Trilogy Software Inc. is one of the fastest-growing software companies around. It's also one of the craziest companies around -- a place where new employees cram all day, work all night, and take a break by hopping on a plane to play roulette in Vegas. Chuck Salter
It's HUGE! The Monster Board's 75,000-square-foot office is big enough to house all of the company's employees -- plus 2.5 million Web visitors per month! -- in a space that accommodates virtual meetings, purposeful teams, and individual identity. Lisa Chadderdon
SAS Institute Inc. is the most important software company you've never heard of. It's also the sanest company in America -- a place where employees can eat lunch with their kids, everyone gets unlimited sick days, and the gate clangs shut at 6 p.m. Charles Fishman
It smells like learning! Don't think of your next conference as a company-sponsored vacation. Think of it as an assault on the future. A collection of battle-scarred veterans offer their secrets on how to become a conference commando. We register at dawn! Scott Kirsner
Meet a new kind of Web geek. Randy Lagman, of Lands' End, is a virtual adventurer who has traded servers for snowshoes and hard drives for handguns. "The folks we work with are a different breed." Mark Halper
"You hardly ever see 'entrepreneurial' and 'insurance' in the same sentence," says Stephen Sills, founder and CEO of Executive Risk. "We want people to feel the pulse of this organization." Scott Kirsner
Tired of delivering the same old business presentations in the same old way? Then join the Digital Storytelling movement, and take a lesson from its founder, Dana Winslow Atchley III. You may never use slides again. Daniel H. Pink
In the eat-or-be-eaten world of job hunting, if you misfire, you're dead. Here's how to hunt like a headhunter -- and turn your next job interview into a sure kill. Bill Breen
...stick to my New Year's resolutions. How? By resolving to use the Web. It's filled with tools, tips, and support groups that can help you break the cycle of broken promises. Gina Imperato
At Never Too Late Basketball Camp, it's never too late to learn to be a team player. If you want to win at hoops, it's not enough to have game -- you gotta have team. Todd Balf
