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C Is For Cookie

You said it, Cookie Monster. Cookies are a great way to teach kids about literacy. But did you know they are also a great way for the future businesswomen of America to learn about financial and economic literacy? By buying more ...READ»

Surl Scout Cookies

As Girl Scout Cookie season nears, the perennial young, female sellers of sweets can take advantage of a new sales training program that focuses on not taking "no" for an answer. Organized by the Center for Sales Innovation at the ...READ»

How Will Your Company Adapt?

Charles Darwin wrote the book on natural selection: Survival of the fittest is about adaptability to a changing environment and new competitive realities. That's just what companies face today.READ»

Leadership, as defined by Generation Y women

Though many more women are taking leadership positions on Wall Street and Congress, and an increasing number of women are starting their own businesses, many Generation Y women do not want to take on the traditional idea of ...READ»

Fast Talk: Tough Sell

The fastest way to get a solid bottom line is to deliver results on the top line. Which means there's nothing more urgent -- or these days, more trying -- than making the sale. Here's what it takes.READ»

Here's How to Make It to the Top

Arlene Blum has climbed the world's highest peaks. Now she teaches executives the secrets of high-altitude leadership.READ»

Playing Foursquare

Playing Foursquare: A Mobile Social Game That Makes Friend-Finding Fun

Every year at SXSW developers unleash new products upon the tech-crazy hyper-early adopters hoping their launch will stick. And every year there's one product that's the talk of Austin. Two years ago it was Twitter's debut, even ...READ»

Social Capitalists: Profiles

Accion International Entrepreneurship: A- Innovation: A Social Impact: A+ Aspiration: B+ Sustainability: B+ Boston, Massachusetts Maria Otero, President and CEO www.accion.org "We have taken traditional ...READ»

Why Even Thinking About Retirement Can Be a Bad Idea

We often dream about all the things we'll do once we retire. What we don't think about is how much we'll hate it.READ»

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Finding Grace Within the Hurt

Sometimes you find grace where you least expect it. Such was the case in the reaction of the Rutgers women’s basketball team. This was a team that came from nowhere to contend for the national championship. They ended up losing to ...READ»

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Christine Osekoski Tillman Named National Sales Director of Fast Company

NEW YORK, April 6, 2006 - Mansueto Ventures LLC Publishing Director Jayson Goldberg, announced today that Christine Osekoski Tillman, 37, has been named National Sales Director of Fast Company magazine, effective immediately. She ...READ»

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'I've Always Been a Human Modem.'

It's up to Motorola's Janiece Webb, one of the company's highest-impact change agents, to make Motorola a leader in the wireless Internet -- the next great global market.To pull it off, she -- and Motorola -- must make networking personal.READ»

Mint Condition

Take a lesson in change from people who make change for a living. Philip Diehl and his colleagues at the U.S. Mint have transformed a clumsy bureaucracy into a fast-moving enterprise with great customer service and a cutting-edge presence on the Web.READ»

The Company of the Future

It is a revolutionary notion: Talented people are joining up with fast companies to create "social glue" - the essence of both a winning business and a humane workplace.READ»