May 2012
COVER STORY
Turntable.fm: Where Did Our Love Go?
The partners behind the onetime "next big thing" go to SXSW to woo back the tech world--and learn how to make their partnership work.
FEATURES
Disruption Comes (Finally!) to Commercial Real Estate
How Jason Freedman and 42Floors cooked up a killer business idea that could turn commercial real estate on its head.
This Man Can't Stop Innovating
The genius of Moses Kizza Musaazi: He's an inventor, entrepreneur, fixer of things that are broken in the troubled country of Uganda.
COLUMNS
Street Smarts | Norm Brodsky
How to Handle Employee Sabotage
Not all employees resign gracefully. Some try to sabotage your company on their way out. Here's how veteran entrepreneur Norm Brodsky deals with it.
Street Smarts | Norm Brodsky
Buying a Business? Expect the Unexpected
If you're considering buying a business, consider veteran entrepreneur Norm Brodsky's advice first.
Street Smarts | Norm Brodsky
How to Deal with Late Payments
When times are tough, customers take longer to pay their bills. You can count on it. Veteran entrepreneur Norm Brodsky says that's the wrong time to start thinking about how to deal with it.
Get Real | Jason Fried
How to Avoid the Upgrade Backlash
Sure, you can upgrade your product, but can you make your current customers actually like it? Turns out, it's a bit trickier than we thought.
THE GOODS
Things I Can't Live Without: Eric Villency, CEO Villency Design Group
A design maven takes his style on the road. Check out his favorite things.
3 Apps for On-Demand Limos
Your own driver, wherever, whenever. There's an app for that.
You Lost Your Phone. Now What?
For most entrepreneurs, their phone is much more than just a phone. It's a lifeline. Here are tools for protecting and defending it.
4 Best Lightweight Laptops
Better, stronger, faster: Check out the second-gen laptops that are giving MacBook Air a run for its money.
Best Tools for an iPad Presentation
Need to nail a presentation? Here are a few tools you should know about.
3 Great Portable Projectors
Here are three portable projectors perfect for your next presentation.
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STRATEGY
The ADHD CEO: Greg Selkoe, Karmaloop
The Way I Work: Founded in 1999 in Boston, Karmaloop began as an e-commerce site, but has grown into a burgeoning hipster media empire. Here's how its CEO navigates a day.
Will Customers Buy Cocoa-Based Toothpaste?
A fancy new product argues that cocoa is better at rebuilding tooth enamel. Whole Foods bought--but will consumers?
Elevator Pitch: Paying to Skip the Velvet Rope
Line Genie lets nightclub goers skip the line and cover charge by paying up front for the bar tab. Should investors pick up a $500,000 round?
Design Makeover: Healthy Pantry Gets New Look
A packaged-food maker goes all in and changes its whole look. But will it work on grocery-store shelves?
Leadership Advice: Strike a Pose
Want to become an effective leader? Watch the way you sit, stand, and posture, says a Harvard B-School professor.
Texas Business School Teaching Door-to-Door Sales
Grad students in Texas study entrepreneurship--and learn some tough lessons about sales.
Mergers & Acquisitions: When to Buy Your Rival
For Billtrust CEO Flint Lane, the acquisition made perfect business sense. But could he really write a big check to his longtime nemesis?
BEHIND THE SCENES
Behind the Scenes: The Venetian
The companies that make business tick at the Grand Canal at The Venitian in Las Vegas.
LAUNCH
Fighting Crime With Jewelry
Jessica Mindich's company, Jewelry for a Cause, helps take guns off the street by transforming deadly weapons into beautiful jewelry—and nonprofit donations.
Close-up: Caterina Fake
Caterina Fake helped create Flickr in 2004. Check out the company she's building now.
Skimmer's Guide: What Chinese Want
The new book by Tom Doctoroff, the CEO of ad agency J. Walter Thompson's China offices, explores the tantalizing-but-complex market.
Inheriting the Start-Up Gene
It's been shown that the children of entrepreneurs are more likely to start businesses themselves, but there may be more to the equation.
LEGACY
Legacy: A Pioneering African-American Architect
She was the first African-American woman to become a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and worked with Frank Gehry, and Cesar Pelli. Here's the legacy of Norma Merrick Sklarek.
VIEWS & OPINIONS
Editor's Letter: Inspirations
Today, the charitable impulse seems to come early and often to entrepreneurs still in their formative, company-building years.
