Penned in 1989 by founder Bernie Goldhirsh, this is an enjoyable read about why starting Inc. was a good idea.

Original article: Letter From The Founder, Burnout Article – Inc. Article

Is the Huffington Post taking advantage of fair use laws to build their business? Does Google News hurt or help traditional publishers?

Original article: The New York Times’ Coming Jihad Against The Huffington Post – 24/7 Wall St.

After four quarters of decline, the U.S. Gross Domestic Product finally saw a quarter of growth. The upswing from negative 6.4 percent to positive 3.5 (that’s a change of 9.9 percentage points for you non-mathematicians) since Barack Obama took office is the largest rate of increase over two-quarters since 1980.

Like Megan McArdle, I’ve always been a little skeptical of looking at GDP growth as the be-all end-all barometer of our national health. Then again, Andrew Sullivan…

Here’s a riddle: What do a techie, a Grammy-nominated recording artist, an innovative Danish edcuator, and a 24-year-old athletic director from New Orleans have in common? Honestly, probably nothing. But a few weeks ago, they all gathered to speak at the Feast conference here in New York, and they were all inspiring as hell.

A while back, I wrote about the importance of conferences for networking. Beyond that, however, the truth is that a lot of…

One of the basic tenets of business (and especially Wall Street) is that the more you pay people, the better they do at their work. The behavioral economist Dan Ariely, who just presented at Pop!Tech, has done research that shows that’s not entirely true.

In Ariely’s experiments, he came up with a variety of quick cognitive tasks and promised people money for doing well at them. One group was promised a day’s wages for doing well…

Yesterday we were briefly punked by, and then really amused, by the Yes Men’s latest stunt in which they pretended that the Chamber of Commerce was strongly supporting climate change legislation (they are not doing that). Below is a video of Eric Wohlschlegel, a Chamber of Commerce representative, breaking up the fake press conference, which leads to the amazing interaction of Wohlschlegel and the Yes Man both demanding eachothers’ Chamber of Commerce business cards:

That heartening piece of news I posted earlier about the Chamber of Commerce dramatically reversing its stance on climate legislation seemed a little too good be true. It isn’t true. I can confirm the Chamber of Commerce’s and the Wall Street Journal’s speculations: The Yes Men staged the press conference, in their ever-brilliant attempts to show that people think it’s insane when corporations do the right thing.

From the WSJ:

“The business lobby says it was the victim of an…

According to a press release just sent out by the Chamber of Commerce, they are giving up lobbying against climate change legislation, and will instead be “throwing its weight behind strong climate legislation.” This is after both Nike and Apple rescinded their membership in the CoC over comments criticizing government regulation of greenhouse gases. Now, it seems the CoC will be taking the exact oppisite approach. This is a rather huge deal.

The Chamber of Commerce President…

We told you about the ambitious Dutch “Impossible Project” who had taken over an abandoned Polaroid factory in an attempt to find a more cost-effective way to make the film after Polaroid nixed its instant film division (and subsequently went bankrupt).

Well, three days ago, the last available Polaroid film hit its expiration date. Today, the new holders of the Polariod brand announced that, in conjunction with the Impossible Project, Polaroids will live again. The Impossible Project…

We’re proud to announce the winner of our CEO Compensation Infographic Contest:

Dee Adams’s piece “The Top 8 of CEO Compensation” does an excellent job of illustrating the massive salaries of CEOs and relating them to regular employees in a clean and simple manner. It’s our winner, and Adams will take home our prize package, including a GOOD T-shirt, a free subscription, and $250. You’ll be able to see her infographic in print in our next…

Penned in 1989 by founder Bernie Goldhirsh, this is an enjoyable read about why starting Inc. was a good idea.

Original article: Letter From The Founder, Burnout Article – Inc. Article

Is the Huffington Post taking advantage of fair use laws to build their business? Does Google News hurt or help traditional publishers?

Original article: The New York Times’ Coming Jihad Against The Huffington Post – 24/7 Wall St.

After four quarters of decline, the U.S. Gross Domestic Product finally saw a quarter of growth. The upswing from negative 6.4 percent to positive 3.5 (that’s a change of 9.9 percentage points for you non-mathematicians) since Barack Obama took office is the largest rate of increase over two-quarters since 1980.

Like Megan McArdle, I’ve always been a little skeptical of looking at GDP growth as the be-all end-all barometer of our national health. Then again, Andrew Sullivan…

Here’s a riddle: What do a techie, a Grammy-nominated recording artist, an innovative Danish edcuator, and a 24-year-old athletic director from New Orleans have in common? Honestly, probably nothing. But a few weeks ago, they all gathered to speak at the Feast conference here in New York, and they were all inspiring as hell.

A while back, I wrote about the importance of conferences for networking. Beyond that, however, the truth is that a lot of…

One of the basic tenets of business (and especially Wall Street) is that the more you pay people, the better they do at their work. The behavioral economist Dan Ariely, who just presented at Pop!Tech, has done research that shows that’s not entirely true.

In Ariely’s experiments, he came up with a variety of quick cognitive tasks and promised people money for doing well at them. One group was promised a day’s wages for doing well…

Yesterday we were briefly punked by, and then really amused, by the Yes Men’s latest stunt in which they pretended that the Chamber of Commerce was strongly supporting climate change legislation (they are not doing that). Below is a video of Eric Wohlschlegel, a Chamber of Commerce representative, breaking up the fake press conference, which leads to the amazing interaction of Wohlschlegel and the Yes Man both demanding eachothers’ Chamber of Commerce business cards:

That heartening piece of news I posted earlier about the Chamber of Commerce dramatically reversing its stance on climate legislation seemed a little too good be true. It isn’t true. I can confirm the Chamber of Commerce’s and the Wall Street Journal’s speculations: The Yes Men staged the press conference, in their ever-brilliant attempts to show that people think it’s insane when corporations do the right thing.

From the WSJ:

“The business lobby says it was the victim of an…

According to a press release just sent out by the Chamber of Commerce, they are giving up lobbying against climate change legislation, and will instead be “throwing its weight behind strong climate legislation.” This is after both Nike and Apple rescinded their membership in the CoC over comments criticizing government regulation of greenhouse gases. Now, it seems the CoC will be taking the exact oppisite approach. This is a rather huge deal.

The Chamber of Commerce President…

We told you about the ambitious Dutch “Impossible Project” who had taken over an abandoned Polaroid factory in an attempt to find a more cost-effective way to make the film after Polaroid nixed its instant film division (and subsequently went bankrupt).

Well, three days ago, the last available Polaroid film hit its expiration date. Today, the new holders of the Polariod brand announced that, in conjunction with the Impossible Project, Polaroids will live again. The Impossible Project…

We’re proud to announce the winner of our CEO Compensation Infographic Contest:

Dee Adams’s piece “The Top 8 of CEO Compensation” does an excellent job of illustrating the massive salaries of CEOs and relating them to regular employees in a clean and simple manner. It’s our winner, and Adams will take home our prize package, including a GOOD T-shirt, a free subscription, and $250. You’ll be able to see her infographic in print in our next…