Going it alone
Is your manager making unreasonable demands? Are you bored by unproductive meetings? Do you feel undervalued? Maybe it’s time to break the routine and become your own boss
Interviews – Technology – Julie Meyer
Julie Meyer rose to stardom as a founder of First Tuesday and quickly became known as the First Lady of the internet. We meet the woman who calls herself ‘a deep pan-European’ and talk to her about her company, Ariadne Capital, and the careers in the start-up economy
Interviews – Technology – Jennifer Mowat
The general manager of eBay UK, Jennifer Mowat was no internet anorak. She tells us how easy it is to wise up to what’s going on in the dotcom industry and how to make the most out of e-business
Interviews – Technology – Mark Wood
Mark Wood, the youngest editor-in-chief in Reuters’ history, has succumbed to the lure of the Internet by moving to the company’s Greenhouse Fund. Wood, 48, is in charge of developing Reuters’ strategic partnerships with other content providers, which the fund can then invest in. He is now one of the key players in Internet investment.
Interviews – Technology – Julie Meyer
Julie Meyer rose to stardom as a founder of First Tuesday and quickly became known as the First Lady of the internet. We meet the woman who calls herself ‘a deep pan-European’ and talk to her about her company, Ariadne Capital, and the careers in the start-up economy
Interviews – Media – David Bell
David Bell is media giant Pearson plc’s director for people and chairman of the Financial Times. He tells us that the best journalists are inquisitive, individualistic and therefore ‘somewhat irritating’. Bell talks about his own career both as a writer and a recruiter and gives tips on how to land a job at Pearson
Interviews – Media – Brad Rees
Brad Rees enjoys working his socks off. Rees, the former new media editor for Express Newspapers, has just swapped one hectic dotcom job for another. He has recently been appointed senior producer at Sports.com after spending seven months at rival online outlet Sportal. He describes the change as moving from ‘hard work’ to ‘seriously hard
Dotcomming it: what are entrepreneurs looking for?
Graduates’ attraction to dotcoms is as much to do with the freedom and scope that the new economy offers, as it is to do with making money quickly. So, how can the big companies make their corporate cultures more attractive to budding entrepreneurs? Tony Vickers, an expert in organizational behavior, assesses which cultures attract entrepreneurs