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News Cellar -
Biz Models
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Twitter has millions tweeting in public communication service
By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY
2009 May 25
SAN FRANCISCO — It's tea time at Twitter. While
that may evoke images of courtly discussion over Earl Grey and finger
sandwiches, it's quite another thing at Silicon Valley's new "it"
company.

Twitter's founders, from left, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams.
The idea is that any employee can step in front of the 43-person
start-up and offer a no-holds-barred weekly critique on a Friday
afternoon. Co-founders Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone often
watch from the back, taking mental notes. Some employees recite poems;
others make wacky slide presentations. The point is to express what the
company means to them.
In another tradition, Alison Sudol, a musician with more than 500,000
followers on Twitter, this month spoke at headquarters, part of a
monthly ritual in which artists and academics drop by to impart wisdom
and entertain.
Both events underscore the bottom-up culture fostered by Twitter's
unassuming co-founders, who have become reluctant media stars. "Tech
founders get a little too much emphasis," CEO Evan Williams says. "So
many people here contribute to our success."
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Personal Growth -
Health
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When pregnant mom eats fish, kids do better
Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:46PM GMT
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Children of mothers who ate more fish and
other seafood while pregnant are smarter and have better developmental
skills than kids of women who ate less or none, researchers said on
Thursday in findings they called surprising.
The study, sure to be controversial, sought to assess whether it is
wise, as some experts and the U.S. government have recommended, for
pregnant women to limit their seafood intake to avoid mercury, a toxin
that can harm the nervous system of developing foetuses.
Dr. Joseph Hibbeln, a U.S. National Institutes of Health researcher
who led the study in The Lancet medical journal, said seafood is a key
source of omega-3 fatty acids, important for fetal brain development.
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News Cellar -
Startup / Entrepreneurship
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Tamara Monosoff: Inventions
The Realities of Being an Entrepreneur
It's not all rosy, but it's certainly rewarding.
By Tamara Monosoff
| November 30, 2007
I'm often surprised when I talk to people
interested in starting their own businesses. When asking about my
experience as an entrepreneur, they'll say, "You're so lucky," or "It
must be great to be out of the rat race." Statements like this make me
smile because they couldn't be less true. Luck has nothing to do with
it. As for the rat race, while different, it's faster than ever.
That's
why I wanted to share the realities of being an entrepreneur. First, a
disclaimer: At the end of every day, I wouldn't trade my current
situation for any other option, and I'm grateful to be able to do what
I truly love. However, being an entrepreneur isn't the easy, carefree
career path that many believe it to be; it's actually quite the
opposite. When everything is invested in your own business--time,
money, passion and creativity--it can border on obsession. And when you
work from home or your spouse or family members work with you, you rarely, if ever, leave the office--at least from a mental standpoint.
Let me start with a few hard truths of being an entrepreneur:
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