What's the secret to power hiring? Location, location, location. If you want to attract the right kind of people, it's not enough to be the right kind of company. Your company needs to be in the right kind of place.READ»
Richard Florida, author of "The Rise of the Creative Class," says cities must attract creative people in order to thrive. Take Florida's interactive quiz to see where your city falls on the creativity scale.READ»
Communities, cities, and even states all compete in the world of everything -- commerce, tax bases, cultural riches, hometown intellects, the creative class, and happy folks using it all. It's the fuel to keep geographic areas going ...READ»
They're all immigrants who came to America and helped to create important companies: Google, Sun Microsystems and Wang Laboratories.
But what if Brin had stayed in Moscow, and Khosla remained in India, and Wang had gone to ...READ»
They're 15 up-and-coming hubs for creative workers--places that draw people who are talented, tech savvy, and tolerant. Meet the home of your next big opportunity.READ»
Entrepreneurial communities grow up around smart people. Whenever someone in government asks me what they can do to accelerate entrepreneurship, I always tell them to put as much money and energy as they can into education. If you build a broad base of smart, inquisitive, curious people that are long term members of your community, you'll be delighted with the results.READ»
Catalytix, a group associated with Richard Florida, has developed a regional creativity scorecard. And now, Visa USA has identified what its research considers the most entrepreneurial cities in the United States.
The Visa ...READ»
MacKenzie Stroh
Portrait artist Mackenzie Stroh photographed Laura Poretzky, Stacey Bendet, and Lela Rose for our story on the design aces at Payless, No. 42 on our list of the world’s most innovative companies. The New ...READ»
PREVIEWThere is a general social rule that our comments are to be mindful of social media principles. Who defines social media principles? These principles are defined by those that emanate from the community and the community ...READ»
Forgive us for blowing past the new year before getting up what may be the last best of 2005 list you'll read, but we hope it's worth the wait. We were hibernating with a collection of 1950's advertising satires and lost track of ...READ»
Here are 12 must-listen-to podcasts for creative knowledge workers--those entrepreneurial spirits who start and staff the most innovative, fast-growing companies.READ»
The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies / Our March cover story -- and particularly our choice of Google as the most innovative company of the year -- got a heated reception. There were complaints ("Your latest issue reads like a ...READ»
A cultural revoltuion is brewing. It's being started by the creative class, and the focus is innerpreneurship. Creative capitalism is on the rise, and here's a little insight on the core values of this movement.
Excitement Over ...READ»
The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»
