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She's The First: Power Women Who Are Still Making History
At least 39 of the women on the 2013 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women are first at something.
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2013's Youngest Power Women
Media moguls, top tech execs and world-class entertainers -- all under the age of 45 -- make up the majority of this year's youngest power women.
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2013’s Youngest Power Women: 15 Under 45
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Google's Susan Wojcicki: The Most Powerful Woman In Advertising
If you Google “Susan Wojcicki,” the search-giant’s SVP of Advertising, you’ll see that one of tech’s most influential leaders keeps a markedly low profile, one focused more on how to monetize that search than what appears when querying her name. Just ranked by Forbes as the 30th most powerful woman in the world,...
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Billionaire Tory Burch's Seven Lessons For Entrepreneurs
Walk down any sidewalk from New York to Shanghai and you’ll see women wearing ballet flats with Tory Burch’s distinctive double-T logo. They’re also wearing her patterned tunics, handbags, clutches, and bold country club–chic pants, skirts, dresses, and tops. Tory Burch hasn’t just made preppy clothes hip and...
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How The Most Powerful Woman In Healthcare Finds Balance
Since taking her post as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2009, Power Woman Kathleen Sebelius has arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the nation. For starters, she’s not just at the center of one of the most controversial and immensely complicated pieces of legislation in...
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2013's Most Powerful Women: Newcomers
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The 14 New Faces On The 2013 Forbes Most Powerful Women List
The newest members of Forbes’ annual Power Women List come to us from an increasing variety of sectors and a growing number of influential positions. They’re the politicians taking on the world’s most pressing problems, leading billion-dollar businesses and leveraging their celebrity for social causes; some are...
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March for Innovation
Last week, the New Zealand government announced a major investment in a campaign to lure the world’s smartest people to their country. While New Zealand and other nations work to get the best and brightest, antiquated U.S. immigration laws force us to exclude or send home the world’s best and brightest, thus dimming...
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Why Facebook Should Buy Waze
This story appears in the June 10, 2013 issue of FORBES magazine.
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7 Steps To Developing Career Capital -- And Achieving Success
In 2007, Steve Martin was on the Charlie Rose show to talk about his memoir Born Standing Up. He talked about his rise in comedy, and Rose asked him for his advice to aspiring performers.
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What Pharmacist "Conscientious Objectors" Might Learn From Boston Bombing Suspect's Nurses
I can't imagine being placed in this situation.
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What Is A Family Office?
The very wealthy are in unprecedented numbers turning to family offices to address many of their financial and life issues. To compete, many of the traditional providers such as private banks and brokerage firms are establishing their own family office practices for their wealthiest clients. This client-intense...
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Thoughts on Secrecy, Leaks and CIA Drinking Preferences
Given the recent hot mess cooking at the White House as a result of questions about historical accuracy in Benghazi, IRS malfeasance and subpoenas of phone records at the Associated Press, our theme this time is secrecy (or the lack thereof). Benjamin Wittes had this to say about journalism and leaks, some 15 years...
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Vivek Wadhwa: We Need Your Stories and We Need Them Now!
Singularity University’s Vivek Wadhwa got the ball rolling on a crowdsourced project to collect the stories of women working in the innovation economy worldwide. Now he needs women to step up and share their experiences, he tells Women 2.0.
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How To Multiply Efficiency And Free Up Hours Of Labor In An Instant
I am very fond of the strict “No Slide Presentations” policy in our office. Since its inception, presentations have become more animated, engaging, and effective. My colleague Ken Perlman tells the story of how one of our clients realized the wasted time and effort being poured into formal executive presentations...
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Copying What The Best Companies Do: Yes, It Can Be Extremely Entrepreneurial
It probably goes back to elementary school, when you were told "keep your eyes on your own paper."
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Google Glass, What's Not To Like? Quite A Lot Actually
As a marketing case study, Google Glass has been an act of genius. From the moment Glass was announced it was positioned as the must-have accessory for the new class of daredevil entrepreneurs. When a Glass wearer wasn’t solving the world's hardest problems, he was jumping out of airplanes or strutting down a...
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The June 7-8 Obama-Xi Summit: Likely Start Of A (Better) New Asian Order
Less than three weeks from now, Barack Obama will have the opportunity to become a transformational
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$105,000 Trip Of A Lifetime - The World By Private Jet With Abercrombie & Kent Founder
In 1962, Geoffrey Kent, who was born in East African while his parents were on safari there, founded Abercrombie & Kent along with his mother and father to offer highly personalized guided travel to Africa. In the ensuing half century, the company has become synonymous with luxury and expertly guided excursions...
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The Xbox One Is Targeting The Largest Market Of All: Television Watchers
Microsoft has sold 76 million units of the Xbox 360 since its release in 2005. Or shall I say, a mere 76 million units. That's because over 96% of Americans homes have a television while only 49% of U.S. households own a game console. From where I'm standing, it looks like Microsoft wants to close that gap with its...
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Curiosity Drills A Second Hole On Mars
Earlier this week, the Mars rover Curiosity used its robotic arm to drill a hole into a Martian rock and collect a sample from its interior. This marks both the second time that Curiosity has collected such a sample, and the second time any such sample has been collected from Mars, period. The hole was about 2.6...
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Season Ending Thoughts On The Top Of The 2012/13 EPL Table
Another Premier League season has come-and-gone. While the league’s quality might have regressed versus others in Europe and the title race a bit too predictable by mid-season, there were many storylines that proved compelling enough through the final weeks of the season.
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What The Government's Big-Data Dump Tells Us About The Hospital Market
Mainly, it tells us that there’s not much of a market.
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13 Ways To Find Financing In 2013
Financing this year is really not any easier than it has been since the Great Recession. Most entrepreneurs just got use to the idea that unless they have hard assets, they probably can’t go to a bank for cash to grow their business.
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Maximizing Those 'Aha!' Moments: 'Insights' Still Key To Our Future, Says Researcher
“Aha!” moments hit us all. Although they can range from new ways to tie a shoelace to ideas for the latest smart phone, acting upon such “insights” remains key to our collective future.
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They Will Change Your Life. The 7 Non-Negotiables Of Winning
Today, I would like to share the principles that have transformed me and our company and a growing number of people across the globe. They are simple and powerful and I promise you that if you make the time to learn and apply them new avenues of promise and possibility will open for you. I share my personal...
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How You Too Can Be an Unstoppable Entrepreneur
We all know at least one entrepreneur who always gets things done, and appears unstoppable in his quest. All of you probably know many others who talk incessantly about their great ideas, but never seem to even get started, or they give up at the first obstacle. What are the attributes that make an entrepreneur...
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Should Disability Be Disclosed On The Job?
As federal contractors from Raytheon to Office Depot to Marriott await finalization of a rule pending from the Department of Labor requiring contractors to set hiring goals of people with disabilities we must consider some challenges the contractors may have in this. Understand that I am hopeful for some strong...
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French Tax Soars Over 100%
Over 8,000 French households paid taxes topping 100% of their incomes, according to French Finance Ministry data. Taxes on Some Wealthy French Top 100% of Income. You may scratch your head in disbelief. How is that possible?
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