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Employees Rewarded for Reducing Carbon Footprint

Rachel Pattisson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:30:52 +0000

How would you like your employer to hold you accountable for your carbon footprint?

WSP Group is doing just that. The global management and consultancy service is pioneering a novel way to reduce the carbon footprint of its...

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How would you like your employer to hold you accountable for your carbon footprint?

WSP Group is doing just that. The global management and consultancy service is pioneering a novel way to reduce the carbon footprint of its...

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Windows 7 Ad: Cutest Ever?

David Haywood Smith — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:00:02 +0000

Microsoft don’t feature very often here on LovelyCompanies.com but all that could be about to change with their new ad campaign for Windows 7. Is this not the cutest advert you’ve ever seen?

(Hat tip: @LeeSimpson)

Microsoft don’t feature very often here on LovelyCompanies.com but all that could be about to change with their new ad campaign for Windows 7. Is this not the cutest advert you’ve ever seen?

(Hat tip: @LeeSimpson)

Lovely Company News Round-up

David Haywood Smith — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:30:01 +0000

Here’s a round-up of all the posts from the LovelyCompanies.com blogroll that I’ve starred recently in my Google Reader. Feedback on this experimental post format is very welcome!

McDonalds were named in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the fifth year straight. They take the opportunity to [Read more →]

Here’s a round-up of all the posts from the LovelyCompanies.com blogroll that I’ve starred recently in my Google Reader. Feedback on this experimental post format is very welcome!

McDonalds were named in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the fifth year straight. They take the opportunity to [Read more →]

Zappos and Amazon Sitting In A Tree

David Haywood Smith — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:04:26 +0000

At the end of July this year online book retailer Amazon acquired lovely company Zappos. We’ve written about Zappos a few times before and they have even helped to inspire other lovely companies. They are now to become a “wholly-owned subsidiary” of Amazon and will...

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Testing Zappos’ Customer Service Reputation

David Haywood Smith — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:03:51 +0000

Zappos – the online shoe retailer – is famous for their customer service. When Andrew Warner interviewed Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh last year, he put the company’s reputation to the test live on air!

Andrew had heard that if a product listed on the Zappos website is out...

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Andrew had heard that if a product listed on the Zappos website is out...

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Gary Vaynerchuk: The Future of Communities

David Haywood Smith — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:06:59 +0000

Gary Vaynerchuk spoke at FOWA Miami 2008 about the importance of the community in building a business. Check out his talk here:

I just searched for previous articles about Gary on LovelyCompanies.com to link to and, to my horror, I couldn’t find any! I will definitely tell you...

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Gary Vaynerchuk spoke at FOWA Miami 2008 about the importance of the community in building a business. Check out his talk here:

I just searched for previous articles about Gary on LovelyCompanies.com to link to and, to my horror, I couldn’t find any! I will definitely tell you...

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Is Jason Calacanis the next Yahoo CEO?

David Haywood Smith — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:01:28 +0000

Last night on Twitter I think I saw something I wasn’t supposed to see. Click the screenshot on the left to see what I saw.
Here’s what it says:

JasonCalacanis: “direct @TechCrunch Mike,...

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Last night on Twitter I think I saw something I wasn’t supposed to see. Click the screenshot on the left to see what I saw.
Here’s what it says:

JasonCalacanis: “direct @TechCrunch Mike,...

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Mac Design Team Aim For Amusing and Pleasurable

David Haywood Smith — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:32:54 +0000

“Rather than survey a bunch of users on every decision, the Mac team decided each issue among themselves, invariably going for the option that might amuse a user the most, that would give a user the most pleasure, and therefore imbue the Mac with personality.”

Advice For Lovely Car Industry CEOs

David Haywood Smith — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:42:43 +0000

“If they were very smart, the CEOs would drive unreleased, next-generation cars that get 100 MPG. They’d stop in a half-dozen towns along the way and invite a newspaper editorial board writer to ride shotgun for a dozen miles. They’d update their status on Twitter. They’d write a few posts...

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T-Mobile’s Customer Delight Day

David Haywood Smith — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:46:28 +0000

Here’s some classic lovely company material (spotted this weekend on CrunchGear ).

Last Saturday T-Mobile had a ‘Customer Delight Day’. T-Mobile customers could drop in to any T-Mobile store and claim 100 free minutes...

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Here’s some classic lovely company material (spotted this weekend on CrunchGear ).

Last Saturday T-Mobile had a ‘Customer Delight Day’. T-Mobile customers could drop in to any T-Mobile store and claim 100 free minutes...

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