher, and foundation founder -- and discovered his passion giving low-income kids the entrepreneurial tools to bootstrap their way into a new life. John Hoult
Reduce Your Cycle Time
It's T-minus 10 and counting until launch, and your project is languishing on the launch pad. Will it fly? Will it fizzle? This is a recurring nightmare for change agents and project leaders hell-bent on speed, yet shackled by time-consuming procedures and slow teammates. Astrid Sandoval
Soul Proprietor Scores Big
When Fast Company last checked in with Troy Tyler, the SOHO entrepreneur was desperately seeking a buyer for his smartRay Network. Last month, he found what he was looking for. His story offers a lesson in scoring the right deal ... fast. Keith H. Hammonds
Celluloid Shooters
If art imitates life, and life today so closely resembles a high-stakes poker game, then it stands to reason that 21st-century gamblers could learn a thing or two from Hollywood's greatest onscreen hustlers and card sharks. Anni Layne and Katrina Barnas
The Message Is the Marvel
"Dotcom advertising has launched a creative revolution. It has created a new Renaissance for advertising." Lauren Heist
Little Dotcom Coupe
Grease-monkey gurus Tom and Ray Magliozzi of NPR's "Car Talk" answer questions about online automotive research and purchasing -- a trend that could forever alter the car industry as we know it. In addition, Click and Clack discuss the importance, functionality, and dangers of evaluating cars on the Internet, and answer the question: Does the Web really put you in the driver's seat? Anni Layne
Business Without Borders
123 years after Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, Boston remains home to several forerunners in communications and science. Meet three local companies working to break down global language barriers with their technology, ingenuity, and lovable bots. Anni Layne
Speeding Bullet Inc.
growth company n (1959): a company that grows at a greater rate than the economy as a whole and that usually directs a relatively high proportion of income back into the business.
Meet the fast-growth gurus, leaders and survivors who are making Webster's definition obsolete. Learn about time-tested techniques and guiding principles that keep them ahead of the pack. Anni Layne
First Annual E-Commerce Awards
MIT honors Web-commerce luminaries with a speed-of-light ceremony. Marla Abramson
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