Athena Schindelheim


This Has Almost Nothing to Do with the iPhone

My MacBook keeps abruptly telling me that my startup disk is full. The last time I owned an Apple laptop, it lost patience with me and sank into an irreve...  Read story

Behind the Scenes: Companies At the Heart of Everyday Life

Carson Aquatic Complex, Mesa, Arizona, 6.7.08, 3:15 p.m.  Read story

What a Coincidence!

I stumbled on this new blog Startup Toons that launched today. Oddly enough, our Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Ted Dennard

Founder of Savannah Bee | Savannah, Georgia  Read story

A One-Hit Wonder?

Inc. tests Radiohead's pay-whatever model.  Read story

Behind The Scenes: Companies At the Heart of Everyday Life

Miami, Dade County Fair, 4.5.08, 5:19 p.m.  Read story

Women Presidents' Organization Conference on Innovation

At the end of last month, from April 24 through April 26, I had the distinct pleasure of joining the Women Presid...  Read story

Behind The Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life

Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota 3.12.08, 2:24 P.M.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Elijah Shaw

Elijah Shaw: CEO of Icon Services Corporation, St. Paul  Read story

Behind the Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life

Bedford Toll Plaza, Bedford, New Hampshire 1.12.08, 5:27 P.M.  Read story

White Cat Media Tells You Where to Get a Bargain

Now it's shopping for $1.5 million.  Read story

Behind the Scenes: Companies at the Heart of Everyday Life

Nashville International Airport 12.07.07, 1:45 p.m.  Read story

Easter Eggs Turn Your Franchise Evergreen

In a spectacular example of sensationalism, J.K. Rowling announced a sur...  Read story

What Can Brown Do for You?

Earlier this month, I saw a piece about the state of female entrepreneurship in the Read story

Racing Past the Finish Line

Although the second season of ABC's American Inventor ended this summer, the f...  Read story

My Place: Carson Stanwood's Modern Cabin

The log cabin in Wyoming had to go--eight miles down the road. A mod aerie took its place.  Read story

Many-Headed Beasts

This week's episode of American Inventor took our Read story

The Face Behind the Product

Apologies for the tardiness of this post. I labored since viewing last week's episode of Amer...  Read story

A Harry Situation

Yesterday, the fifth installment of the Harry Potter film franchise opened in 4,300 locations on more than 9,000 screens--the widest domestic release in W...  Read story

Scrabble vs. Scramblers 10

At Mansueto Ventures, parent company of Inc. and Fast Company, CFO Mark Rosenberg plays a mean game of Scrabble. Mean not as in an average game, but mean ...  Read story

Driving Profits

In our July issue that hit stands last week, we introduced you to four young and promising entrepreneurs who each face the challenge of Read story

"Don't Give Up, But Today You Must"

This week's American Inventor introduced us to Darrell Fertakos, a determined twenty-eigh...  Read story

Hey, Must Be the Money

Last night on American Inventor , the third episode of the season that you can now watch e...  Read story

Judgmentally Ill

Let's talk about the new judges on this season of American Inventor for a second.<...  Read story

The Trouble With Harry

Harry Potter has become a children's lit classic--and a huge industry. With the final book due out, how would you develop the Potter brand?  Read story

Mansueto Ventures in The New York Times

Mansueto Ventures, including its children Inc. and Fast Company magazines, moved from its previous headquarters near Grand Central Terminal ...  Read story

We've moved!

Some of you know already that Mansueto Ventures, and its children Inc. and Fast Company magazines, has picked up from our former, more conventional, offic...  Read story

Cold and Wet, but Stoked!

Over 800 entrepreneurial hopefuls showed up for a casting call for American Inventor on Bro...  Read story

American Inventor Auditions Announced

That's right! Your favorite reality slash game show slash train wreck American Inventor is b...  Read story

American Inventor--Wants You!

That's right! Your favorite reality slash game show slash train wreck American Inventor is b...  Read story

2007 American International Toy Fair

My favorite toys tend to have an element of absurdity to them. Select merchandise at Spencers Gifts and the e...  Read story

Flowers in our hair at the 2007 Inc. 500

As an official veteran of the Inc. 500 experience (having attended two of the last 25 Inc. 500 conferences and...  Read story

Interview with the American Inventor

As you know, I followed ABC's first season of American Inventor for Inc. and spent most of my time blogging about the crazies and their craz...  Read story

Great Moments In Patent History

With the blockbuster BlackBerry settlement and a case involving eBay before the Supreme Court, the dowdy world of patent law is suddenly hot.  Read story

What's Cooking in YOUR Kitchen?

I am one hundred percent psyched about last night's finale of American Inventor . Not only did Janusz's spherical safety car seat for children win t...  Read story

I Am Torn (But Another Person Did Not Jump out of Me)

This week's American Inventor featured commercials chosen and guided by the finalists for their products for the viewing audience to make the ultim...  Read story

Intelligent Design: the uncontroversial kind

The common theme with all six contestants last night, and maybe all of the semi-finalists, was a general disgruntlement with the design companies they had...  Read story

Roller Skates Built for Two (Hey, it could happen)

I have to give her credit: Mary Lou was not annoying at all in last night's episode (if you overlook the first hour recap). She actually had some very goo...  Read story

That yellow shirt has got 2 go

Seriously, if I have to endure any more "highlight" montages I might commit hara-kiri. Basically, we saw three inventions compete head-to-head with the im...  Read story

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