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The ex-Facebook executive and TV producer explains her plan to shake up the content business–and make her own mark on the Web.The name Randi Zuckerberg might conjure visions of nepotism, but the Facebook founder’s sister is doing her best to carve out her own space on the Web–and elsewhere.Speaking with The Financial Times’ Emily Steel Wednesday during the Internet Week conference, Zuckerberg spoke about everything from from curated content and distribution to what she playfully dubbed “tech-life balance.” When asked what compelled her to launch Zuckerberg Media, her latest foray into the online video space, Zuckerberg replied, “When I looked around at the landscape, I saw you have all these companies investing more in original content, but there were very

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The world’s richest man says everyone needs feedback beyond one-word descriptors.Bill Gates, who recently reclaimed the title of the richest man in the world, took to the stage earlier this month for a TED talk on one of his pet causes: improving the quality of education. Specifically, the Microsoft creator focused on the need of quality feedback for teachers. “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve,” Gates told the audience. He continued: “When Melinda and I learned how little useful feedback most teachers get, we were blown away. Until recently, over 98 percent of teachers just got one word of feedback: satisfactory. If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was ‘satisfactory,’ I would have

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Should you go to your school, company, or family reunion? If you’re an entrepreneur, the answer is undoubtedly yes.It’s the time of year for reunions–class reunions, family reunions, corporate reunions, military reunions. I asked a group of entrepreneurs recently for their reunion stories, and I was awfully impressed.You’ll have to forgive me for being a bit biased when we talk about reunions. Last June, I set aside my shock at how fast time had flown and went to my 20th college reunion at Fairfield University. The trip changed my life because I reconnected with my college girlfriend, Karen. We hadn’t seen each other in more than a decade, but things just clicked, and we’re getting married next month.Now, I can’t promise you’ll rekindle

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Do you give up after a few sales calls? Expect new business to come from every networking event? It’s time for a shift in mindset that you can take all the way to the bank.Does the thought of hearing “no thank you” one too many times slow you down? Getting your products and services into the hands of future customers has its challenges, but when we add a fear of rejection to the mix, the challenge becomes monumental. What if you could see no as the magic word that gets you closer to the sale instead of letting it knock the wind out of your sails?It’s entirely possible. Let’s begin by understanding why we take rejection so personally in the first place.If

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Check out the most durable tablets on the market.When you think of tablets, the word rugged doesn’t usually spring to mind. These durable models are designed to withstand a range of abuse, including drops, spills, and even full submersion in water. We roughed them up to see if they’re as tough as advertised.Dell Latitude 10Best for: Smaller budgets A great option in the business-rugged category, the 1.47-pound Latitude has a magnesium-alloy case and durable 10.1-inch LCD screen. The speedy Windows 8 tablet has front- and rear-facing cameras, as do the other models we tested, and an optional fingerprint scanner. It comes with a trial version of Microsoft Office 2010 and lasts 10 hours fully charged. During our test, it survived a 4-foot drop onto a

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Practicing your posture before a big meeting may sound silly, but scientists have found that how your stand has dramatic effects on your mood and therefore how you are perceived.If you came into the bathroom one day to find a colleague standing in front of the mirror, hands on hips, shoulders spread wide, doing her best impression of Wonder Woman about to save the world, your first thought would probably be to back out slowly.But the truth, according to scientists, is that your silly-looking colleague may be on to something not silly at all. Practicing certain “power postures” can actually have outsized effect on mood and confidence and thus on the impression you make on others.An in-depth post covering research on and

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The Newark mayor and video-site founder spent the past week hanging out with hackers, founders, and tech geeks. Here’s why.Watch out, Mike Bloomberg. There’s competition in the race to be the most pro-entrepreneurship mayor. Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, keynoted at the exclusive f.ounders conference in New York City last week, just after returning home from a few days at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, where he met with entrepreneurs, delivered a talk, and judged a hackathon.That’s where we met him–and where he was hanging out with the founders of some of the most talked-about start-ups of this year. Lady Gaga’s manager, Troy Carter, also chatted up Booker, who has lately become known for his

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The Valve Corporation’s former economist-in-residence explained how a trendsetter in the video game industry can function without management.Imagine being a part of a company with no bosses, upper-level management, or HR where bonuses, hirings, and firings were all determined by peer consensus. Imagine a company like this going on to become one of the most successful in its space. This isn’t a joke: It’s the real story of video game developer and publisher, Valve Corporation.In an interview late last month with the Library of Economics and Liberty, Valve’s former economist-in-residence Yanis Varoufakis (that’s right, a video game company with a staff economist) described the flat management model behind the Seattle-based, 400-employee company that could be worth up

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