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Annette Lode

Panama: The Future Hong Kong of Latin America?

I just came back from conducting my program in Panama, and while I have been through the Panama City airport several times, I had never stepped outside its walls. This is a fascinating country. We had 150 attend the ...READ»

Annette Lode
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Going MiaGreen in Miami

Riding the green wave to MiamiREAD»

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NVPR Expands Into South America

NVPR EXPANDS INTO SOUTH AMERICAOPENS OFFICE IN BUENOS AIRES EXPANSION COINCIDES WITH INAGURATION OF GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK    Los Angeles and Buenos Aires (--November 18, 2008--) NVPR is expanding into South America and ...READ»

Class of '07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners

Organization What It Does Results Grade ACCION International CEO: María Otero www.accion.org Winner's Statement Trains banks around the world to be microfinance partners, making small loans ...READ»

High Blood Pressure in Egyptian Mummies

challenging longstanding assumptions that cardiovascular disease is mainly a malady of modern societiesREAD»

Starting Your Startup

Unit of OneREAD»

Global Reach, Virtual Leadership

Meeting I Never MissREAD»

Making Friends, Creating Customers

Intel's World Ahead Program is an ambitious billion-dollar venture, but other tech and telecom companies are also building relationships in developing countries that promise to become the most massive of mass markets. Among ...READ»

Fruit Stand Lending

Who's that man walking through the street markets of Ecuador, trying to make $50 loans? It's Michael Chu, a former executive of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co., the world's most powerful leveraged buyout operator.READ»

Job opening: North Amer. Marcom Mgr - WISCONSIN

Fortune 1000 producer of B2B brand-name products seeks North American Marketing Manager to create communication strategies for North/Latin America and activate global strategies in the region. Division of well-established, market-leading firm with long history. Position is part of Global Marcom team and reports to the head of global marketing.READ»

Social Entrepreneurship

 There is a movement across the globe today that says solutions to society's most pressing social issues cannot be left up to the government to determine. Social entrepreneurs are business owners that decide to take on ...READ»

The Change Masters

How do you solve the world's problems? With creativity, passion, and the savvy to turn scarce resources into big impact. Meet the winners of the 2005 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards.READ»

Leading Questions

In the most recent edition of his email newsletter, Art Kleiner, an early contributor to Fast Company, Kleiner poses an interesting topic for discussion: Every year, in the "future of the infrastructure" class that I teach, with ...READ»

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Apple Recalls Hazardous iPhone Chargers

Apple [AAPL] impressed iPhone 3G owners with fancy-pants compact A/C adaptors that conveniently plugged into the phone's USB cord, making any iPod/iPhone cord a wall charger. Now it turns out those nifty A/C mini-adaptors could kill ...READ»

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Tom Robertson

Dean, Goizueta Business School at Emory University, Atlanta, GeorgiaREAD»

The Change Masters

How do you solve the world's problems? With creativity, passion, and the savvy to turn scarce resources into big impact. Meet the winners of the 2005 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards.READ»

Annette Lode

Clinton Global Initiative: Sharing the Joy...What Will Be Your Commitment

September 25 – There is no denying the interest of sitting among the heads of global corporations, heads of state, and movie and television stars, and casually exchanging business cards and chatting with my seat companion who is ...READ»

Global Voices - Listen to the Global Marketplace

Many Americans are at a disadvantage when it comes to the global marketplace. The US is increasingly insular – even when something looks “international,” it was often created with us in mind (usually by other Americans). ...READ»

Numbers Count

Positive incentive is sometimes scarce for change agents in Florida, a state that commonly appears at the bottom of national rankings for fast-moving, forward-thinking business communities.READ»

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Samsung's Solar-Powered Cell Phone on Sale for $59 in India

Samsung has announced the impending release of its first solar-powered cell phone, hot on the heels of Sony's GreenHeart C901 and Naite phones made from recycled CD cases and water bottles. But while consumers in the U.S. will be ...READ»

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Design to Improve Life

Good things are happening in the world of design and innovation. One of the best is INDEX, a new world event for design and innovation to be held, like the Olympics, every four years; it is also an international network of designers, ...READ»

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Business is War - So Let's Have a War Game

Oh, what a lovely day for a war game.READ»

Claramark, a Spanish Internet Marketing and SEO Company, is Launched By Brian Pasch

Brian Pasch, CEO of Pasch Consulting Group, announces the launch of Claramark, a Spanish language Internet Marketing firm. Pasch made the announcement at the start of the Digital Dealer Conference in Las Vegas; one of the vertical markets PCG serves. READ»

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Read About Joseph Davidovic

Joseph Davidovic is the founder and owner of a highly respected translation firm in Canada. He is fluent in six languages and is considered an expert in his field.  Some of his company’s clients include Wal-Mart, ...READ»

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Designed for Life

Industrial designers gathered at an elite conference last week to meld their veneration of the new and fashionable with an appreciation for the old and lasting -- namely, the necessities for designing a meaningful life.READ»