Fashion publicist James LaForce is constantly meeting with new clients, but he'll never forget one first session with a buttoned-up Italian shoe company and its venerated CEO. "There was a hush in the room when he came in, and these terribly uptight, suited Italians with MBAs made their anxious introductions." ... More

Christina Stembel was working as the Director of Alumni Relations and Campaign Outreach in California for Stanford University’s law school when she noticed that the flowers they would order for events cost more than she thought they should. So she started researching the flower industry (“laden with problems and with ... More

“Have you ever sat in a boring meeting?” Bill Hoogterp asks. Obviously, the answer's yes, which is why the author of Your Perfect Presentation has built a career on coaching some of the world's most visible speakers—athletes, actors, CEOs, media execs, anyone charged with a crucial More

Having a martini with François Thibault is like shooting hoops with Michael Jordan. Thibault, who has been Grey Goose's Maitre de Chai (cellar master) since the company launched in 1997, is the guy responsible for developing Grey Goose's billion-dollar vodka recipe. And that's not an exaggeration: The brand ... More

Mark Zuckerberg has big plans for the New Year. The Facebook CEO took to the social networking site to declare his personal challenge for 2016, and it puts common resolutions, like dieting and exercising, to shame. “My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI to run my home ... More