Mark Cuban's 12 Rules For Startups
Anyone who has started a business has his or her own rules and guidelines, so I thought I would add to the memo with my own. My "rules" below aren't just for those founding the companies, but for...
View Article5 Tips To Bounce Back From Even The Worst Financial Setback
Faced with a financial crisis? Found yourself unemployed or seen your financial portfolio tank along with the stock market? Chances are you are not alone.In this economy, financial setbacks are a...
View ArticleHere's What Happened When A French Clothing Store Offered Customers Free...
A Desigual store in Lyon yesterday decided to offer its first 100 shoppers two free items of clothing with one catch: they had to be wearing nothing but their underwear. LyonMag.com reports that the...
View ArticleOf Course Gary Busey Is Making Cheapo Ads For Kia Dealerships
Put Gary Busey, a bikini-clad model, and a man in a hamster suit in front of a green screen, and you get one fantastically awful regional ad campaign for Kia. The notoriously kooky D-lister must have...
View ArticleHow Going Undercover Taught The CEO Of A Luxury Hotel Chain What Was Really...
Stephen Cloobeck believed he knew the inner-workings of his company, Diamond Resorts International, from the top-down. Cloobeck, the CEO, placed his business cards at the front desk of more than 177...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: This Is How Your Memory Works
Memory is incredibly important for productivity in the workplace, but have you ever wondered how it actually works? It's a complicated process that goes through many steps, and it involves many parts...
View ArticlePeople Are Furious That Continental Offered A Bunch Of Nonstop Flights That...
In the past year, airlines have consistently held top spots in our most hated companies list and United Continental just made it worse. Dozens of Continental transatlantic flights scheduled to be...
View ArticleReal Confessions From A Doorman In New York City
Pablo, 64, has been working as a doorman at a building on the Upper West Side since the winter of 1986. His broad smile is well-known up and down the block where he works. In the half hour we talked...
View ArticleUSC PROFESSOR: Here's Why Your Gentrified Neighborhood Hasn't Gotten A...
Jenny Shuetz and Rachel Meltzer were just two students getting by in Harlem when they started taking notice of the area's rapid gentrification and the way its retail outlets didn't seem to catch up....
View ArticleINSTANT MBA: You Have Got To Keep Pushing If You Want To Grow
Today's advice comes from Left Brain/Right Brain Productions CEO and Trep Life's co-founder Malachi Leopold's interview with Business Insider: "If you want to continue growing, you've got to get out...
View Article8 Steps To Make Sure You Get Paid When Your Bosses Go Big-Game Hunting On...
The owners of a company I once worked for spent my paycheck on big-game hunting.Well, maybe that isn’t exactly what happened, but my paycheck bounced the same week they decided to take an African...
View ArticleStarbucks Came Up With This New Coffee To Help Fight Off Dunkin' And McDonald's
Starbucks just debuted its new Blonde Roast coffee nationally, and it's a big strategic move for the chain. It's the first time Starbucks has ever come out with a milder brew for consumers, reports...
View ArticleThe British Spy Agency Has Been Voted One Of The Most Gay-Friendly Employers...
MI5, the UK's domestic spy and intelligence agency, was included in a list of the country's most gay-friendly employers. Ranking 62nd overall, MI5 was rated in a survey of over 7,500 gay employees by...
View ArticleTaco Bell Wants To Turn Things Around By Going Gourmet And Competing With...
Taco Bell is having trouble. It has closed 1,000 stores since 2000, while its brethren at Yum! Brands -- KFC and Pizza Hut -- have undergone extensive expansion overseas. Now, it's trying to right the...
View ArticlePepsi Pays $3.1 Million For Discriminating Against Minorities With Arrest...
Most major companies conduct criminal background checks, but using the records to rule out minorities could cost you $3.1 million. That's how much Pepsi Beverages Co. has agreed to pay and it's...
View ArticleHere Are Ten Tips For Taking Advantage Of The Pop-Up Store Craze
Pop-up retail: It’s fast becoming (again) one of the most popular ways to win the hearts, minds and wallets of consumers. It’s a trend that really became prevalent at the start of the Recession (when...
View ArticleCuban Americans Are Not Pleased With Che Guevara's Appearance In A New...
In a presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Daimler AG, the company that owns Merces-Benz, managed to sully its relationship with a large swath of the Cuban-American buyer base,...
View ArticleA Fast-Food Chain Creates 'Braille Burgers' So Blind People Can 'See' Food
South African fast-food chain, Wimpy, has come up with an unique campaign to let the visually impaired know they offer braille menus in all of their restaurants. (via Taxi). The hamburger joint had...
View ArticleBurger King Has Been Quietly Testing Out A Whopper Delivery Service In The US
Burger King recently revealed to Bloomberg that it has been testing out a delivery service in select locations. A few Burger King locations in Maryland and Northern Virginia have offered the service...
View ArticleHas Jenny Craig Screwed Up Its New Logo?
Jenny Craig didn't only get slimmed down Mariah Carey as their new spokesperson at the end of 2011, but they also shed a few extra pounds by dropping the "Craig" from their logo and company name....
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