Postcards
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Coke's new formula: Cede marketing to consumers
by Patricia Sellers
Greetings from Atlanta. I'm here for Fortune's "Most Powerful Women Evening With..." Atlanta is tonight's stop in a series of regional dinners that we're hosting annually in addition to the main event, the Most Powerful Women Summit. I'll be interviewing Food Network star Paula Deen, the silver-haired, Southern-cookin' entrepreneur and star of the Food Network. Also with us: the top women execs at companies like Coca-Cola (KO), Home Depot (HD), Delta Airlines, (DAL), UPS (UPS), and MORE
Patricia Sellers - Nov 2, 2009 3:55 PM ET -
Power Point: Always be authentic
"Is it authentic? Money is not the issue...I don't want to do it if it doesn't feel authentic."
-- NBA star LeBron James in a 2007 Fortune cover story. Last night, James became the fastest player in NBA history to score 12,000 career points--at the ripe age of 24 years and 35 days. He eclipsed Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, who held the record at 25 years and 220 days. MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Feb 4, 2009 6:53 PM ETPosted in: Basketball, Coca-Cola, Coke, lebron james, Microsoft, NBA, Nike, Personal Power, Postcards, Power Point, sports -
Global crisis: Fortune 500 CEOs weigh in
I took a 7 a.m. Acela from New York to Washington, D.C. this morning to meet with D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and then attend the Fortune 500 Forum, beginning this afternoon. My train was on time to the minute; Rhee's red-eye from the West Coast was delayed by D.C. fog, so she and I are now due to meet Wednesday. I'll share my thoughts later this week about Rhee, who MORE
Patricia Sellers - Dec 1, 2008 2:05 PM ETPosted in: American Express, Antonio Perez, AT&T, Best Buy, Brad Anderson, CEOs, Coca-Cola, Coke, consumer goods, education, Fedex, financial crisis, Fortune 500, Fortune 500 Forum, Fred Smith, global economy, Hank Paulson, Ken Chenault, Kodak, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Michelle Rhee, Muhtar Kent, Postcards, Power Shift, Randall Stephenson, Washington
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Fortune senior editor at large Pattie Sellers has written some of Fortune's most talked-about cover stories, including "Marissa Mayer: Ready to Rumble at Yahoo," "Oprah's Next Act," "Can Meg Whitman Save California?" "The $100 Billion Woman" (Melinda Gates), and "Remodeling Martha" (Martha Stewart). She has helped oversee Fortune's "Most Powerful Women in Business" package every year since its launch in 1998. Pattie is Executive Director of the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, the preeminent gathering of women leaders in business and beyond. She oversees MPW programs that enable women leaders to extend their influence and empower the next generation—such as Fortune MPW Entrepreneurs and the Fortune-U.S. State Department Global Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership. Beyond her Fortune duties, she is also developing Live Content across Time Inc. Pattie grew up in Allentown, PA, graduated from the University of Virginia, and started at Fortune in 1984. Her blog, Postcards, is about how power players lead, manage others, and navigate their careers.
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