Secrets of Growth
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Why execs turn to grandma for business advice
Quaint as it may sound, successful executives often turn to the insights they gleaned from grandparents to navigate today's business world. By Vickie Elmer
Oct 31, 2011 11:55 AM ET -
For rent: A desk, WiFi, and instant coworkers
One consequence of the sluggish economy has been the rise of flexible workspaces. But will coworking fade when the jobs come back?
By Elaine Pofeldt, contributor
FORTUNE -- After years of helping other photographers with everything from equipment loans to job leads, Benjamin Weatherston, a veteran photographer, decided to turn his passion for mentoring into a business.
He and his wife, Jen, leased a 51,000-square-foot space in an industrial park in Ann Arbor, MORE
Oct 28, 2011 8:00 AM ET -
Why your company (probably) can't innovate
Most of the conventional wisdom about how to generate world-beating business ideas is wrong, says a new book. Which practices belong on the scrap heap? By Anne Fisher
Oct 6, 2011 2:28 PM ET -
A software company takes a page from Toyota's playbook
Using a combination of Toyota-inspired lean manufacturing principles and an open office atmosphere, Menlo Innovations' work environment is attracting attention.
By Katherine Reynolds Lewis, contributor
FORTUNE – At most white-collar job offices around the country, workers scurry from cubicle to cubicle, speaking in hushed tones. Take a step into software firm Menlo Innovation's offices in Ann Arbor, Mich., and it's clear that this firm is more cotton mill factory floor than monastery.
Instead MORE
Oct 6, 2011 12:15 PM ET -
Small business lessons from an open source art exhibit
A unique approach to an art exhibit in Grand Rapids provides important lessons for business owners: "Dive into something small and see what you get." By Vickie Elmer
Sep 28, 2011 1:39 PM ETPosted in: Small Business
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CEO Roger Crandall thinks that means-testing and older retirement ages are inevitable, but that its unlikely entitlements for the less affluent will be touched. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall thinks rates will remain low, but says MassMutual has diversified its portfolio to protect against any changes. Play -
CEO Roger Crandall says emerging economies like China are prime growth targets. Play -
Roger Crandall says that baby boomers will have to keep working into retirement and that young people have been scared off by the stock market. Play
