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Laura Ching, co-founder of Tiny Prints
A founder of Tiny Prints discusses the future of correspondence.
JJ Ramberg
In a new book, television show host JJ Ramberg shares tips for small business owners and investors.
Janet Yang
One of the most powerful women in the U.S. film industry discusses her work in China.
2012 presidential election ads
Research says political candidates might be better off paying for web ads than investing too heavily in TV.
Children playing a board game.
The cofounder of University Games discusses two keys to success: smiles and cash flow.
Chi-Hua Chien photo
Kleiner Perkins’ Chi-Hua Chien discusses Facebook, the future of mobile, and the one-and-only reason to start a new company. 
Future of Media Conference photo
Media Entrepreneurs Discuss Speed, Subscription Models, and the Wall Between Advertising and Editorial
Eric Baker photo
After leaving an internet company he cofounded here, Eric Baker took the business concept to other countries.
Robert J Flanagan photo
In a new book, economics Professor Robert Flanagan explains why symphony orchestras need multiple strategies to keep their finances from ballooning out of control. 
Guy Kawasaki
Ignore self-appointed experts bearing bad news, particularly those who say it can't be done or it won't work. This was one of many lessons learned from late Apple founder Steve Jobs, says venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki who addressed a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.

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Laura Ching, co-founder of Tiny Prints
A founder of Tiny Prints discusses the future of correspondence.
JJ Ramberg
In a new book, television show host JJ Ramberg shares tips for small business owners and investors.
Janet Yang
One of the most powerful women in the U.S. film industry discusses her work in China.
Children playing a board game.
The cofounder of University Games discusses two keys to success: smiles and cash flow.
Chi-Hua Chien photo
Kleiner Perkins’ Chi-Hua Chien discusses Facebook, the future of mobile, and the one-and-only reason to start a new company. 
Future of Media Conference photo
Media Entrepreneurs Discuss Speed, Subscription Models, and the Wall Between Advertising and Editorial
Eric Baker photo
After leaving an internet company he cofounded here, Eric Baker took the business concept to other countries.
Robert J Flanagan photo
In a new book, economics Professor Robert Flanagan explains why symphony orchestras need multiple strategies to keep their finances from ballooning out of control. 
Guy Kawasaki
Ignore self-appointed experts bearing bad news, particularly those who say it can't be done or it won't work. This was one of many lessons learned from late Apple founder Steve Jobs, says venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki who addressed a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.
Kristie Lu Stout
Chinese internet users have devised an array of creative ways to navigate around government censorship of China's cyberspace, CNN correspondent Kristie Lu Stout told a Stanford audience.

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2012 presidential election ads
Research says political candidates might be better off paying for web ads than investing too heavily in TV.
Kenneth W. Shotts
Elections sometimes give policy makers incentives to pander to implement policies that voters think are in their best interest even though the policy maker knows they are not, says Professor Kenneth Shotts. In general, an effective media reduces this tendency to pander, "but there are some exceptions to this general rule."
In a new study from Stanford Graduate School of Business, researchers say in some cases negative publicity can increase sales when a product or company is relatively unknown, simply because it stimulates product awareness.
Some 300 actors and writers were blacklisted during the 1950s, but researchers who analyzed how the social networks of that era worked say hundreds more saw their careers marred because they merely associated with those on the list.
The high price of popcorn at most movie theater concession stands actually benefits moviegoers, say researchers, including the business school’s Wesley Hartmann. It helps hold down the price of the movie ticket.
Rock groups can lose as much as 40% of their potential sales because consumers don’t know enough about them, says the Stanford Business School’s Alan Sorensen. There are lots of crowded markets out there where lack of information skews sales.

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