Topic: San Francisco 49ers

Careers: Bank of America Hires an Avatar

When I get a warm and fuzzy feeling about a bank it's usually because I'm watching a tearjerker TV commercial. Some bank has rebuilt a blighted neighborhood or loaned an underprivileged mom the dough to build a bakery. Until ...READ»

Don't Burn Out!

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"Take Me Out of This Eyesore..."

The latest in a series of tales inspired by past visions of a perfect future.READ»

Neighborhood MATCH Program

Last month, the Mills Corp. opened a new shopping mall 25 miles outside Houston that employs nearly 200 local welfare recipients who were recruited, trained, and transported across town with one goal in mind: self-improvement.READ»

Listen Up! The Web Makes Noise

The Web has become a feast for the ears as well as the eyes. You can listen in on conference calls with Wall Street analysts, get breaking news from the Balkans, or download the latest tune from Fatboy Slim. Here's Fast Company's listener's guide.READ»

Kartik Ramakrishnan

"By age 30, the average Indian is married and has two kids. Let's just say that I'm not married and I don't have two kids. In some sense, that's the price I've paid for where I am today."READ»

Tom Peters's True Confessions

On the 20th anniversary of In "Search of Excellence," Peters admits, "I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' "READ»

Sports: Blacklist the Patriots!

Before the start of the NFL season, Eric Gillin, editor of Esquire.com, compared this year's New England Patriots to Communist China. At the time, he focused mainly on positives, including the team's enormous potential and the "for ...READ»

Scouting The NFC West

Scouting The NFC WestPredicted order of Finish: Seahawks (11-5), Rams (9-7), 49ers (8-8), Cardinals (6-10)Seattle SeahawksA lineup stacked with high profile veterans emergence off injury/down seasons look at 2007 as an attempt to ...READ»

Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 88 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers do you recognize?READ»

• The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor
• High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrews
• Big Game Trophy Hunter

The Power of Integrated Brand Marketing

Nancy Friedman is vice president of advertising for Visa USA. Her keynote this morning at Ad:Tech 2003 touched on how the Visa brand got so strong, how the company keeps its brand relevant, and how integrated marketing fits in. Here ...READ»

Playing to Win

Computer and video games are a bigger business than the movies, and the biggest force in games is Electronic Arts -- a company whose blockbuster titles dazzle millions of customers and generate billions of dollars in sales. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at a creative powerhouse (and a model of disciplined management) where rappers beg to be hoopsters, war-game designers learn combat tactics from a Marine hero -- and a series of complex projects come in on time and on budget.READ»

Sony Changes the Game

PlayStation zapped Nintendo and Sega to become a $5 billion video game juggernaut. The lesson: to win big, make your own rules.READ»

Why Can't We Get Anything Done?

Stanford B-school professor Jeffrey Pfeffer has a question: If we're so smart, why can't we get anything done? Here are 16 rules to help you make things happen in your organization.READ»