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Topic: Bill Joy

  
NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS   |  2 comments

Bill Joy and Pain, Sunshine and Rain

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 10, 2003 at 11:39 AM

Bill Joy, chief scientist of Sun Microsystems Inc., is stepping down to go solo. Here's the advice staff writer Ryan Underwood would have offered Joy if only he'd called: Check your pulse before you check your wallet. Become an ...READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM   |  1 comment

60 Seconds with Bill Joy

BY Alan Deutschman
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:00 AM

Sun cofounder and Silicon Valley bad boy Bill Joy on the future of startups and where he's placing his venture-capital bets.READ»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  11 comments

Economic Incentive


Relevancy Score: 89
Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 11:24 AM

"Businesses can talk about all this social responsibility stuff, but they are likely to do something about it only if there's an economic reason for them to do it." --Bill Joy, founder, Sun Microsystems From Fast Company's recently ...READ»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  11 comments

Economic Incentive


Relevancy Score: 89
Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 11:24 AM

"Businesses can talk about all this social responsibility stuff, but they are likely to do something about it only if there's an economic reason for them to do it." --Bill Joy, founder, Sun Microsystems From Fast Company's recently ...READ»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  11 comments

Economic Incentive


Relevancy Score: 89
Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 11:24 AM

"Businesses can talk about all this social responsibility stuff, but they are likely to do something about it only if there's an economic reason for them to do it." --Bill Joy, founder, Sun Microsystems From Fast ...READ»

SALES AND MARKETING   |  Comment

Top O' the Market: A Consumer's Guide

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:17 AM

  Trump World Tower Richard Meier's Perry Street towers 20 Pine The Jade Miraval Living William Beaver House The pitch "The Greatest Condominium Building in the ...READ»

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT   |  1 comment

Speaking with the Enemy

BY Richard Rapport
Relevancy Score: 57
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:36 PM

The fallout of techno-glasnost.READ»

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

Business strategy and opportunity in dark times

BY Robert Heller
Relevancy Score: 51
Wed Nov 26, 2008 at 9:05 PM

In these days of pessimism and gloom, anybody can be forgiven for looking back nostalgically at the days when venture capitalists, for example, would sound a far more bullish note, ringing the bell for opportunity. For example: ...READ»

GLOBALIZATION   |  Comment

Fast Talk: Hail, global citizens!

BY Christine Canabou
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Business has become the most powerful institution on the planet. Given that, we wonder: What are its responsibilities to the rest of the world? And how do companies act on those responsibilities?READ»

INNOVATION   |  2 comments

The Future of Money

BY Richard Watson
Relevancy Score: 31
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:44 PM

Like predictions about the paperless office, forecasts about a cashless society have been around for a while. For example, AC Nielsen research says that only 10% of transactions in the US will be cash by the year 2020. Logically this ...READ»

DESIGN IN BUSINESS   |  Comment

Feedback

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 28
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:47 AM

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

ENTERTAINMENT   |  Comment

Best Business Blogs: Venture Capital

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 28
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:04 AM

An expanded list of our favorites.READ»

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT   |  1 comment

The Company as Talk Show

BY Richard Rapport
Relevancy Score: 25
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:37 PM

Visit Sun Microsystem's virtual recording studio.READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  1 comment

The Network Is the Company

BY Richard Rapaport
Relevancy Score: 22
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:37 PM

John Gage, chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, blends '90s technology with '60s activism. His manifesto: free speech, open companies, virtual work.READ»

RE:CON WTF 2004   |  1 comment

Short Takes, Quickly Presented II

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 20
Sat Apr 3, 2004 at 9:20 PM

After dinner tonight at WTF 2004, there were a handful of short, sharp presentations in which speakers were limited to an eight- to 10-minute time slot. What follows are partial transcripts of some of the second round of talks, which ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  30 comments

Can't Touch This

BY Adam Penenberg
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:16 AM

Working all but alone from his hardware-strewn office, Jeff Han is about to change the face of computing. Not even the big boys are likely to catch him. READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING   |  Comment

John Doerr's Startup Manual

BY Michael S. Malone
Relevancy Score: 15
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:43 PM

If you could ask only one person for advice about starting a company or joining a startup, chances are you'd pick John Doerr.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  2 comments

Al Gore's $100 Million Makeover

BY Ellen McGirt
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:22 AM

Not long ago, he was the butt of jokes--lockbox, earth tones, a postelection beard. Then he dusted off an old slide show and jumped with both feet into the private sector. The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover of our time.READ»

LEADERSHIP SKILLS   |  6 comments

How to Manage Geeks

BY Russ Mitchell
Relevancy Score: 12
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:03 AM

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Novell, believes that "geek" is a badge of honor. (After all, he is one!) But how do you manage these geek gods? Just follow his nine-point techie tutorial.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Starwave Takes the Web ... (Seriously)

BY Michael S. Malone
Relevancy Score: 11
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:40 PM

CEO Mike Slade has assembled a team of the best and brightest to create the Web's first real company. All they have to do is meet five tough challenges.READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

What's the Matter With Sun?

BY John Ellis
Relevancy Score: 11
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:34 AM

It's been a tough year for Sun Microsystems -- think of it as the perfect storm. With the company under siege, could it really be possible that Newt Gingrich has the solution?READ»