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You Need To Really Know Every Person To Make A Virtual Team Work
One of the most dominant trends in the workplace is the rise of the virtual team. Whether by design or necessity, more and more people are working outside the office but on the same sorts of...
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Best Buy's Black Friday Tent Cities Reveal A Harsh Reality For The Company (BBY)
Days before Best Buy's Black Friday deals kicked off, the most hardcore of bargain hunters were already camped out in tents in front of stores, hoping to get their hands on the biggest doorbusters.They...
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This Harvard Study Shows Just How Obsessed People Are With Status
In his upcoming book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, Wharton Marketing Professor Jonah Berger looks at what it takes for ideas to go viral. After pouring over market research and branding success...
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Malcolm Gladwell Shares 11 Books He's Reading Right Now
A recent book, My Ideal Bookshelf, highlighted by Farnam Street, from Thessaly La Force and Jane Mount takes a look at the novels and non-fiction works that have inspired some of the greatest thinkers,...
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Abercrombie Just Proved To Everyone That It Is Back
Just a few months ago, Abercrombie & Fitch was in crisis. Critics said that the teen retailer had stuck too close to its preppy roots and wasn't flexible enough to appeal to today's demanding...
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T-Commerce Trends At IGNITION West 2013 With AmEx, One King’s Lane, @Walmart...
The fast-changing retail experience - in-store, online, mobile, and now social - will be a hot topic at Business Insider's second-annual IGNITION West conference on March 26, 2013, in San...
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The Future Of Work Belongs To Entrepreneurs And Thought Leaders [SLIDE DECK]
If the recession taught us anything, it's that the rules of the work world have changed. As companies streamlined their operations and new industries emerged as dominant forces, there's no turning...
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Stop Asking For Permission And Be Bold Enough To Make Decisions Yourself
Somewhere along the way you were told that if your business was going to be “somebody” that you needed to have a board of advisers whispering in your ear. You needed to find the right people to drag...
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The Smartest 5 Percent Will Play A Bigger Role Than Ever In America's Future
Vivek Wadhwa argues in his recent book — The Immigrant Exodus — that “the future of America depends on skilled immigrants.”The book begins with his compelling personal journey as a talented immigrant...
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Here's The 'Irresistible' Pitch Walmart CEO Mike Duke Used To Woo His Most...
Walmart may be the king of retail in the physical world, but on the internet, it's still a challenger.Jeremy King, a Silicon Valley engineer who built key parts of eBay's infrastructure, joined global...
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Taco Bell CMO: Here's How We Sold 100 Million Doritos Locos Tacos In 10 Weeks...
Taco Bellsold a whopping 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in 10 weeks — the biggest launch in the history of the fast food chain. The item has since passed 200 million in sales.Fast Company's J.J....
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This Formula Made Costco The Anti-Walmart
Big-box warehouse store Costco is often compared with Walmart's Sam's Club. Both stores are places where people go to buy in bulk and save money. But while Walmart employees are striking for higher...
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Why Finland's Unorthodox Education System Is The Best In The World
A new global league table, produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit for Pearson, has found Finland to be the best education system in the world.The rankings combined international test results and...
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Jeff Weiner: I Never Expected To Be A CEO (LNKD)
At today's Business Insider IGNITION conference, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner spoke a bit about what drove him to his current position. The kicker: He never thought he'd be a CEO. In fact, he once got into...
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The 15 Best Colleges For Your Money
College is expensive, but if you choose carefully, it really pays off.PayScale surveyed full-time U.S. employees with bachelors degrees to find out which colleges have the best returns on...
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JOB OF THE WEEK: Director, Risk Management
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
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BEZOS: Amazon Would Love To Have Physical Stores, But Only Under One Condition
Jeff Bezos has done incredible things with Amazon, and now with retailers doing everything they can to offer products on all channels, everyone is starting to wonder:Will Amazon ever go into...
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LinkedIn CEO: The Biggest Mistake People Make Is Chasing A 'Hot Company' Or...
At Business Insider's Ignition 2012 conference today, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner spoke about how his father always told him that he could do anything he put his mind to. "I assumed every kid got told the...
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How Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh Plans To Make Vegas The Co-Working Capital Of The...
Earlier this year we met Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who was just beginning to spend $350 million of his own money to transform Las Vegas. He invited us to spend a few days in Downtown Vegas, and we were...
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Why Awkwardness Is One Of The Most Valuable Leadership Traits
Being a manager is difficult because it feels unnatural. Your job isn’t actually to get work done. You’re doing your job as a manager when what you’re doing doesn’t resemble work at all.To Andy Grove,...
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