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Amazon: My favorite alpha company among Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

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I was thrilled to find out that Knewton made FastCompany’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, along with one of my favorite companies, Amazon. It’s hard to imagine my life without Amazon. I bought a Kindle for everyone close to me, I order hundreds of books every year. I’m always on the look-out for something new–the random, the obscure, the contrarian, the overlooked classic–and Amazon facilitates my search through its exhaustive lists and recommendations…. Read more

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Fast Company goes electric with Tesla Motors

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

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Named after the visionary inventor portrayed by David Bowie in what is widely considered the best magician movie of 2006, founded by a man who inspired Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark in ‘Iron Man’, and now lucky #13 on Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list (along with #47 Knewton!), Tesla Motors is Silicon Valley meets Henry Ford meets ‘Back to the Future.’ (Just look at the doors on the Model X – I wouldn’t… Read more

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We made Fast Company 50 with…. Starbucks!

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

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I get a warm, cozy feeling from Starbucks. It’s very much like the warm, cozy feeling when I think about the fact that we’re on the same Fast Company list with them (they’re #24). Everyone knows that Starbucks is a giant in the corporate world. But not as many people know about its humble beginnings on a cobblestone street in the middle of Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. I was fortunate enough to grow… Read more

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Fast Company’s ’50 Most Innovative Companies’: Knerd Favorites

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

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Knewton Knerds are abuzz with excitement after hearing the news that Fast Company included us on their list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies. People are tweeting and “facebooking” how cool it is that we’re on a list with such greats as Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon and more. Some Knerds even decided to write little blurbs about the other companies on the list. Check it out! Dropbox: “When I’m not working at Knewton, I’m… Read more

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