Postcards
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How to hire in uncertain times
by Jessica Shambora
Who's hiring? Hardly anybody, yet. But as you dream about recovery, you'd better be thinking about how to upgrade your talent. You'll be hiring again someday. Really.
We talked about hiring at the recent Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, where this year's theme was "Betting on the Future." A session called "Building a Standout Start-up" was led by two CEOs who are in major hiring mode. We thought we'd MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Oct 7, 2009 1:55 AM ETPosted in: American Express, Avon, CEOs, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE MPWomen, Gilt Groupe, Gina Bianchini, hiring, Ken Chenault, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, liz smith, management, Most Powerful Women, Ning, Postcards, Silicon Valley, startup, Susan Lyne, technology, Ursula Burns, Xerox -
Gilt Groupe's Jetsetter takes off
Shoppers may have fewer dollars these days, but they still want to make the most of them. That's the idea behind Gilt Groupe, the members-only shopping site featuring daily deals, or "flash-sales," on limited quantities of designer goods. (Click here for a post about Gilt CEO Susan Lyne, formerly head of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia).
Now Gilt is bringing the same formula to the luxury travel sphere with a new site MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Sep 30, 2009 4:19 PM ET -
Time Warner Cable angst
Time Warner Cable's DVR "upgrade" is a downgrade.
If you're a customer of America's second-largest cable company, as I am, you came home one day recently to find that the new "Navigator" DVR system has taken over your TV--and taken your TV viewing hostage.
You used to be able to watch a show live and--let's say, you dashed to the kitchen and missed that touchdown pass--rewind and watch it in repeat.
Now MORE
Patricia Sellers - Aug 31, 2009 4:17 PM ETPosted in: media, Postcards, Susan Lyne, technology, telecom, television, Time Warner Cable, Verizon -
New Internet life in New York
New York City is second fiddle to Silicon Valley when it comes to tech start-ups. But one intriguing new Internet company is about to launch here in Manhattan in two weeks.
Have you heard about Hunch? This morning at a Women in Media breakfast, I ran into Caterina Fake, the entrepreneur best known for co-founding Flickr and selling it to Yahoo (YHOO). Last time I saw her was at the home MORE
Patricia Sellers - Jun 2, 2009 3:05 PM ETPosted in: Caterina Fake, CEOs, consumer goods, Gilt Groupe, Google, management, media, Postcards, real estate, retail, Silicon Valley, Susan Lyne, technology, Yahoo -
Why Martha Stewart co-CEO Millard quit
"One plus one equals three." That's what Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) chairman Charles Koppelman said last July after the company appointed Wenda Millard and Robin Marino co-CEOs.
I -- and many investors -- expressed skepticism. Co-CEO set-ups are so unusual that during the past decade, among Fortune 500 companies, only 15 such arrangements have existed. Koppelman literally wagered that the co-CEO set-up at his company would flourish. "I'll bet you MORE
Patricia Sellers - Apr 21, 2009 12:21 PM ET -
Powerful Women: the final photo gallery
I've shared pictures and videos and stories of Warren Buffett in action at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit--his idea of "heaven," he told the 350 women who gathered in California in early October. But there was much ado beyond Buffett at our 10th Summit, which drew, despite the market mayhem, a lineup of leaders that reflected our theme, "Extraordinary Talent." Here are a few glimpses of the talent on MORE
Patricia Sellers - Oct 28, 2008 3:05 PM ETPosted in: Andrea Wong, Ann Moore, Arianna Huffington, Bonnie Hammer, Citigroup, Dina Powell, Eva Muraya, Facebook, Fortune Most Powerful Women list, Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, Fory=tune-U.S. State Department Mentoring Partnership, Gilt Groupe, Goldman Sachs, Indra Nooyi, Lifetime, Martha Nelson, Melinda Gates, NBC Universal, Pat Fili-Krushel, PepsiCo, Phyllis Mwangi, Postcards, Sallie Krawcheck, Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Lyne, Time Inc., Time Warner, Warren Buffett -
Susan Lyne lands at Gilt
Since Susan Lyne made a big name for herself at the top of ABC Entertainment and then Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO), her move to the CEO position at tiny Gilt Groupe seems to be a head scratcher. Have you heard of this year-old startup? I hadn't. My younger, fashionable colleagues say it's a big thing: an online marketplace of excess luxury goods that is already shaking up the fashion MORE
Patricia Sellers - Sep 16, 2008 2:43 PM ET -
CEOs are taking the new-venture route
When I give talks on the best CEOs and their career strategies, I pass on this advice: Think of your career not as a ladder but as a jungle gym. Particularly in today's tumultuous and unpredictable environment, who knows where the best opportunities will lie a year from now--or even next week? If you navigate your career as if you're on a jungle gym, you use your peripheral vision and MORE
Patricia Sellers - Aug 11, 2008 12:24 PM ETPosted in: Aegis, cable TV, Canoe Ventures, CEOs, David Verklin, Discovery Communications, headhunters, Jamba, Jim Citrin, job market, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Mauro Montanero, media, MLB Network, new venture, OPrah Winfrey, OWN, Postcards, Power Shift, Spencer Stuart, Susan Lyne, technology, Tom Freston, Tom Neff, Tony Petitti -
Lyne may land with Oprah
High-placed media-industry sources tell me that Susan Lyne has been in touch with Oprah and her folks about running OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. Lyne, who quit the CEO post at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO) last week, won't comment. Nor will Oprah. But the cable startup—a joint venture of Oprah's Harpo Inc. and Discovery Communications that's due to launch in September 2009— would be a natural fit for Lyne, MORE
Patricia Sellers - Jun 18, 2008 2:59 PM ETPosted in: Ann Moore, Bob Iger, CEOs, Desperate Housewives, Discovery Communications, Disney, FORTUNE MPWomen, Harpo, Leadership by Geoff Colvin, management, Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, OPrah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Newtork, Personal Power, Postcards, Power Shift, Susan Lyne, Time Inc.
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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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