In the world of the consumer, competition is a great thing. In the world of the entrepreneur, competition can also be a great thing. In the world of the Internet start-up, however, competition is, without doubt, the snotty tissue ...READ»
CV.v2 asks: I am putting together a resume for the first time since the days when I listed student-club memberships and honor rolls on it. Any advice for making a resume stick?READ»
Lisa Sherman, 51, launched Logo, MTV Networks' television channel for a gay and lesbian audience, in 2005, with just three advertisers and 13 million homes. It has since grown to 150 advertisers in every product category and more than 40 million homes.READ»
Sir Terence Conran, the designer and founder of the Conran Shop, has made preparations to design a dozen hotels and resorts in Cuba.
Sir Terence, who revolutionized the sale and marketing of home furnishings in the sixties and ...READ»
Designers often talk about the moment they realized their destiny lay in design. For Tucker Viemeister, it was pretty much the moment he was conceived. Yes, Tucker was born to Read Viemeister, a famous industrial designer (and an ...READ»
Recently, writing about the death of the incomparable Capt. Lou Albano, journalist Phil Reisman with The Journal News wrote: "Somebody once said that to understand America, you have to understand pro wrestling." If you're looking ...READ»
With so many companies in the past few years talking about producing online video and other forms of "branded entertainment," I'm amazed by how people often talk about these trends as if they are new. Radio and early television was ...READ»
Showing just how unhip being a PC can be, Microsoft has pulled out of a prime time Windows 7 sponsorship of a special by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. According to Microsoft, MacFarlane's style didn't "fit with the Windows ...READ»
The hiring rate today is at just 3% -- meaning only 3% of jobs in any given month are new, the lowest since the government started tracking this stat in 2000 -- and unemployment is at quarter-century highs. But the HR people of ...READ»
Apps are increasingly targeting homeowners who use green technologies--there's an app to monitor the performance of your rooftop solar panels and the Wind Speed and Wind Meter apps use the iPhone's built-in microphone to capture the ...READ»
The mega-retailer plans to scale down new store sizes and re-engineer its merchandising, but will they leave behind hulking, vacant buildings (again)? READ»
In Monday's post, I wrote about the promise for dialogue between media studies/communication academics and media/corporate communication professionals. In my experience, when media industry practitioners and academics come together to ...READ»
"Scantily clad gyrating women" who give lap dances to
men on your company's dime can damage your brand within seconds. Who's in the
hot seat today? Yahoo! It appears that Hack Days are quite a different
experience in Taiwan ...READ»
A recent survey from the 4As reported that advertising agencies with more than 500 employees bill their clients $964 per hour for their chief creative executives. And Art & Copy, the recent documentary about the advertising ...READ»
Nokia's just posted its third quarter financial report, and it's absolutely abysmal: An $834 million loss. But that's not all--there's still more bad news.READ»