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10 Ways To Make The Business Case For Sustainability In The Arab World

BY Bushra Azhar | 05-21-2012 | 9:59 AM | SUSTAINABILITY

It’s hard to be too sustainable if you’re producing most of the world’s oil, but as the economies of the Arab world develop, there are ways to ensure a higher level of responsibility. READ MORE›

Lessons In Winning Fans From The World's Most Elite Niche Sport

BY Chuck Salter | 05-10-2012 | 7:46 AM | DESIGN

The infrequent Volvo Ocean Race features unfamiliar athletes with skills you won't understand on expensive boats in the middle of nowhere. You won't be able to look away. Seriously.READ MORE›

Learning From Zynga's "Draw Something" Debacle

BY JD Rucker | 05-07-2012 | 6:47 AM | CAREERS

Last month, "Draw Something," the popular mobile game that prompted Zynga to pay $200 million for creator OMGPOP, lost 5 million daily active users. There are a few lessons that can be learned from this by businesses of every type, not just social gaming companies.READ MORE›

Vringo's Patent Suit To Become A Multimillion-Dollar Bout Between Google And Mark Cuban

BY Chuck Salter | 04-17-2012 | 9:58 AM | INNOVATION

Why is a six-year-old ringtone company with less than $1 million in revenue attracting major investors and seeing its shares soar? The answer can be traced to Ken Lang, the former CTO of Lycos whose patents are being acquired by Vringo.READ MORE›

Stop Blabbing About Innovation And Start Actually Doing It

BY Aaron Shapiro | 04-16-2012 | 9:30 AM | CAREERS

If your business can’t innovate, it won’t survive when the startup across town that doesn’t have to answer to your shareholders does all the things legal has been telling you that you can’t do or don’t have time for. Here's how to get the ball rolling. READ MORE›

Forget Selling Your Product

BY Andrew Collins | 04-08-2012 | 9:42 PM | DESIGN

We've all heard this expression before 'Experience sells' which really says it all. But just how much of this do you really advocate? Experience tells me too few of us (including myself) have spent nearly enough time reviewing our business or product experience to the point of exhaustion. How long have you spent reviewing your product, your service and the overall experience before you rush to market? Think about it. READ MORE›

Building Businesses That Stand For Something

BY Chuck Templeton | 03-20-2012 | 10:30 AM | PATAGONIA

It is no longer acceptable (or smart) to create a business just to make money. READ MORE›

Who’s Streaming March Madness? You’d Be Surprised

BY Chuck Salter | 03-16-2012 | 1:32 PM | DESIGN

BAM is the only team more focused than Kentucky on the NCAA tournament. And it's best known for ... baseball. READ MORE›

Netflix Deal Reveals Apple's Secret Sauce: iTunes Pay Channel

BY Kit Eaton | 03-12-2012 | 7:20 AM | DESIGN

A lot's been written about Apple this last week, but one thing got overlooked--Apple's deal to pay for Netflix over your Apple TV. It's one big hint for Apple's future payment tech.READ MORE›

Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn From The Broken U.S. Tax System

BY JD Rucker | 03-01-2012 | 2:38 AM | LEADERSHIP

If there's one thing people on both sides of the political fence can agree on, it's that the tax system in the United States is broken, and while the goal of fixing it is the same, they have completely different ideas about how to fix the problem. Either way, business leaders have something to learn from the disagreements in Washington.READ MORE›

Apple, Microsoft, And The 3-D Desktop Of Your Dreams

BY Kit Eaton | 02-29-2012 | 12:05 PM | DESIGN

Soon you won't have to open up a window on your PC. Rather, you'll dive through it into a 3-D world of icons and files. We're not joking.READ MORE›

Leading By Jeremy Lin's Example

BY Duane Zobrist | 02-28-2012 | 1:01 PM | CAREERS

Jeremy Lin is a great story for basketball fans--but business owners would do well to take a page or two from his playbook.READ MORE›

Why Digg's Rebound Is Significant To Every Social Media Site Today

BY JD Rucker | 02-25-2012 | 1:28 AM | INNOVATION

Once a social media site loses relevance, it's officially over. MySpace, Propeller, Yahoo! Buzz, Pownce, Mixx--the list of social sites that couldn't turn it around goes on and on. Digg is proving to be the exception, and it's an important twist for every social media site alive today.READ MORE›

Skunkworks, Reorganization, And Other Tactics To Excel In The Digital Age

BY Aaron Shapiro | 02-22-2012 | 7:16 AM | MANAGEMENT

Traditional organizational structures are ill-equipped to meet the challenges of the digital age. But the transition to an organizational structure that supports long-term leadership in digital can come to life in three phases, which can eventually run concurrently. READ MORE›

Innovating Office For iPads: Or, Why Microsoft Should Stop Worrying And Learn To Love Apple

BY Kit Eaton | 02-22-2012 | 6:18 AM | INNOVATION

Microsoft is said to be releasing Office for the iPad--a move that would have it sleeping with the enemy. The tech giant has (not all that convincingly) denied this is happening. Here's why it absolutely should do it. READ MORE›

Why The Facebook Pages Of Local Businesses Are Mostly Worthless

BY JD Rucker | 02-17-2012 | 1:04 AM | MANAGEMENT

So much attention has been given to Facebook and social media marketing tools over the last few years that the promise of growth and riches has outpaced reality. Many local businesses pour time into their Facebook pages, but the real value of social media has next to nothing to do with it.READ MORE›

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