Upstart Master: Lessons from a 747 builder

The Wright Brothers are the guys responsible for figuring out how a machine can fly, but Joe Sutter might just be the guy most responsible for how modern air travel happens. Sutter, now 92 and retired in Seattle, led the team of Boeing engineers that designed the legendary 747 in the late 1960s.

More than any other airline model, the 747—with its wide single-deck and its second  ...

Million Mask dud ‘invades’ Times Square, and 447 cities around the world

Today is Guy Fawkes Day, a little celebrated holiday held in remembrance of a 17^th century British revolutionary who tried to blow up Parliament.

To celebrate, members of Anonymous, a group on nameless hackers and activists with various political agendas, are gathering with their sympathizers in 447 cities around the world wearing masks depicting the face of the British rebel.

Though it remains  ...

Get ready Beliebers: A Justin Bieber backed social network is coming

Justin Bieber pretty much owns social media with 46.5 million Twitter followers, but now the boy wonder will literally own a piece of a social media company with a $1.1 million investment in a new social network for teens.

Fortune broke the news that Bieber is investing in San Francisco-based mobile gaming company RockLive which will debut its new teen-centric social network Shots of Me later  ...

Investor leaks private Twitter forecasts: $200M earnings in 2 years

Two Twitter investors speaking on condition of anonymity spilled 3 years of private Twitter forecasts meant to give their most valuable potential backers the inside scoop on growth. Not surprisingly, the numbers are rosy, considering they were presumably trying to lure the very investors who leaked the numbers. But what is surprising is how much the company is spending.

Here’s a breakdown of  ...

Amazon book author's war over words with Jeff Bezos' wife rages on

Journalist Brad Stone received perhaps the most high profile one-star Amazon review of all time yesterday when Mackenzie Bezos posted a takedown of Stone’s new book about her husband, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.

Today, Stone responded to Bezos’ criticisms on Businessweek, calling her review “well written, entertaining, and perceptive about the challenges of doing  ...

Nicolas Ghesquière takes Louis Vuitton gig, but what of own label dream?

Louis Vuitton has selected Nicolas Ghesquière, considered France's most avant-garde designer, as its new creative director to succeed Marc Jacobs at the world’s largest luxury label.

His not very surprising appointment—fashionistas have been speculating about it for months now—announced Monday night, comes with an upstart take. Sources tell Women’s Wear Daily that Ghesquière would like  ...

Create a great startup office environment on a shoestring

For many entrepreneurs, especially those bootstrapping their businesses, the idea of spending money to decorate the office seems anathema. Why spend capital making the workspace look ‘nice’ when you could put that money toward hiring staff members or business development?

I can attest from experience: neglecting the office environment is a mistake. As a founder, maybe you only need an  ...