Charlene Li

Women in Tech: The Evangelists

Fast Company Staff — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:46:00 -0500

-Mitchell Baker
Chairwoman
Mozilla Foundation

Baker, a part-time trapeze artist, is a full-time advocate for open-source software and an Internet that functions as a public resource.

-Danah Boyd
ethnographer and social-media expert
Microsoft Research New England

The 12 Most Creative Minds Of 2008

Fast Company staff — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:15:04 -0500

Culled from the pages of Fast Company magazine, this year's top creative minds took risks, spurred ideas, and represented a masterful force driving every facet of business forward. Meet the 12 most creative minds of 2008.

The Future of Groundswell

Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:02:50 -0400

Jason Korman makes wine. He's made wine his whole life. That's how he knows it's a terrible business.

Charlene Li on Flaming Laptops, Sleeping Technicians, and the Streisand Effect

Kermit Pattison — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:02:45 -0400

Good morning, boss. Here's the situation: Bloggers are circulating photos of one of our products bursting into flames. A video of one of our service personnel sleeping on the job is becoming a smash hit on YouTube. And remember that cease-and-desist order we sent last week?

What I Learned at Real Self

Francine Hardaway — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:56:22 -0400

What's the value of social media to the creator? Charlene Li at Forrester has a social media "ladder of participation" that points out the small percentage of people who create content compared to the much greater percentage of people who collect it, or consume it.