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How TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie got started
My first venture was a door-to-door laundry business for students that I started while on a partial tennis scholarship at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. I wanted to do something that didn't depend on my hands to create value.
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The death of business cards?
Doing the Bump at SXSW: A new app is trying to send all those little pieces of paper to the recycling bin.
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Broadband: Essential to business
The FCC's plan to bring broadband to every U.S. household highlights the importance of having fast Internet connections.
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3 small businesses who beat the giants
The Little Clinic vs. CVS MinuteClinic
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Secret tips for car buyers
Want to know the best day to buy a car next month? It's April 12th, the Monday before taxes are due, according to a new study. Since shoppers will be preoccupied and feeling poor, dealers will be eager to make a deal so they can move some inventory.
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How to craft a (toothless) bipartisan bill
Washington insiders are all pumped up by Sen. Chris Dodd's pending financial reform bill. They say that it seems to have a real chance to garner bipartisan support. Yippee! That sounds great on the surface, but ask yourself WHY it seems more popular than, say, Obama's health-care bill? Reason is that Dodd's dang thing's got no teeth! Sure the bill has a measure to create a consumer protection agency within the Fed, (even that's controversial) and it would ban bank execs from being on the New York Fed's board. Then there's the real torches and pitchforks stuff, but even here, the bill is fangless. The proposed bill would allow shareholders to have "advisory votes" (say what?) on executive pay.
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IBM's analytics software: saving lives
To help Mayo Clinic improve detection of potentially deadly aneurysms, IBM prescribed technology used to treat ailing business operations.
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Become an exec-for-rent
If you're like most senior company loyalists, the word "temp" probably brings to mind certain corporate characters. The receptionist who's always updating his Facebook page. The coder who spends more time on job search algorithms than on optimizing your site. The contract manager who never gets that her suit looks odd in your laid-back culture.
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Could mobile search be Bing's big breakthrough?
Google dominates search on the Web, but on mobile phones it's anyone's game.
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Apple iPad orders drop sharply
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