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Topic: Houghton Mifflin Company

  
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A Brief History of Hard Work, Adjusted for Risk

BY Seth Godin
Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:39 AM

Your great-grandfather knew what it meant to work hard. He hauled hay all day long, making sure that the cows got fed. In Fast Food Nation (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), Eric Schlosser writes about a worker who ruptured his vertebrae, ...READ»

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The Brand Called You

BY Tom Peters
Relevancy Score: 42
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:45 PM

Big companies understand the importance of brands. Today, in the Age of the Individual, you have to be your own brand. Here's what it takes to be the CEO of Me Inc.READ»

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This Time With Feeling!

BY Melissa Korn
Relevancy Score: 39
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:59 AM

Going in to negotiate a new job's details? Don't leave your emotional barometer behind.READ»

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By the Book Leadership

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

Six leaders recommend the nonbusiness books that influenced them most.READ»

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FC Recommends

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 33
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:46 PM

Each of these professions we love to hate has spawned its own literature -- a survey of power and influence through the ages. Here are the classics in each category.READ»

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The Last Stand

BY Susan Stellin
Relevancy Score: 28
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:10 AM

Airlines now let you pay to jump the standby line. Here's what you need to know to get home sooner.READ»

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Which Price Is Right?

BY Gina Imperato
Relevancy Score: 27
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:44 PM

High-tech legend Jerry Kaplan talks to Fast Company about the future of buying and selling.READ»

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What Can The Book Business Learn From iTunes?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 27
Mon Jan 5, 2009 at 6:49 PM

This week the media is a-squabble over the death rattles coming from the book publishing industry. Yes, it's in dire condition. But a new business model might bring readers back. Call it the Free Lunch model. An article in The Wall ...READ»

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Everything Ventured, What Gained?

BY George Anders
Relevancy Score: 24
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:16 AM

Two new "insider" chronicles of the new economy -- messy tales of startup mania -- explode some of the more romantic myths about entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. But they don't tarnish the dream.READ»

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Java Man

BY Nick Reding
Relevancy Score: 21
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

As one of only 48 certified coffee graders in the country, Ed Faubert sits at the center of a $19 billion industry. READ»

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Free Your Job and Your Mind Will Follow

BY John Hoult
Relevancy Score: 21
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:43 AM

Steve Mariotti shone as a corporate cog, succeeded as a solo businessman, struggled as a high-school teacher, and found meaning in the nonprofit he started. Stepping out on your own, he says, can be more than a good move -- it can be a moral obligation.READ»

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Free Your Job and Your Mind Will Follow

BY John Hoult
Relevancy Score: 21
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:34 AM

Steve Mariotti shone as a corporate cog, succeeded as a solo businessman, struggled as a high-school teacher, and found meaning in the nonprofit he started. Stepping out on your own, he says, can be more than a good move -- it can be a moral obligation.READ»

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Action Item: The Pitch Called You

BY John Quain
Relevancy Score: 19
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:51 PM

Tom Peters on creating and updating your résumé.READ»

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Make Tracks

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 15
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:08 AM

The forest is speaking to us all of the time, says master tracker Paul Rezendes, and telling us about the wildlife within it. But the only way to get the message is to read the woods.READ»

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Samuel Mockbee: A Design for Life

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
Relevancy Score: 14
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:41 AM

More than a year after profiling Samuel Mockbee for our Who's Fast 2001 issue, former Fast Company writer Curtis Sittenfeld reflects on the legacy of an architecture professor who taught both compassion and craft.READ»

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The Carly Chronicles

BY George Anders
Relevancy Score: 13
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

An Inside Look at Her Campaign to Reinvent HPREAD»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  2 comments

Elevate Something Ordinary to Something Extraordinary.

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
Relevancy Score: 10
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:23 AM

Every fall since 1993, Samuel Mockbee and his students have left Auburn and headed west to Hale County, one of the country's poorest regions. Their assignment: to build great houses with low-cost materials.READ»

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Next Stop - The 21st Century

BY Lucy McCauley
Relevancy Score: 8
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:04 AM

Unit of Twenty-OneREAD»

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Relaunch!

BY Lucy McCauley
Relevancy Score: 8
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:15 AM

Unit of OneREAD»