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'The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We're Dancing on its Grave'

"I don't think [Facebook] is a bubble. I think it's the beginning of the end of the valley as we know it."

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Boringness: The Secret to Great Leadership

Until recently, I hadn't really known any great leaders. As a writer, the highest-ranking people I deal with are editors, and they're pretty much just writers who have gotten lazy...

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Your Brain on Facebook

While Facebook's rise took many by surprise, its success was little surprise to the hundreds of researchers who study social interactions in neuroscience labs across the country...

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The 100% Economy: Why the U.S. Needs a Strong Middle Class to Thrive

Nick Hanauer is the kind of innovator and venture capitalist expected to power the country's next wave of growth. So why does he insist that only the fading middle class can rescue America?

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In Defense of Polymaths

Polymath is one of those words more likely to show up on the SAT than in everyday conversation...

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Do You Know What You Are Feeling?

Over the 23 years since we met, my wife Eleanor and I have spent considerable time, money, and energy on our development...

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Why Did Zynga's Stock Drop After Facebook Went Public?

Believe it or not, other stocks besides Facebook traded on Friday. Although Zynga probably wishes…

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Seth's Blog: Not everyone

If you're marketing a bass guitar or an orchid or an electric SUV, why are you concerned with what everyone thinks about it? It seems to me that you should only care about the opinion of those that...

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4 Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for a Bank Loan

Two leading banks, honored for National Small Business Week, offer their best advice to business owners seeking credit.Get the latest blog articles on...

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Book Review: 'Private Empire,' by Steve Coll

A meticulously prepared portrait of how ExxonMobil sees itself as bigger than individual nation states

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Euro zone exit might be best of bad options for Greece

Without control over its currency, the country is left without its best tool to fix the economy

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Ten best small business stories of the week

A roundup of the highlights from The Globe's home for entrepreneurs

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Jobs or Zuckerberg: Who'd Make the Better Boss?

With the Apple founder's death and the Facebook IPO, there's been a changing of the guard in Silicon Valley. Here's how the two leaders'...

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Five Ways to Organize Your Office--Stylishly

How to make your office project a professional image for your business, and a look at products to help you do it.

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Three Things You Must Know Before Pitching Investors

If you are seeking capital to fund your business, whether from angel investors or VCs, here are three things you need to know.Get the latest blog articles on...

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Man injured in Longford shooting - RTÉ News

A man has been injured after a shooting incident at a building outside Longford town in the early hours of this morning.

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Divorce lawyers eye fallout from Facebook IPO

Big cash influx after initial public offering also expected to spark a flurry of weddings

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Mark Zuckerberg's Magic Touch

Facebook's shares open for trading today. Chances are, you're holding your breath or rolling your eyes...

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Facebook’s flat debut puts social media firms under microscope

After weeks of anticipation, the company’s initial public offering was beset by technical difficulties and only modest gains

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Facebook’s flat debut puts social media firms under microscope

Investors prove cool to much-anticipated IPO, and to similar social media platforms, on skepticism over viability, strength of advertising base

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Facebook’s flat debut puts social media firms under microscope

After weeks of anticipation, Facebook’s IPO was beset by technical difficulties and only modest early gains

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Blacknight, Vodafone and more honoured at Social Media Awards 2012

Vodafone Ireland scored a hat trick while Blacknights Michele Neylon put his companys social media success down to a personable approach at the second annual Social Media Awards.

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How to Market to Someone Who Knows Everything

People talk about Francis Bacon as the last person to know everything. Apparently, these people don't know any 15-year-old girls. Because these girls know everything...

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Here Is the Full Inequality Speech and Slideshow That Was Too Hot for TED

Nick Hanauer is a venture capitalist from Seattle whose speech at TED was deemed "too politically controversial" for the website.

17 May theatlantic.com

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'If Facebook's Profit Model Stays the Same, This Valuation Doesn't Make Any Sense'

Espen Robak is the president of Pluris Valuation Advisors, where he tracks burgeoning trading on the secondary private market.

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What Makes Facebook Worth So Much

Today's IPO could price the social network at more than $100 billion. Here's how you can try to emulate that success.

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What to do About that Chip on Your Shoulder?

I’m fond of saying that I look for entrepreneurs that have a chip on their shoulder. That they have something to prove. That they’re not afraid to stick their noses up to the establishment...

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Hayek Was Right: Why Cloud Computing Proves the Power of Markets

Guest post by Jim Manzi, founder and Chairman of Applied Predictive Technologies, and the author of…

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Alberta grabs UN well-being index’s top spot in Canada

Newfoundland, NWT also make impressive gains on resource wealth

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Facebook Bigger Than Amazon, Visa, McDonald's, and Pepsico [Updated]

If the stock pops 35%, Facebook's market cap will eclipse JP Morgan, making it more valuable than any bank in the United States.

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Seth's Blog: The quickest way to get things done and make change

Not the easiest, but the quickest: Don't demand authority. Eagerly take responsibility. Relentlessly give credit.

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JPMorgan losses may hit $5-billion

CEO Jamie Dimon can no longer play down the situation as bank faces loss of an entire quarter’s earnings

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The End of Soda?

Sales of soft drinks are falling in the United States. But don't start writing the industry's obituary yet.

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Is Your Hope of Landing Angel Investors Wildly Unrealistic?

Are you hoping an angel investor will pump big money into your business in exchange for a tiny sliver of equity ownership? If you think that will fly, see...

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China makes headway in cooling housing market

Government regulations that have slowed the market are seen as risky by many economists

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Are You a Closer? Take the Test

My last HBR blog post, How to Close a Sales Call, reviewed sales call closing techniques. Now let's analyze whether or not you are a natural born closer...

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Great Businesses Don't Start With a Plan

You want to start a business. So you need a plan, right? No. Not really...

16 May blogs.hbr.org

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