White men are constantly failing in business, and then pick back up and start again. To get others involved in the economy, we need to teach them it's okay to be like a clown and not get it right every time.READ»
No matter the forum or platform, designers, executives, and consumers love to discuss (and use) products and services that seem to break the mold. These ideas are disruptive, creative, and often counterintuitive. A decade ago, who ...READ»
New tech startups are moving with the speed and force of tsunamis. And a few crash that way, too. Airbnb is the latest example of how rapid growth demands rapid response to failures. Top VC Mark Suster tells Fast Company what Airbnb did right--and what it should have done better.READ»
Fail early and fail often. I use that phrase over and over again in teaching the design process. Borrowed from the world of computer programming, it expresses the urgency of getting iterations out into the world early in the process ...READ»
On the morning of December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright eyed another chance at getting their flying machine off the ground. The brothers and five other men lugged their 600-pound machine over a quarter mile uphill and placed it ...READ»
Students from Berghs School of Communication in Sweden have whipped up a series of must-see videos for any designer who’s ever felt a glimmer of self-doubt (which is to say, of course, all designers who aren't Philippe Starck). ...READ»
How can companies transform to fit the new business landscape? How can companies even realize they need to change? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from "Reengineering the Corporation" (1992) by Michael Hammer and James Champy.READ»
When you suffer a defeat, the tendency to want to withdraw is powerful. That is especially true when the setback occurs in public. The only trouble is that if you are a manager, the last thing you can do is withdraw. You have other responsibilities.READ»
This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies.
I HATE LOSING. I hate it. I really, really, really hate it. It chaps my hide. It rips at my core. I don't get over it ...READ»
It's become a classic business mantra: you learn more from your failures than from your successes. But what if that idea is all wrong? Alex Bogusky, co-chairman of Crispin Porter + Bogusky, believes it is--and recent MIT research ...READ»
From good to great to bust:A man once slept under a tree until an apple fell on his head. Then he jumped up and shouted, “What goes up, must come down!” That shout became Newton’s Law of Gravity.Sadly, Newton got it ...READ»
When success means escaping the bucket:I do hope this economy improves soon else we will experience what I call the lobster syndrome. This syndrome surfaces in a group when one individual is more successful than others and it ...READ»
When everything from wealth to glory is on the line, athletes aren’t the only ones who freeze, choke or come up short. But in business, that shouldn’t and doesn’t have to be 'just the way it is'. | Biz Money Matters |READ»
According to reports, Apple's ridiculously successful iPhone has stuttered badly in its attempt to conquer the Chinese market. Because conquering is very far from what's going on: It's sold just five units. But Apple probably ...READ»
Update: T-Mobile says that much of the data may indeed be recoverable on Microsoft's backend, according to the New York Times. Engineers in Redmond are "optimistic that much of it can be recovered," but individual customers have yet ...READ»
A recovery without jobs? Halfway through the current recession, it's clear things would have been different if companies had invested in stakeholders and not shareholders. We fired the very people who can turn this around.READ»
Some small start ups tend to fail before they even begin to conduct business. This article not only explains why, but how to start an successful endeavor.READ»
