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  • Entrepreneur of 2012: Limor Fried

    Limor Fried notes that once upon a time, it might have seemed strange for a person to spend an afternoon building something like the MintyBoost, a portable USB mobile-device charger assembled from an Altoids tin and bits of electronic hardware. But if the 50,000 MintyBoost kits sold so far by…

  • Don’t build a fast company. Build a slow one.

    Jason Fried is a founder and CEO of 37signals, a software company based in Chicago. Fried also treats 37signals as something of a laboratory for innovative workplace practices–such as a recent experiment in shortening the summer workweek to just four days. We caught up with Fried to learn how employees…

  • Martin Varsavsky meets Carlos Moncayo

    Argentine-Spanish entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky has founded seven companies over the past 20 years. These include telecoms provider Viatel and, more recently, fon.com, which aims to create a global community of wifi users. Ecuadorian Carlos Moncayo and his two brothers founded Asiam, a Shanghai-based offshore manufacturing management company that specialises in…

  • Lenovo CEO rewards employees out of his own pocket

    “At the end of last month, I was informed by an email that I got a ‘Yuanqing special reward’ of nearly 2,000 yuan (US$317),” Zhang Jing, an operator of Lenovo’s calling center, recalled and told journalist that she felt both surprised and happy when reading the email. Almost 800 colleagues…

  • Shinichiro Ito, President and CEO of ANA Group, has been honored with the ‘Executive Leadership Award’ at the Airline Strategy Awards 2012

    Shinichiro Ito, President and CEO of ANA Group, has been honored with the ‘Executive Leadership Award’ at the Airline Strategy Awards 2012, run by the Flightglobal publication Airline Business. The award ceremony was held on July 8th at the Hounourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in London.

  • Mr Linux gives a rare interview to the BBC

    The success of Linux is in large part due to its open source nature. Why do you think people have been willing to give up so much time without financial reward? In many ways, I actually think the real idea of open source is for it to allow everybody to…

  • The power of asymmetric connections

    Is your business working in an asymmetric environment? Here’s a guest blog on why making asymmetric connections can prove invaluable to entrepreneurs… We’re programmed to like, trust, admire, date and – yes – do business with those like ourselves. A combination of geography, profession-identification, culture and social groups contrive to…

  • The Story of Poul Due Jensen

    Times were unkind to Poul Due Jensen from the start but he turned out to be a visionary genius and, 100 years after his birth, his values continue to be essential in today’s Grundfos.

  • James Mwangi from Kenya named Entrepreneur of the Year 2012

    Dr. James Mwangi, CEO and Managing Director of Kenya’s Equity Bank Limited was tonight named the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 at an awards ceremony held in Monte Carlo’s Salle des Etoiles. James was picked from among the 59 country finalists vying for the title across…

  • Interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook about ‘Made in the USA’

    Apple CEO Tim Cook speaking at the D10 Conference, touching upon the subject of Apple’s manufacturing in China. Of course Apple has been widely criticized for worker conditions at its supplier factories. He also addresses the question of whether an Apple product will ever be labeled ‘Made in the USA’…