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"This American Infographic" Designer EJ Fox Has Ira Glass's Numbers

BY Alissa Walker
Relevancy Score: 100

Fox has set out to create an infographic for every episode of the public radio show. We talked to him about this slightly insane goal.READ»

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Why Your Brand Needs A Story

BY Ginger Zumaeta
Relevancy Score: 100

The thing about stories is that they are memorable, and they have a takeaway – a moral – that persists beyond the details and facts. Stories, by their very nature and construct, are easy to remember and re-tell . . . and in that re-telling the brand comes to life. But what do you do when you don’t have a story, or the story you have isn’t meaningful? I say create one.READ»

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Corporate Creation Myths, and Why We Need Them

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 38

Why do Americans need to attach creation myths to everything, including the origins of our most visible business ventures? We idealize the lone inventor over the company man, the garage over the office space. We tell the story of ...READ»

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One American Life

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 34

I’m a big fan of Chicago Public Radio’s program “This American Life,” with Ira Glass. If I  miss the broadcast on Sunday (WHYY, Philadelphia), I listen to the podcast later in the week. This week’s program, “Wrong Side ...READ»

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Are You The Bad Apple?

BY Mark Stelzner
Relevancy Score: 71

Very early in my career I was working on a team project that had fairly broad implications for my firm.  There were seven of us in total and we typically convened via phone two to three times a week.  We began with a quick roll ...READ»

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Rags to Riches…Anecdotally Speaking

BY Donovan Wadholm
Relevancy Score: 94

I love listening to a good story…especially ones about entrepreneurs and their path to eventual success.    The woman or man who turned nothing into something, who did it quickly, and without the help of others, AKA the ...READ»

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Why Brown Students See Green

BY Ron Lieber
Relevancy Score: 16

Take a course at Startup U. Recent graduates of Brown founded CDNow, Nantucket Nectars, and Motley Fool. What's their secret? a 67-year-old professor who shows them the entrepreneurial ropes.READ»

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Let's Start at the Very Beginning

BY Jeffrey Cufaude
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"When in your 40s, do you get to actually, like, try something you've never tried and learn something new? So that's the great thing. But once you get into it, it's also the terrible thing. Because it's terrible to feel stupid again. ...READ»