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Strategic Partnerships That Soar

Part V: The Growth of a Brand. Karen Post continues to offer branding lessons from a social-networking start-up.READ»

Why HR Can’t Be Left to HR

HR's seemingly endless struggle "to get a seat at the executive table" is reminiscent of the battle that IT executives have been fighting for years. Now, I don't hate HR -- and I'm not in HR. I just think we've got the HR "issue" ...READ»

Why We Love Talking About HR

Keith Hammonds' story Why We Hate HR continues to catalyze some qualitty conversation. Knowledge@Wharton joins the fray with a piece entitled Is Your HR Friend or Foe?. Suggesting that it depends on who's asking the question -- as I ...READ»

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What Happens to '30 Rock' Jokes Now That Comcast Is Buying NBC?


This morning it became official: Comcast is buying NBC Universal in a deal estimated to be worth $30 billion.READ»

GENERIC: How generate image brand distinction in a world where all have the same name?

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Venture Philanthropy Resources

Courtesy of Social Venture PartnersREAD»

The Live Strong Phenom

By now you've probably seen more than your fair share of yellow rubbery Live Strong bracelets adorning the wrists of everyone from neighbors to presidential candidates. As you probably know, they're $1 totems being sold in a joint ...READ»

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Your 40-Inch OLED TV Will Arrive in 2010, Thanks to Panasonic

I know you're fond of your nice, new LCD HDTV, I know--it's much better than the big CRT brute you had before. But, and trust me on this, you're going to want to buy a whole new TV next year. It's going to be OLED you see, and it ...READ»

Why We Hate HR--Counterpoint

At the risk of reopening old wounds, allow me to present the findings of Jacquelyn Thorp Kinworthy, a professor at Cal State-Fullerton and CEO/founder of HR-Coach Products and Services. In an effort to counter my story from last ...READ»

When Business Partners Disagree

Austin-based business lawyer Jack Zinda of the law firm Heselmeyer Zinda, PLLC offers some cogent advice for resolving partnership disputes.READ»

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It Takes Two

If you want to go places, don't go it alone. Whether you're starting a new company or leading change in a big one, your best ally is a great partner. But do partners have to like each other? Must someone be in charge? And how do you know when it's over?READ»

Company Builder

Atiq Raza was in position to become CEO of one of Silicon Valley's old-guard giants. But he left to create Raza Foundries, a company that helps build other companies. Just don't call it an incubator.READ»

Feel The Burn

When Cisco floated a proposal this year to whip 50 to 100 execs into C-level shape, the corporate coaching industry was at a loss.READ»

The Birth of the Goog-Tube

The rumors are true! Google has acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. According to a Google press release "YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community." The transaction has ...READ»

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Gifting Up

The clock is ticking, but if you haven't yet, you still have time to get some last-minute gifts for co-workers and business partners (and, if you're like me, family members). But what to get them? What do you get for the business ...READ»

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Xtravo Explorer3 Official Report & Extended Partnership with SonicZooms.

Jawoco. Com has Released the Official Report of Xtravo Explorer 3 Features that it will have.Second Report will release in June, where all statistics of Speed and Performance will be Published and showed to the People.Also Jawoco. Com ...READ»

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Work/Life: Policy is a dirty word

Customer evangelism tip: if you want to bring your customers closer to you, don't use the p-word, at least not to their face. Don't say "Our policy is …" because they don't want to hear about your freaking policy. They want to ...READ»

Realvibez Signs Partnership Agreement Television Channel

This is our first major content distribution deal for someone else's content. We have done deals with Imeem and Vuze involving our own content but this deal is more akin to Hulu signing a network like MTV, with Realvibez being Hulu. ...READ»

Angel Capital in Tough Times

As an entrpreneur and angel investor and prior angel borrower, I know how difficult it can be in good times, as well as bad times, to raise capital. To raise capital in this tough business climate, it takes extensive ...READ»

Lose the News You Can't Use

Your Mission: Find a fast, efficient way to read the newspaper.READ»

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Is the Original Blogging Dead?

In the tech world, where tools and gadgets are way cool one day and so 2004 the next, is blogging really dead? According to Paul Boutin, who ironically writes for the Sillicon Valley gossip blog Valleywag, blogging is out and being ...READ»

Was Captain America Sacrificed on the Alter of Global Business?

Was the recent “death” of Marvel’s Captain America (reported by the AP on March 7) a bit of comic book ethnic cleansing? Less than two weeks after the surprise death of this superhero created during World War II to embody the ...READ»

iPhone -- The Apple Innovation Everyone Expected

At MacWorld today Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, the long awaited iPod cellphone that has been spoken about in whispers for over a year. Though the phone was expected, some of the specs are surprising. The entire face is a ...READ»

Web 2.0 Raises Ante

When Rupert Murdoch's News Corp bought Intermix Media, owner of Myspace.com, for $580 million last year the acquisition signaled the rebirth of the Internet boom, including its overpriced valuations. Take for instance the robust ...READ»

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Former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta Taking Over at MySpace [UPDATED]

Since yesterday's announcement that Chris DeWolfe is stepping down as MySpace CEO, all sorts of juicy details have begun to circulate. The widely held assumption is that the executive shake-up is the work of newly anointed ...READ»