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I came into the office completely drained after a difficult meeting. But when I looked up I stopped awestruck: someone had hung a painting on the wall. Suddenly the boring hallway had been turned into aroomwith personality and mood. My business partner had decided to hang up an abstract painting by modern Ukrainian artist Anton Popernyak he owned. The painting undeniably brightened up the space, but its real value was the course it put us on — turning our office into an art gallery....

If you hateTicketmaster, raise your hand and tweet, “I!” Me too. The industry behemoth has its grimy paws on nearly every international event, notoriously chargingup to 25%in “administration fees.” And its cred didn’t get any better when it merged with other industry giantLive Nationin early 2010. In fact, most of the worldwas quite disturbedtheJustice Departmentlet the dismal deal go through. But today is another day to thank the blessed Internet gods and our nation’s booming startup culture for providing a gleam of hope and a dash of disruption in the event ticketing industry....

Turning your imposter syndrome from enemy to ally Practical tips and advice to improve your self-esteem Focus on the good news: because you think you’re an imposter, you probably are NOT When we start facing our imposter syndrome, the first question that usually comes up is: “How do I know that I’m not an imposter? How do I know that I’m not lying to myself?” Here’s how I decided to look at it: the simple fact that you care so much about your work, that you’re always wondering if you’re good enough, means that, most probably, you are doing everything you can and should be doing to be great at what you do....

Wow, just two hours ago here we were talking about just how amazingTurntable.fmis, now it seems that the party’s over for everyone outside the USA. “The most most exciting social service of the year“, as we put it, has locked down to be US only. A note on the site now reads: We’re very sorry, but while we would love to let you in and rock out with us, we need to currently restrict turntable access to only the United States due to licensing constraints....

It’s emerged out of nowhere to become one of the coolest sites on the Web in a matter of weeks and today,Turntable.fm‘s future is sounding pretty sweet. It’s just locked down an agreement with BMI, covering the use of BMI’s repertoire of more than 6.5 million works in the U.S., according toan announcementby Richard Conlon, BMI Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media. After Turntable.fm’s agreement yesterday with ASCAP, it has successfully signed deals with the two biggest music publishing companies in the U....