On March 1, 2010

See you at SXSW? Join us at the SXSBW Happy Hour!

If you haven't before made it Austin, TX for SXSW, 2010 is the year the Interactive, Music, and Film mega-event should get your attention. Why? We're hosting a party with some friends and would love to

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No One Would Listen

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller is the new book by Harry Markopolos that details his knowledge of the Bernie Madoff scheme, his attempted reports of said scheme (when it was $5 billion deep), and how no one…

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Putting Marketing on “ROIDs”

As soon as the St. Louis Cardinals' new batting coach Mark McGwire told reporters at spring training that he had used steroids only to stay healthy, not to improve his performance, the statisticians pounced. Analyzing his power numbers,…

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Does Repeat Collaboration Really Kill Creativity?

Most new-project-development managers would die for a pair of innovators like John Lennon and Paul McCartney, a team that maintained its creativity year after revelatory year. So why are executives consistently told by researchers that repeated collaboration smothers creativity? Who's…

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Managing Myself: A Direction of One’s Own

There is no shortage of advice out there on how to achieve your goals. At the time of this writing, a Google search on "how to climb the corporate ladder" yields 2,000,000 results. Aspirations more eccentric? No problem.…

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Are You Listening to What Customers Are Saying?

Sumer Morenz of D&B Digital TV visits the shopping district ofWalnut Creek, Calif., to ask everyday consumers to list their biggest customer service pet peeves.

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bookkeeping – refunds

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We have two types of refunds. First, refunds for postage overpayment or they decide to pick up after they pay an invoice. Do we consider this an expense or just a deduction in income? If…

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Denny’s “Irish Famine” Ad Raises Ghost of Past Racial Scandal

Denny's (DENN) appears to have withdrawn a TV ad commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Irish Famine with a free pancake special. The slipup is unexpected, as Denny's has struggled to make itself a more ethnically sensitive company.

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The Rupert Murdoch Story, in Less than 600 Words

New York Magazine's Rupert Murdoch piece is almost as long as the executive's career. As a public service, BNET Media condenses it into one simple post.