100 Years Of Universal Pictures' Ever-Changing Logo
Universal Pictures is celebrating the big 1-0-0 with a new look. A brand spanking new logo—created by visual effects artists at Weta Digital, the New Zealand-based company that did the effects for The...
View ArticleThe Key Ingredient To Massive Hits Like Pinterest And Facebook That You...
Facebook, now a $100 billion company, became hugely popular with normal people first, and then the coastal tech elite. Pinterest is currently following the same pattern, though mostly among women. It...
View ArticleWhat Companies Need To Know About Leveraging Facebook Timeline For Brands
Now that Facebook Timeline is available for brands, companies have access to a compelling new marketing tool. It allows brands to make an even bolder statement, and engage users in a whole new way....
View ArticleESPN, Google, And Zynga Lead Their Industries Because They're Obsessed With...
Companies that place a high value on digital user experience dominate their markets. I'm talking about companies like Intuit, ESPN, Facebook, eBay, LinkedIn, Zynga, Google, PayPal, FedEx, and Harley...
View ArticleThe Big Mistakes That Forced This Iconic NYC Boutique To Close After 20 Years
This post originally appeared on American Express OpenForum. It takes a lot of self-reflection, guts and sleepless nights to decide that it’s time to shut down a struggling business. Terri Gillis...
View ArticleKEN ROGOFF: The Real 'Linsanity' Is The Hypocrisy Of Critics Who Cry Foul...
Everybody in Cambridge, Massachusetts can't stop talking about Jeremy Lin, writes Ken Rogoff. The Nobel Prize winning economist is a professor at Harvard, where Lin got his economics degree. Rogoff is...
View ArticleThis Design Studio Is Partnering With IKEA To Sell Prefab Homes For $86,500
Oregon housing design firm Ideabox is partnering with IKEA to sell prefabricated homes. The one-bedroom houses are 745 sq ft and sell for $86,500. According to a spokesperson for Ideabox, who...
View Article10 Surprising Charts About Sex
If you're a regular Twitter user, you're likely to have short relationships. It's also more likely that you masturbated today. Using data gleaned from its 7 million members, dating site OkCupid has...
View ArticleThis 'Neurological Phenomenon' Is Quietly Taking Over America's Workforce
If you're a slave to your iPhone or BlackBerry, you may have ADT, or Attention Deficit Trait. It's a lot like ADHD, but the difference is that ADT is purely environmental. Psychiatrist Edward...
View ArticleGuy Kawasaki Explains How Entrepreneurs Are Getting Social Media All Wrong
Guy Kawasaki wears many hats. He's the founder of Alltop.com, a bestselling author on social media and marketing, and still somehow manages to fit in about 75 speaking engagements each year. Here,...
View ArticleThe Future Of Marketing Seems Utterly Terrifying
The marketing buzzword of our time is "experience," and it really is the future of marketing, says Jacob Braude, VP of strategic planning at Saatchi and Saatchi Wellness in a recent column at Fast...
View ArticleSETH GODIN: Here's Why Customers Lie To Salespeople All The Time
Salespeople run into the same problem all the time: frequently, when a potential customer denies them, they're being lied to. But there's a simple explanation for this, says author and marketing guru...
View ArticleUS Manufacturers Need To Learn How To Hire
This post originally appeared at Harvard Business Review. The United States is at a dangerous juncture: Manufacturing jobs are on the rise, but the growth is still fragile. Given the hypercompetitive...
View ArticleHey Startups: Here's An Easy Way To Get 75K For Your Company
Do you work at a really cool startup? Or are you launching a stealthy new venture? Then Business Insider wants to give you $75,000. Yep. Here's what you have to do: 1. Apply to enter our Startup 2012...
View ArticleSo How Will Foursquare Make Big Money In Mobile?
As co-founder Naveen Selvadurai departs Foursquare to do something new, the mobile check-in and deals service is continuing to innovate towards a crucial question: where's the money in mobile? Beyond...
View ArticleSquare Is Reinventing The Cash Register With Its New App (AAPL)
Square, the mobile payments provider founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, just launched a new iPad app called Square Register today. With an iPad and a Square card reader, you can basically...
View ArticleWhy Some Of The Dumbest People Have Huge Followings On Social Media, And The...
Personal branding isn't everything—that's something all recruiters, HR folks and decision-makers need to realize. Olivier Blanchard, a principal at brand consulting and marketing management firm...
View ArticleCVS Accidentally Gave Breast Cancer Drugs To Kids
Children who may have taken breast cancer treatment medication mistakenly distributed by a New Jersey pharmacy instead of prescribed fluoride pills likely won't suffer any health problems, a...
View ArticleHere's How Dunkin' Donuts Plans To Dominate In China
Pork donuts may not be palatable to Americans or Europeans, but the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chains is catering to local tastes in China, where it aims to open...
View ArticleLeBron James Signs Multi-Million Dollar Deal To Sell Pork Dunkin' Donuts In...
Turning a blind eye to the Linsanity surrounding Chinese-American NBA newcomer Jeremy Lin in Asia, Dunkin' Brands Group has chosen to sign NBA all-star LeBron James to a multimillion dollar,...
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