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In 2008, Pepsi hired the now-defunct Arnell Group to redesign its iconic red, white, and blue logo. The agency flattened and tilted Pepsi’s 3D globe to rest on its side, and replaced ...
When I founded Jotform in 2006, I did so with the simple goal of making it easy to create and customize online forms. I remember how excited I was when our first user signed up! So it’s ...
Without feedback, growth — both personally and professionally — would be difficult. Colleagues wouldn’t know how to better contribute to the team. Salespeople wouldn’t hone their ...
Startup advice can be seductive. From motivational quotes to magazine profiles, there’s a persistent narrative that if you follow your passion, log 80 hours a week, and “hustle hard,” ...
The story of Zoom founder Eric S. Yuan is an entrepreneurial fable that proves even the most crowded markets are never truly full. Before launching his online conferencing and ...
Have you filled out an online form recently? Chances are that the answer is yes. According to recent research, 84% of people fill out at least one web form per week. But you ...
It was 1995 and the universe was deep in battle… A fearsome empire was striving for world domination and crushing their competitors with an iron fist. Their strategy? Embrace, extend, ...
Years ago, I was waiting in line at a paddle sports shop. People were renting kayaks and canoes and getting fitted for life jackets. It was a brilliant, sunny day and the air buzzed ...
12 Hours That’s how long it took to build a car before 1913. Over the next several years, Henry Ford reduced the time-consuming process to an impressive 2.5 hours. His goal was simple ...
The human race is out-doing itself. We’re faster, smarter, stronger, more emotionally-intelligent and artistically-gifted than ever before. Take a look at any profession in the world ...
You’re *sitting* at your desk working away, deep in flow, when you notice out of the corner of your eye someone staring at you. Ignoring it at first, you continue to type away at your ...
When I was a kid, I worked in my cousin’s gift store. I was so bored during those long, hot summers that I didn’t even ask him to pay me. But one day I had a brilliant idea. I would go ...
Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi gets four hours. Fashion designer Tom Ford logs just three. Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s VP of Retail, says she gets a headache after six. Sleep is a huge topic ...
Back in the 80’s, there was an iconic commercial created by The Partnership for Drug-Free America called This Is Your Brain on Drugs. It was a short video featuring a guy that looked ...
I’m not highly motivated. I don’t have amazing willpower or self-control. I don’t get up at 6 am to read, meditate, drink a green smoothie, and run 10K. That’s because I don’t believe ...
The old crocodile was floating at the river’s edge when a younger crocodile swam up next to him, “I’ve heard from many that you’re the fiercest hunter in all of the river bottoms. ...