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On a recent trip that I took to Napa Valley I had the fortune to meet Alexis Maybank, one of the founders of the Gilt Groupe . She shared a wealth of information on Luxury branding as well as her take on building what has become one of the most revolutionary...

Is this sharing's big breakthrough? Or business as usual? The new technologies of peer-to-peer economic activity are potentially powerful tools for building a social movement centered on sharing and cooperation. But achieving that potential will require...

Part 2 of 2 in the series Dollars to Donuts Today’s guest is Alex Wright, who is the director of research at Etsy. We discuss the partnership between qualitative and quantitative research at Etsy and how his background in journalism helps him with the...

If you’ve heard of Hiroshi Mikitani, it’s probably by the moniker he’s acquired over the years: Japan’s Jeff Bezos. It’s not hard to see why the 49-year-old CEO of Tokyo-based Rakuten is often compared to Amazon’s American founder. Mikitani pioneered...

I extract items for the Wrap from my link blog, which you’re welcome to follow. To make sure you never miss an issue, subscribe to my weekly email briefing. Alerts Employee engagement webinar—January 26, I’ll share 10 innovative and unexpected tactics...