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The Favorite Gadgets And Apps Of CEOs [INFOGRAPHIC]

Like the rest of the world, CEOs are rapidly increasing their use of mobile devices. CEO.com surveyed chief executives to find out which devices and apps are essential for corporate leaders, and put it...

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Zynga's CEO Almost Broke Down In Tears Over Company's Downfall (ZNGA)

In public, CEO Mark Pincus has been ebullient about Zynga's long-term potential, despite its plummeting stock price and steady exodus of talent.But in private meetings, the social games maker's leader...

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Personal Insights From The World's Hottest Strategy Guru

Robert Greene is the bestselling author of The 48 Laws Of Power, The 50th Law (with 50 Cent), The Art Of Seduction, and most recently, Mastery.He recently took to Reddit to answer reader's questions on...

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Meetings With Jeff Bezos May Start With 30 Minutes Of Silence

This morning, Fortune named Amazon's Jeff Bezos its businessperson of the year, calling him "The ultimate disruptor."In a wide ranging interview, Bezos revealed that he has some pretty odd meetings for...

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CINNABON CHIEF: It's Really Hard To Stay Incognito On 'Undercover Boss'

Cinnabon president Kat Cole recently went on CBS reality show "Undercover Boss," and learned just how hard it is to remain incognito."In one [location] it was because the employee that I worked with...

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How Workers And Management Both Caused The Demise Of Hostess

Hostess began as Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) in 1930 and over time became the largest wholesale baker and distributor of bakery products in the United States. But now the company is finished...

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10 Shockingly Terrible Startup Pitches

Giving a good pitch can make your career as an entrepreneur. Giving a bad pitch can break it.When you pitch investors on your startup, they aren't just watching you to see if they want to invest. They...

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Why Some People Are So Good At Infiltrating Power Circles

A new study in the journal Neuron reveals how the brain figures out who’s who in the social pecking order, reports ScienceBlog.com:“The work, which was led by researchers at University Collage London,...

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Fired McDonald's President: 'Everyone Has A Date Stamped On Their Ass'

Jan Fields, until yesterday the President of McDonald's U.S. operations had no college education, started as a regular McDonald's employee in 1978, and over the course of her 35 year career, managed to...

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The Twinkie Changed For Good Thanks To World War II

Hostess Brands announced yesterday it was shutting down operations after failing to reach an agreement with thousands of striking bakery workers. The 82-year-old company manufactured all kinds of...

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4 Ways Facebook Decides What To Show You In Your News Feed

If you like a bunch of Facebook Pages, you'll occasionally see updates from those Pages in your News Feed.Each post you see is good promotion for the person or company who owns the page.But lately,...

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A Startup You've Never Heard Of Called Supercell Is Suddenly Worth $600 Million

Somewhere in Scandanavia there's a startup. And investors think that startup is worth a lot of money.Supercell is a two-year-old company that is cashing in on iOS games. Titles include Hay Day and...

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Where 16 Of The Strangest Company Names Came From

Google. Yahoo. Yandex. Some of today's biggest companies are named the strangest things.Sometimes, it's not the company's fault. There's a running joke that vowels are too expensive in Silicon Valley...

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The 3 Types Of Mentors Everyone Should Have

When starting out in your career, having a mentor can help lead you in the right professional direction.But many professionals don't think about having more than one mentor to get the most out of their...

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This Photo Illustrates How Hard It Is For A Startup To Succeed

A great idea and hard work are obviously essential for startups. Even more important? Timing.We recently spoke to Roman Stanek, the founder and CEO of GoodData, who previously sold NetBeans to Sun...

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How To Spend Time In Ways That Make You Happy

How you spend your time could be the key to unlocking happiness.Research on the subject was analyzed in a paper in ScienceDirect by Jennifer L. Aaker and Melanie Rudd of Stanford Business School and...

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How To Get Ahead At Google (And How Not To) (GOOG)

It's hard enough to get a job at Google. You only need to look at its genius-stumping interview questions to realize that.But once you've got the job, how do you knock it out of the park?Bernard Marr...

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Why Great Brands Appeal To All 5 Senses

When it comes to defining your brand, you want to create something that sticks. Yet many products and services seek only to advertise visually.According to Martin Lindstrom, author of "Brand Sense:...

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We Wish You A Happy International Men's Day

Today is International Men's Day. Yes, I know, you thought every day was International Men's Day (IMD), but 19 November is set aside as an opportunity to highlight gender-specific issues of male health...

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Meet The 32 Geniuses Who Just Won Rhodes Scholarships

Thirty-two Americans were offered a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship on Sunday, joining alumni including Bill Clinton, Bobby Jindal, Cory Booker, Naomi Wolf, Wesley Clark, and Rachel Maddow.Scholars go...

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