This interview with Brent Frei,executive chairman and co-founderof Smartsheet.com, a provider of online project management software, was conducted and condensed byAdam Bryant. Q. Were you in leadership roles when you were younger? A. I grew up on a wheat, barley and beef cattle farm in Idaho. Probably more than most kids, I had an opportunity to do […]

by Josh Peter USA TODAY SPORTS PHOENIX – Mike Kennedy spoke to a group of Arizona attorneys last week and held up a thick binder few people outside the NFL get to see. It’s the “NFL Super Bowl Host City Bid Specifications & Requirements,” given to viable and interested candidates. Kennedy, former chairman of the […]

By Sarah Zhang Gizmodo To most of us, icicles grow naturally, usually off the roofs of poorly insulated houses. But at Utah-based Ice Castles, man-made icicle farms are growing 15,000 icicles a day. ow else do you think giant ice palaces get built? Welcome to the world of icicle farming. We first heard of icicle […]

  Brad Chacos@BradChacos   It’s official, folks: Windows 10 is coming to the people. After kicking off Windows 10 with a bevy of business-friendly features, Microsoft drew back the curtain on the operating system’s new consumer-focused features at an event on Wednesday, while simultaneously driving home a vision of an operating system designed to deliver a […]

This interview with Maynard Webb, a veteran technology executive whose current roles include serving as chairman ofYahoo, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Early influences for you? A. The biggest thing that impacted me early on was my dad passing away when I was 7. We were a very successful middle-class family. He was a real estate […]

By: Amy Gallo You hate that people consistently show up to meetings late. You find your company’s maternity policy woefully inadequate. You think the company’s IT system is out of date. It’s normal to be bothered by work issues like these, but when do you move from complaining to taking action? How do you decide which […]

By Jordan Crook (@jordancrook) The year of 2014, in many respects, was all about digital security. It wasn’t just tech pundits or early adopters who were victimized – Snapchat, Target, and Sony Entertainment all showed us that no one is immune. And don’t get me started on the NSA. It’s our responsibility as internet explorers to protect ourselves. But according […]

The nominations for the 87th presentation of the Oscars were announced on Thursday with The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman leading the pack with nine each. The Oscars will be telecast live on Sunday, February 22nd at 7 PM EST. This year’s event will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, making his debut appearance at […]

By Catherine Roseberry I’ve often been asked what some the most common obstacles to creating and establishing remote work programs are. In no particular order here are the reasons that I hear about most often as to why remote work programs won’t work for a company. Are suitable positions available? There have to be positions […]