Should we go to the hog races first or the PigCasso art show? Welcome to bacony bliss,
a three-day celebration of porcine proportions that draws 40,000
consumers, producers, and vendors to Iowa, the top pork-producing state
in ...READ»
BYRuth Sherman Relevancy Score: 90 Mon Jan 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM
The results of the Iowa caucuses are in and, no surprise to me, the best communicators won.
Both Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee may have thin resumes, but their ability to inspire, motivate and persuade are unparalleled among the ...READ»
BYLynette Chiang Relevancy Score: 89 Fri Aug 3, 2007 at 6:48 PM
I've just returned from bouncing around like an email peddling Viagra .... NY, Philly, Texas, Eugene, Seattle and finally IOWA, where I rode across the state with 10,000 others on RAGBRAI. Including Lance, who, at all times, seemed ...READ»
BYBill Breen Relevancy Score: 85 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM
In her 44 years as the butter sculptress at the Iowa State Fair, Norma Lyon has churned out statues of everything from cows to Elvis to the Last Supper.READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 84 Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Synthetic fertilizer has become an increasingly villified product as the organic food movement grows, but one company is trying to change its image. San Francisco, California-based SynGest is using corncobs--farmer food waste--to ...READ»
I must confide that I learn as much from a magazine's advertisements as I do the articles themselves. I don't read them as a consumer, rather as an observer of the passing business parade (and contemporary ad agency thinking). ...READ»
BYEllen McGirt Relevancy Score: 66 Tue Mar 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The untold story of how Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.READ»
BYValeria Maltoni Relevancy Score: 65 Thu Sep 27, 2007 at 8:14 AM
It’s months until the first primary, and they’re everywhere.
Campaign ads. You’ve probably already seen them: On TV, in newspapers, and plastered across your favorite websites. Thanks to the rise of social media, you’ll ...READ»
It’s months until the first primary, and they’re everywhere.
Campaign ads. You’ve probably already seen them: On TV, in newspapers, and plastered across your favorite websites. Thanks to the rise of social media, you’ll even ...READ»
It’s months until the first primary, and they’re everywhere.
Campaign ads. You’ve probably already seen them: On TV, in newspapers, and plastered across your favorite websites. Thanks to the rise of social media, you’ll even ...READ»
BY Alison Overholt Relevancy Score: 53 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM
And the best place to work is . . . Des Moines? Okay, we admit it's a stretch. But unemployment here is so low, and work-life balance so important, that Iowa's capital city seems pretty cool to us.READ»
BYTom Stern Relevancy Score: 52 Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 2:37 AM
As the creator of a comic strip character myself, I have, in some very early blog postings, poked a little fun at Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert. Well, those days are over. As some of you may know, Adams has been bravely ...READ»
BYMark Goulston Relevancy Score: 50 Sun Nov 9, 2008 at 12:42 AM
I first wrote this in August, 2007 for Fast Company. It was about the fact that we have been turned into silos. This has enabled us to focus on our areas of expertise, but has hurt the ability to cooperatie, collaberate and ...READ»
BYJason Kintzler Relevancy Score: 50 Wed Jun 18, 2008 at 10:22 AM
On the heels of the heavy-handed announcement
by the Associated Press to strictly enforce copyright guidelines on
bloggers, Jim Kennedy, vice president and strategy director of The
A.P., decided he and his group would ...READ»
Should it really cost $200 million to run for President? At what point does the fundraising mean more than the ideas?
There's been a huge shift in the way the Internet has affected marketing of all types, and now, for the first ...READ»
BY Kate Rockwood Relevancy Score: 48 Mon Jun 23, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Want a wiener? Americans will eat about 2.3 billion -- a disgusting eight per person -- during National Hot Dog Month. National Hot Dog Day is July 18th, but the 4th is the biggest dog day. Here's a look inside the business of America's favorite sausage. READ»
BYTom Musbach Relevancy Score: 46 Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 7:17 PM
New July unemployment figures show that 15 states have already reached 10% unemployment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Many economists and pundits have focused like vultures on the national jobless rate rising to 10% ...READ»
After Howard Dean's "I Had a Scream" Iowa concession speech, many people considered his Presidential race a lost cause. But on the eve of what could be considered the biggest test of the campaign yet, has the former front runner ...READ»
BYEllen McGirt Relevancy Score: 40 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 3:41 PM
It may be silly season for the Presidential campaigns on television until Election Day, but the Brand Called Obama has been brought to you by the internet.READ»
BYKermit Pattison Relevancy Score: 39 Mon Oct 6, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Fast Interview: John Della Volpe, founder and managing Partner of SocialSphere Strategies and director of polling at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, contends that Obama campaign marks a once-in-a-generation innovation in American politics.READ»
BYRachel King Relevancy Score: 38 Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 1:00 PM
With all of the hype surrounding Web 2.0 companies like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, it’s easy to forget that lots of Web companies still fail. Here are 10 that failed in the past year – and why.READ»
