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When Forbes first asked me to contribute, they told me they wanted insight and opinions from the inside of a high-tech, high-growth company.  What’s it really like to be in the throws of it all? I’ve told a few stories, shared a few opinions. But for my next few articles, I’ll be taking a slightly different angle...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffready/2012/05/16/on-the-inside-of-big-innovation/

Without a doubt, Facebook's IPO is going to be a smash hit...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markevans/2012/05/16/warning-stay-away-from-the-facebook-ipo/

What's day-glo orange but being marketed as a health food? It's 7-Eleven's new reduced-calorie..

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/caroltice/2012/05/15/why-target-audience-for-slurpee-lite-already-hates-it/

Something extraordinary is happening in Sweden...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2012/05/16/meet-the-woman-behind-europes-lunchtime-dance-craze/

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Details: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0604/capital-flows-innovation-entrepreneurs-movement-scorns-american-creativity.html

David S. Rose aims to become the world's matchmaker, pairing entrepreneurs and investors. He's got the platform--just no profits yet...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0604/entrepreneurs-david-rose-investors-new-york-archangel.html

The 18-year-old idol remains a Hollywood force, having earned $108 million over the past two years. With several quiet tech startup investments--including Spotify--he's now trying to make similar conquests in Silicon Valley...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0504/celebrity-100-12-just-bieber-investments-music-venture-capitalist.html

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Details: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2012/0504/capital-flows-innovation-entrepreneurs-movement-scorns-american-creativity.html

Jonathan Kirk Davis, Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps..

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2012/05/16/what-should-we-do-better-as-a-society-to-support-americas-veterans/

Facebook -- expected to launch its IPO this week -- is speculated to have a valuation of $96 billion. With the company earning $200 million in their last quarter or $800 annualized, this means their valuation is more than 100 times their earnings. When Facebook acquired Instagram, the numbers raised some eyebrows -- but what many failed to notice was that most of the acquisition price that Facebook paid for Instagram was actually in Facebook stock. According to an S-1 filing, the company is paying $300 million in cash, and the rest in stock. Therefore, the real risk to Facebook is small, relative to the amount of users and the valuable photo platform gained...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2012/05/16/lessons-in-lead-valuation-from-facebooks-acquisition-strategy/

At a hearing Wednesday, Republican congressmen attacked two leading solar companies that received federal loan guarantees -- accusing BrightSource Energy of using insider connections to win its loan guarantee and First Solar's chairman for cashing out $450,000 of his shares while taking public money...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/05/16/gop-tries-to-create-a-new-solyndra-like-loan-scandal/

The folks at Twitter think that if you can’t say it in a short phrase, it ain’t worth saying...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jesscollen/2012/05/16/patent-infringement-in-140-characters-or-less-the-twitter-way/

How a family in Provo built one of the fastest-growing, most profitable software firms no one has ever heard of apart from its fanatic customers...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2012/05/15/qualtrics-techs-hidden-gem-in-utah/

According to Dan Schawbel there are about 80 million millennials and 79 million boomers in the U.S. today with about half of the younger generation in the workforce. "All in all, it’s a pretty bad time to be a young worker (or aspiring young worker) in America," write Schawbel. "Unemployment and ..

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tykiisel/2012/05/16/gimme-gimme-gimme-millennials-in-the-workplace/

As Google and Microsoft plan to make the search experience better for consumers, small business will benefit. Some call it a search engine war. It is more like a search engine extravaganza. Read on. Google calls its new work the “Knowledge Graph” perhaps similar to Facebook’s Social Graph, but Google wants to inventory the 3.5 billion connections between the millions of “things” on the web and in the real world. Microsoft’s Bing rolled out its Social Search on May 15...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/05/16/google-and-bing-search-engines-get-smarter-more-social/

Who are some of society’s most under-appreciated members?  Teachers always seem to be at the top of the list, and with good reason.  We put our cherished children in their capable hands and pay them a fraction of what “professionals” like lawyers and doctors make.  Teachers, however, have the pleasure of helping children learn, which can be among the most rewarding feelings imaginable...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insider/2012/05/16/in-praise-of-legal-aid-lawyers-by-a-white-collar-criminal-defense-practitioner/

Mitt Romney really muffed a chance to appear Presidential, evince noblesse oblige, and exude the kind of energizing power Americans are hungering for, when he responded to the Washington Post’s exposé alleging he was a bully in high school. Whether the Post story is gospel or garbage doesn’t concern me: I feel that if the Democrats forgave Ted Kennedy for killing Mary Jo Kopechne in the waters off Chappaquiddick Island when he was an adult, Republicans should forgive Romney for victimizing a classmate (who survived the incident) as a teenager...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenberglas/2012/05/16/an-apology-should-help-you-soar-with-eagles-never-leave-you-eating-crow/

