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The Silly Season (Again)

Our friends at Business 2.0 have unleashed their rapier wit in the name of ethics in journalism. Read their withering critique of our totally serious holiday-card blog entries from yesterday.READ»

Boom Town, Soon Town

Another interesting comparative read is Business 2.0's March feature on the next boom towns (access code: B2MAR3140) -- "America's 20 hottest job markets" -- and Inc.'s March feature on the top 25 cities for doing business in ...READ»

Web: Can A Social Network Save Business 2.0?

Yesterday, I completely missed the news. The New York Times's Brad Stone wrote about, "Ad Downtown Threatening the Survival of Business 2.0." Forbes Brian Caulfield had even covered the impending demise of the publication, "Bye-Bye, ...READ»

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The Brand Called... Who? II

FC Now readers have been discussing my previous entry about United's new low-cost airline Ted. Yesterday, Business 2.0 expanded on some of the guerilla marketing tactics used to promote the airline. This month's Business 2.0 ...READ»

I Want My Red Herring!

OK, I know the magazine ceased publication in late February, a month shy of its 10th anniversary. But I'm missing it especially now because I just received a really weird notice from Business 2.0. Here's what 2.0 is telling me: "As ...READ»

I Want My Red Herring! II

Add to that the editor's letter in the first issue of the merged Business 2.0/E-Company Now! way back when. Despite maintaining the name and some content elements -- but getting rid of most of the original Business 2.0 staff and ...READ»

A-List B-Schools

Business 2.0 and the Wall Street Journal have recently published rankings of business schools. The Journal positions Wharton at the top of its listing. And B2.0 grades the schools in its listing, categorizing them as classic, tech, ...READ»

Welcome to the New, Agile FastCompany.com

The brand new FastCompany.com homepage design that debuted today is sure to change quite a lot over the coming months. Not because we don't love it -- we do -- but because we're adopting a business strategy based on agile ...READ»

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Sharon, last night you mentioned that one of your executive coaching clients admitted to being a sour-puss. Those weren't your words, just my interpretation. You were coaching him about how to do some fun things with his team even ...READ»

Deja Vu All Over Again? II

As Fast Company's erstwhile "social capitalist" and founder of the magazine's readers' network, the Company of Friends, I feel the need to defend my friends working in social software. While the business model for several of the ...READ»

A New Google? II

Alison Overholt recently mentioned the new search engine NetNose. Now Business 2.0 is praising Nutch, a new open-source search engine. FC Now reader Noel Jackson reminds us of other search-engine upstarts such as FAST, whose ...READ»

The Labor-Shortage Myth

When boomers start to retire, the theory goes, we'll see a job boom. Too bad it won't happen.READ»

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Secrets of Leadership Success

A recent IBM Global Human Capital Study mentions that 40 percent of organizations believe that a lack of leadership capability is one of the primary workforce related issues. As companies and employees grow and mature one of the ailments of many organizations is developing the needed bench strength for the future.READ»

New Media News 12.04.06

Enter Stage Left: Huffington Post Veers Into Original Reporting "Journalism just got more political. For the second time in as many weeks, a popular print reporter covering politics has jumped to a virtually new address. Online ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Innovation: Keep 'Em Flying

There's no future in flight if planes have no place to park. Yet that's exactly the future we face, with 14 U.S. airports and eight metropolitan areas needing new capacity to accommodate anticipated growth in air traffic through ...READ»

The Death of the Book Review [Viral Loop Chronicles Part 2]

Death of the Book Review

Published book reviews don't sell books anymore. All they do is act as marketing fragments for publishers and authors to spin for promotion. Welcome to the Amazon Review Cycle. [Viral Loop Chronicles Part 2]READ»

Fast Company in the News

Here are some recent media mentions of Fast Company: Love For Sale: Rebecca Mead, my favorite New Yorker writer, addresses the marketing of mating -- and refers to Fast Company in the process Biz Bits: Wire editors at the St. ...READ»

Industries That Got Away

Earlier this week, GothamGazette published a solid story about some of the industries and areas for economic development that elude New York City. Given the Gazette's focus, the piece is totally NYC-centric, but the article could ...READ»

FastCompany.com Update Three

Where to begin? Since our newly blended journalism/community platform was released on February 11, we’ve received more attention for FastCompany.com [0] in the few weeks than we did over the past five years. The one-two punch of a ...READ»

Spare No Expense

Even the staunchest budget "hawk" understands that you can't cost-cut your way to growth.READ»

Josh Silverman

"I'm trying to take off a whole day each week, but I'm not there yet."READ»

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Latte Everywhere

Any business that relies on mass replication of a high-end experience has become vulnerable to the Starbucks of metaphors.READ»

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What Would Warhol Do?

In the future, everyone will be a retailer for 15 minutes. Andy Warhol never said that. But he did say this: "The people who have the best fame are those who have their names on stores. The people with very big stores named after them ...READ»

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FastCompany.com Update

An update about FastCompany.com from Mansueto Digital President, Edward Sussman.READ»

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Navigon's Mobile Navigator iPhone App Beats TomTom to Market

One of the most eagerly-awaited functions of the recent iPhone 3.0 firmware upgrade was the addition of proper turn-by-turn navigation. The first big-name effort has hit iTunes today: Navigon's MobileNavigator.READ»