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Now That Pinterest Is Open To Everyone Here Is How To Get The Most Out Of It
Pinterest is undoubtedly the most buzzed about social network in recent memory. Over 31 million people visit the site monthly, according to comScore and it generates more referral traffic than Twitter....
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We're Stuck In An Era Of 'Marginal' Revolutions Like Twitter And Amazon
How revolutionary is social media?"We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters." -Founders Fund website, Peter Thiel We live in an age of rapid change. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter...
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Meet The Digital Guru Who Got Starbucks To Take Square (SBUX)
Adam Brotman, the top Internet guy at Starbucks, is in the spotlight after his company unveiled a big deal to take Square in its 7,000 U.S. coffee shops and invest in the San Francisco-based payments...
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10 Sites That Will Help You Outsource Your Life
Life is short, so why waste your time on boring chores? Especially if you can pay someone else to do it. Whether you're chained to your desk or feel too lazy to lift more than a finger, we've picked...
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British Artist Creates A Surprisingly Beautiful Gown Out Of 550 IKEA Bags
More often than not, the sum of IKEA products is far greater than its parts, as one British artist discovered. Ida-Marie Corell was inspired by the housewares chain's iconic blue shopping bags to...
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TRUE CONFESSIONS: I'm Getting In The Way Of My Wife's Career
My wife is a successful research fellow. She is a world class researcher and has a strong publication record. She is a talented lecturer and is respected by her students. She collaborates with academic...
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I Love It When People Say I Can't Understand Romney Because I've 'Never...
A few days ago, I wrote about why Mitt Romney's economic plan won't fix the economy. I explained that I had had high hopes for Romney, given his business experience, but that his plan revealed that he...
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JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson Is A Huge Fan Of Mannequins (JCP)
JCPenney CEO and former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson is in the process of totally revamping the physical appearance of his department stores. Bloomberg Businessweek's Diane Brady recently caught up...
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RON JOHNSON: 'There Is A Fundamental Issue In Our Country With Trust'
JCPenney CEO and former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson has a mighty task on his hands as he tries to transform JCPenney from an old, boring department store to a trendy brand. There's one important...
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Here's Why Huge Companies With Tons Of Cash Are Terrible Innovators
Why didn't Blockbuster create Netflix? Why didn't record companies create iTunes or Spotify, Crate and Barrel create One Kings Lane, or Sephora start Birchbox? Huge businesses have the money, brand and...
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How Fashion House Nicole Miller Stays On Top Of The Industry
Being in a recession has never scared Nicole Miller CEO Bud Konheim. He's been through three of them. His company may make expensive clothes, but he says that he and his team are in the "feel-good...
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Two Psychological Reasons Why The Large Soda Ban Makes Sense
James Surowiecki in The New Yorker explains the psychology behind Mayor Michael Bloomberg's large soda ban. While many say that consumers should decide what size they want, "default bias" causes people...
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How Fashion Label Nicole Miller Grew Out Of A Fourth-Generation Family Business
The fashion company Nicole Miller was officially created in 1982 by CEO Bud Konheim and designer Nicole Miller. But it's actually the latest iteration of a fourth-generation family business with deep...
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Tour The Nicole Miller Offices And Factory In The Heart Of The Garment District
On a Wednesday afternoon a month before Fashion Week, iconic designer Nicole Miller is hard at work in her Garment District office. An employee waltzes into Miller's colorful, cluttered space with a...
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It Took 9 Months For Burger King To Come Up With Its New, $750 Million Strategy
Burger King has been ailing lately, so it hired a team to turn things around. At its helm is Steve Wiborg, president of Burger King North America. He and his crew spent a long time trying to piece...
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The Most Important Difference Between Power And Status
"Hierarchy is a fundamental element of social life, one that emerges spontaneously and gives order and coordination to the dynamics within social collectives" - Steven Blader, New York University, and...
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The 10 Unhappiest Jobs In America
If you happily get out of bed every morning for work, you're one of the lucky ones — not everyone is satisfied with their current job. These people feel stuck for a variety of reasons, including low...
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Hey Finance Execs: Here's How To NOT Get in Trouble On Twitter And Facebook
Recently New York Magazine posted a slideshow of Instagram images from inside major banks, who were reportedly not happy about it. Nevermind that the images showed things like employees cutting a cake,...
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Here's How I Learned About The High Cost Of Convenience
Ever since I had corrective surgery on my foot, I've been blowing through money left and right. It all started a couple weeks ago when I was working from home. Too sore to cook, I called the bodega...
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Profit And PR Are The Real Enemies Of Innovation
For more than a decade, we have been told that the pharmaceutical industry faces a crisis: it finds it more and more difficult to develop new drugs. The returns on research and development, company...
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