George anders
Howard Schultz: The president of coffee nation
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz doesn't want to run for the White House. But, buoyed by his company's surging performance, the billionaire wants to use his caffeinated perch to change American discourse
Revenge of the philosophy majors
In Silicon Valley, brilliant coding and engineering is a given. The real value added, increasingly, comes from the people who can sell and humanise. Which is why tech startups suddenly crave liberal arts majors
Nice guys hire better
High-flying tech companies face constant staffing challenges. Airbnb's process kills the chaos
A startup planned on the kitchen table is among America's top web properties
Not many billion-dollar startups are run by a wife and husband with three little kids. In fact, there's only one. Inside the exhausting but successful balancing act at Houzz
Steve Ballmer is his own man, finally
After three decades in Bill Gates' shadow, the former Microsoft CEO has a seven-point plan to reinvent himself on a scale worthy of America's 18th richest person