How YouSendIt's New CEO Plans To Take On A Mob Of Flashy, Well-Funded Cloud Competitors With Dropbox, Box, and now Google Drive hankering to usurp YouSendIt's market leadership, newly minted CEO Brad Garlinghouse is keeping a cool head--and an eye on customers.
Updated Thu May 24, 2012
The Really Big Guide Of Small Business Success Tips In the spirit of helping more startups and growing enterprises succeed, Fast Company is kicking off National Small Business Week with a compendium of wisdom we've gleaned over the years.
Updated Mon May 21, 2012
Why You Should Start a Company In... Greenville, South Carolina The clackety-clack of weaving looms has long given way to automotive and turbine manufacturing in Greenville, SC, but the little urbane city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge is also home to a growing tech community that's about to bust out.
Updated Mon May 21, 2012
Phil Fernandez And Marketo's Mission: Eliminate Cold Calling Forever Meet Phil Fernandez, CEO of Marketo, and believer that cold calling should go the way of the dinosaur.
Updated Fri May 18, 2012
Don't Pivot Your Business Model Until You Hear This E-Dialog, an eBay company, is on the cusp of changing the strategic direction of its business, says its global general manager Simone Barratt. To ensure that the company endures, she says they are making sure to do this one thing.
Updated Wed May 16, 2012
When It Comes To Smart Career Advice, CafeMom Knows Best As a working mom who also happens to be the EVP of CafeMom, a multimedia site that caters to a community of 9 million visitors monthly, Tracy Odell offers some advice on entrepreneurship and work/life balance.
Updated Fri May 11, 2012
The Humble Chocolate-Chip Cookie Goes Global Meet Ziad Dalal, CEO of Nestlé Toll House Cafe By Chip, and a man with a mission to make the humble chocolate-chip cookie go global.
Updated Thu May 10, 2012
Why You Should Start A Company In... Grand Rapids UX designer Joe Johnston and VC fund founder Rick DeVos share the top five reasons for coming up to Grand Rapids and getting down to business.
Updated Thu May 10, 2012
Urgency And Optimism: Corporate Culture The Michael J. Fox Foundation Way Michael J. Fox Foundation CEO Todd Sherer wants to put the world’s largest private funder of Parkinson’s disease research out of business, in the name of finding the cure. To date, the MJFF has contributed more than $275 million to Parkinson's research, with a culture that's "all about urgency and optimism.”
Updated Thu May 10, 2012
Innovation Agents: Marvell Technology Group's Weili Dai, Semiconductor Pioneer As the only female cofounder of a global semiconductor company, Weili Dai of Marvell Technology Group built an empire out of those little silicon chips. Dai recently spoke with Fast Company about the secret weapon she has as a woman in tech.
Updated Thu May 10, 2012
Innovation Agents: Soo Kang, Lincoln's Interior Design Chief, On Orchestrating A Turnaround Lincoln’s long been a favorite of buyers close to retirement age, but the company's been working to sex up its image. Soo Kang, who is tapping into the current focus on functionality without clutter, is working to catapult Lincoln back to its former glory as America’s top-selling luxury brand.
Updated Thu May 10, 2012
Turning Information Overload Into Knowledge Overwhelmed by the data deluge? Michel Koopman, CEO of getAbstract, offers some simple strategies for transforming a waterfall of information into knowledge that you can actually use.
Updated Thu May 10, 2012
Polyvore's Jess Lee Turns Fashion Lovers Into Style Trendsetters Next time you stand in front of your closet with no idea what to wear, remember there’s an army of wannabe Anna Wintours and Rachel Zoes on Polyvore.com, ready to crank out trendy head-to-toe looks by tapping a vast database of designer apparel and accessories.
Updated Wed May 9, 2012
Venture For America Wants To Create 100,000 New Jobs By Matching College Grads With Startups Andrew Yang founded Venture for America to get recent college graduates to work at startups rather than take positions in finance, consulting, and law. And he's focusing his efforts in such economically depressed areas as Detroit, Providence, and New Orleans.
Updated Wed May 9, 2012
Zynx's Pat Button Empowers Nurses To Provide More-Informed Patient Care Giving nurses access to current, proven best practices and medical research while they are caring for patients reduces disparities, minimizes errors, and saves staff time and money. Pat Button, Zynx Health's chief nursing officer, puts proven medical research at their fingertips.
Updated Wed May 9, 2012
How Mary's Gone Crackers Is Feeding The Craze For Healthy Snacks Getting those late afternoon hunger pangs? Mary Waldner can help. Building a business on gluten-free crackers, Waldner's uncompromising vision has her at the top of an award-winning heap of tasty treats that only use organic, non-GMO ingredients. And did we mention this is her second act?
Updated Wed May 9, 2012
How Edward Saatchi's NationalField Can Make Your Workplace A Happy, Productive Hive Saatchi is a cofounder of NationalField, which began as a platform to help organize Obama's 2008 campaign. It has since become a global, private, social networking juggernaut. Here's how it motivates workers and keeps offices buzzing.
Updated Wed May 9, 2012
How One Company Inspires Staff With $100,000 For The Best New Idea Naveen Jain, founder of Intelius and Microsoft veteran, says he inspires staff with what he calls "iPrizes" awarded for designing and implementing the best new ideas.
Updated Mon May 7, 2012
Powerful, Life-Changing Business Advice The book "The Magic of Thinking Big" may be old, but it's one that has a nugget of wisdom, and Byron Udell, CEO of AccuQuote, says it will change your life--if you live it every day.
Updated Mon May 7, 2012
Why Your Company Needs A Chief Collaboration Officer Collaboration. Everyone talks about it, but only a few know how to do it well. Here's Motley Fool's chief collaboration officer on best practices for working together better.
Updated Mon May 7, 2012
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