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Why You Should Have Your Next Business Meeting in Second Life

Fast Interview: Second Life founder Philip Rosedale talks about SL being open for business, the allure of virtual meetings over real ones, and why he stepped down as CEO.

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Products of Brand Mash-Ups

Lashing your brand to another may be the easiest -- and oddest -- way to create new products. Can you pick which items are real and which are fake?

Fast Talk

Question: Will the minimum wage increase cause business to pass on increases to customers?

Answer: Not likely, since the vast majority of businesses pay more than the minimum wage already. The local Hardees pays $9/hour.... | posted by Carel Two-Eagle

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Question: Will the China "brand" suffer more or be helped more because of the attention of the Olympics?

Answer: It all depends on the current perception of the "brand" to begin with. Many people, including myself, know so little about what goes on in China,... | posted by Steve Goble

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Member Blogs

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Mapping Your Journey to Success

So I am sitting here at my desk writing my September map. Yea… “writing” my map… I have to, without it I am like a headless chicken...

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Accountability Dodge Ball: Why CEOs Must Reinvent Marketing ROI

I read that schools have largely eliminated the age old childhood game of dodge ball. You remember it. A group of us lined against a wall. Someone...

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FC Management Expert

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Who Gets "It"? Marketers That Develop Brand "Programs", Not "Campaigns"

Marketing schizophrenia can be defined in...

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Economy Candy

Economy Candy, on New York's Lower East Side, is not a huge store, but it creates a huge impression. It is actually rather narrow, although it is...

FC Now Staff Blogs

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Another Look at China and the Olympics

When I wrote about China and its mishandling of the Olympics, I wondered if there was more deception to come. And apparently there was. As a...

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The Value of Free

This weekend, I turned on my cable box to find that I was now receiving about 20 more high definition channels than in the past. I could now...

Member Comments

Blog Post: Live networking

Comment: As much as I am into internet social networking, I do miss the live contact which comes with networking in a meeting or other event. Well written... | posted by member Paula Yee Sing-Edwards

Big Idea: National security should preclude First Amendment rights when it comes to journalists handing over their records to the govern

Comment: Isn't this conversation interesting? We proceed as if a certain childhood innocense is still in play when in reality, we are being monitored by... | posted by member Jay Tatum