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Battling Billionaires

Mark Cuban and Richard Branson are taking on the Donald with their own brand of reality TV. Here's our sneak preview.READ»

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Bring on the Clown

Learn about PR from the man whose hair, ego, and finances are all about puffery.READ»

Trump and Circumstance

CNN reports today that Donald Trump has applied for a trademark on the name "Trump University," indicating that the school would offer university-level sales and marketing, management, entrepreneurship, and real estate courses -- ...READ»

Fast Talk: What I Learned on <em>The Apprentice</em>

You're fired! With the finale of season three this month, five people who've heard that signature Trumpism share what they learned about image, experience, role models, decision making, and leveraging free publicity from being on The Donald's hit show. And -- surprise! -- Trump himself had little to teach.READ»

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Do You Hear What They Hear?

In the most recent edition of the Living Workplace newsletter, Ann Coombs comments on the widespread usage of the phrase, "You're fired!" as inspired by Mr. Trump. The words and messages of the program send negative chills to those ...READ»

Trump'd

Riffing off of Alison Overholt's recent entry on the role of women on Donald Trump's TV show The Apprentice, John Porcaro, a marketing manager at Microsoft, expands on Trump's seven rules of success. Beyond quoting the recent ...READ»

Trump School of Business

As a long-time "Survivor" junkie, I confess I was instantly hooked on Donald Trump's crass but addictive reality series, "The Apprentice." As a Fast Company staffer, I naturally wondered what nuggets of management wisdom we might ...READ»

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Mission and (Tele)Vision

Reality TV is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Not only is Donald Trump himself involved in a planned program called "The Apprentice" in which 16 young entrepreneurs will compete over the course of 13 weeks to be hired to ...READ»

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Donald Trump: Available for $19.99

A colleague of mine bought the new Donald Trump doll at Staples the over day for less than $20 bucks. For that, you get a 12-inch model of Trump with better hair than the real thing. You also get something to work a bit of voodoo on. ...READ»

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The Trump Network

 Phone Number: 1.800.768.7667 Fax: 978.499.7664E-Mail: trumpnetworkonline@gmail.comWebsite: http://www.trumpnetwork.com My name is Scott Stanwood, I’m the Vice President, Communications of The Trump Network (formerly Ideal ...READ»

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The Trump School of Business

Donald Trump's reality series provides a playbook of sorts for corporate strivers in all manner of jungles.READ»

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Is a Brand Like Air?

A brand is more like air than meets the eye.READ»

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Library of the Living Dead

Embrace a business best seller at your brain's peril.READ»

God Is in the Details

I just finished reading Business Week's cover story on Evangelical America. I was stunned: I'd understood the political power of these new-style churches, but I never really grasped the actual economic pull of these entities. I ...READ»

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Smart Sphere of Influence

“Surround yourself with smart people,” a smart friend recently said. That is, if you enjoy learning, boosting your intelligence and finding your way through a successful career. This suggestion jogged the memory of a ...READ»

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Careers: Personal Branding and Firing Back

“Some people get their kicks, Stompin” on a dream But I don’t let it, let it get me down, ‘Cause this fine ‘ol world it keeps spinning around. -Dean Kay and Kelly Gordeon, recorded by Frank Sinatra, “That’s Life” I ...READ»

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Work/Life: Trophy Wives and Honesty

I'm sitting on the train to Connecticut and there's a poster for Donald Trump's PARC Tower framed in front of me. Executed in cerise pink and azure blue, it features a big ornate gold key and below it, a blousy blonde in a busty ...READ»

Fast Company... on the Air!

Fast Company's editor in chief, John A. Byrne, was featured on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday afternoon. In a produced segment, John discussed the differences between Donald Trump and The Apprentice and Richard Branson and ...READ»

More on Trump and His Female Troubles

Has Jeff Probst been sneaking into Manhattan aboard Trump's private jet (make that Mark Burnett's--Trump's is probably with the repo man) to help out the folks over at The Apprentice? It certainly seems that way after last night's ...READ»

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The Branson Called You

Richard Branson, the high-energy CEO of Virgin, has signed on with Fox to develop a new reality TV show. Like the business moguls Mark Cuban and Donald Trump before him, Branson will challenge contestants to overcome a series of ...READ»

Trump'd III

Not to be outdone by Donald Trump or the wonderful Terry Tate: Office Linebacker adverts that made the rounds on the Web, there's a new -- and amazingly effective -- Web video making its way throughout the ether. I won't give away ...READ»

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T-R-U-M-P! What's That Spell?

Thinking about going back to school, but don't want to deal with all those pesky exams? Looking for a school that will teach you about the real world? Then Trump University is the place for you! Established last May on the ...READ»

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Joe Redneck, Meet Eustace Tilly

NASCAR in New York? That's what Donald Trump and the stock-car bunch have in mind.READ»

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Give Me Ten Minutes And I'll Give You a Ring...Tone

What’s your cell phone ring tone? Until yesterday, mine was the theme from M*A*S*H, until a friend told me there are actually lyrics to that song, and that the title of it is “Suicide is Painless.” I’m thinking of ...READ»

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Risk Management in Today's Economy

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comIt's a generally accepted fact that to be successful, you have to be willing to take risks. When you consider the practices of contemporary entrepreneurs like Sir Richard Branson, Frederick A. ...READ»