An interesting presentation on the topic of over-staffing and growth. I am sure some of you should be able to relate to this story. [via]

Following are two wonderful presentations from Netflix, the leading online subscription service streaming movies and TV episodes over the Internet and sending DVDs by mail service.
First presentation is titled Reference Guide on our Freedom & Responsibility Culture and it talks about the company culture, values, management, innovation etc. The second one called Netflix Business [...]

1000 true fans is an insightful article on improving sales and the long tail by Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of Wired magazine.
Following is an excerpt on who a true fan is. Read the complete article here.
A True Fan is defined as someone who will purchase anything and everything you produce. They will drive 200 [...]

Don’t miss the this amazingly creative video on the art of motivating employees. This video is created by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), based in London, UK.

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US government unveiled a new $100 note. The image above is of the new US $100 note. There are a number of security features in the redesigned $100 note, including two new features, the 3-D Security Ribbon and the Bell in the Inkwell. These security features are easy for consumers and merchants to use to [...]

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Interesting info-graphics of what people buy online compared to in stores. Amazing visualization! [via]

If you had five dollars and two hours, what would you do to make as much money as possible? Stanford technology venture program, Executive Director Tina Seelig discusses the query and how budding entrepreneurs responded. [via]
Checkout the responses in the following video . Very interesting!

Cubis is a new innovative beverage container designed by Cubis Ltd. Cubis is headquartered at Nicosia, Cyprus with a design office in Sweden.
Cubis is designed to increase shelf value, reduce transportation costs and minimize environmental impact, but also to serve as a powerful marketing platform for the introduction of new brands and products.
The [...]

This is an illustration of the power of social media and an example of how not to handle a customer complaint.
Canadian singer, Dave Carroll’s US$ 3500 guitar was broken by United Airlines due to poor luggage handling. He asked for compensation and after over 9 months of followup, United said they won’t compensate. So [...]