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Leadership Hall of Fame: Richard Florida, Author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

We continue our examination of the business book "The Rise of the Creative Class," which helped people understand the identity of their cities, with an interview of author Richard Florida. How did the book come about and where is the creative class congregating today?READ»

Attracting Smart People to Your Community Accelerates Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial communities grow up around smart people. Whenever someone in government asks me what they can do to accelerate entrepreneurship, I always tell them to put as much money and energy as they can into education. If you build a broad base of smart, inquisitive, curious people that are long term members of your community, you'll be delighted with the results.READ»

Lessons From a Failing Smart Grid

XCel Energy's SmartGridCity project was supposed to turn Boulder, Colorado into the ultimate smart grid hub. But that's not how it's turning out.READ»

What Every Guy Needs: Smart Balls

Memo to FIFA (and the England team, whose execrable performance in South Africa still has me shaking with anger). See what technology can do to your balls? Gearbox is a start-up that makes smart toys "how HTC/Android/Apple make smart ...READ»

Boulder: Smart Energy [Fast Cities 2010]

Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, Google -- it seems everyone is in the smart-grid fray, trying to transform our electromechanical power grid into a digital network that saves energy, taps alternative sources, lowers costs, and boosts ...READ»

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He's Conquered Burger King and Microsoft, but Can CP+B's Alex Bogusky Oversee 32 Agencies?

Ad powerhouse CP+B announces a new relationship with its parent company, MDC Partners, with a new role for Alex Bogusky as creative head of MDC's mini-empire.READ»

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Why You Should Start a Company in... Boulder

It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in ...READ»

Ted Turner on Visionary Leadership: How to See Over the Horizon

Many leaders are described as "visionary" -- I'm always curious as to how they got that way. Is it something they're born with, or something we can we all learn? I had a chance to participate in a Silicon Flatirons Q&A with media mogul Ted Turner as we probed this question with Ted Turner.READ»