From the New Jersey Turnpike to stretches of Arizona desert, speed limit is no object to drivers on these fast roads...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emld45gge/americas-fastest-roads

The World Wide Web (aka – the Internet) was at first just a large number of disconnected sites.   In terms of world history, think of it as similar to the time when it was still popular to believe the Earth was flat.  Pockets of civilization existed all over the world, but they were completely isolated from each other...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kirstenbischoff/2012/05/16/a-primer-where-facebook-stands-in-internet-history/

In an exclusive article, Gizmodo penned a powerful exposé about how Yahoo has bludgeoned Flickr. The title conveys the brutal reality of how the internet giant slowly ruined one of its best web properties. Eric Jackson frequently writes about Yahoo! and offers ideas on how it can turn the ship away ..

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/05/15/why-has-yahoo-killed-flickr-5-alternatives-for-photo-sharing/

Here are a few of the reasons people tell me they’re not ready to start a business: they have no experience. They have no money. They’re in debt. Hello, meet me, at age 25 when I was still in school and living on student loans. That’s exactly where I was when I decided to start my first business. I'd learned how short life can be and I couldn’t wait for all my ducks to line up in a nice, neat row--I had to jump in the water and hope the ducks would swim along behind me...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliepeace/2012/05/16/how-a-broke-student-got-investors-for-her-business-7-keys-to-getting-the-money/

It's a rather simple word to say, just four syllables. It's an easily understood word on the surface - at least I think it is. Its meaning is quite apparent the moment you hear it. Yet so many CMO's and marketers treat this 11-letter word as if it were a 4-letter word...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2012/05/16/the-eleven-letter-word-eludes-cmos-marketers/

(Photo credit: Wikipedia) How do you value a change in the social, economic, and political landscape? With the IPO looming, many think about Facebook in too limited a way. This company's product speeds communications between people and even alters the definition of friendship. It gives businesses a newly-efficient way to target ..

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/techonomy/2012/05/16/mark-zuckerberg-social-revolutionary/

If there was a chance to take a trip to Mars in your lifetime, would you go?..

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorikozlowski/2012/05/16/elon-musks-countdown-whats-at-stake-for-him-and-spacex/

In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Arbitration Statement of Claim filed in December 2010, customer Claimant Najdzin asserted damages arising from breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, omission of facts and unsuitability in connection with his purchase of various Blackrock and Eaton Vance auction rate securities (“ARS”).  Claimant sought Claimant $125,000.00 in compensatory damages; $500,000 in punitive damages, plus interest attorneys’ fees, and costs. In the Matter of the FINRA Arbitration Between Louis Najdzin, Claimant, vs. E*Trade Securities LLC, E*Trade Financial Corporation, and William John Velthaus, Respondents (FINRA Arbitration 10-05584, May 10, 2012)...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/billsinger/2012/05/16/etrade-settles-auction-rate-securities-case-but-the-product-keeps-on-giving-grief/

Is the upcoming Facebook offering a $100 billion sucker bet?..

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2012/05/16/facebook-facing-the-facts/

Facebook Ads are not working for GM (General Motors). So what. Those advertisements must be working for someone, somewhere or the internet juggernaut would not be on track for the much talked about Facebook IPO. Here’s the reality: Internet advertising, or any advertising, is a numbers game just like playing in a casino. If you play long enough, or at certain games, you’ll get a return on investment that keeps you coming back...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/05/16/facebook-ads-google-ads-gm-and-advertising-that-doesnt-work/

A good deal of the work we do with clients is focused on vision and strategy: helping senior teams get a clear sense of the future they want to create for their company, and then mapping out a plan - both strategic and tactical - for getting there.  We have (if I do say so myself) an excellent framework for this, and generally speaking our clients end up with an accurate sense of their current state, an agreed-upon vision for the future, and a practical, doable plan for getting there...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/05/16/the-single-reason-most-strategic-plans-fail-spectacularly/

To be able to thrive and survive in the business world, you need to know how to solicit. It’s how business is done, partnerships are made, and media coverage is achieved. Asking for what you need accomplishes an array of objectives that are vital for your business to stay afloat...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ilyapozin/2012/05/16/keep-your-pitch-out-of-the-trash/

Actress and singer Selena Gomez puts her money where her photos are with mobile photo application, Postcards on the Run...

Details: http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/05/16/bieber-girlfriend-selena-gomez-postcards-on-the-run-investor/