Would you quit if your company lied to you? Would you sell the company you founded for stability? Doing the 'right' thing is often subjective. Meet five people who share tough career choices they made - and how they made them. Cheryl Dahle
The orientation program, that is. At most companies, Day One leaves you wondering where you are. At Greet Street and Intel, you know where you stand the minute you arrive. Katherine Mieszkowski
When your PC goes from being your favorite tool to an inert mass of silicon that resists your every command, and you feel a pounding in your brain, you've got a hard-drive headache. Take these remedies to get fast relief - and call us in the morning. Hiawatha Bray
Great companies have to make tough choices. Grand Junction Networks and PointCast Inc., two high-flying Silicon Valley startups, faced the question of a lifetime -- and arrived at opposite answers. Pat Dillon
Don't hold your next off-site or annual meeting at an expensive resort. Hold it on the Web. These four Web events show you how to expand a meeting's reach, increase participation, and cut costs. Heath Row
If you want to learn what it takes to win - and you've got what it takes to compete - come to Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy. If you just want to 'play tennis,' go someplace else. Todd Balf
Nickelodeon, the first TV network aimed primarily at children, has a headquarters designed to tap into the kid in every staffer and programs to appeal to every kid in the audience. Michael Warshaw
AES is big, rich - and unlike any company you've ever seen. It builds power plants by handing power to workers on the front lines. Its radical business model has worked wonders in the United States. Can it also work in Hungary, China, and Brazil? Alex Markels
We invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its second anniversary with the ultimate business roundtable. Fast Company
Dr. Ben Carson, one of the world's most celebrated neurosurgeons, performs as many as 500 operations a year - most with life-or-death consequences. Here are his techniques for coping with pressure, planning for problems, and dealing with risk. Chuck Salter
