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Pop!Tech ’09: Mayor Fetterman

Braddock, Pennsylvania, once a booming steel town, has been deteriorating for decades. In the 1950s it had a population of around 20,000. By 2000,...

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Pop!Tech ’09: Way Better Than Styrofoam

The Pop!Tech crowd just heard from Eben Bayer. His company, ecovative design, has developed a replacement for Styrofoam. They make packaging...

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Pop!Tech ’09: Maasai and Lions, Working Together

The Maasai people of Kenya have an understandably antagonistic relationship with the country's lions. If you're a Maasai, your capital is all tied...

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Pop!Tech ’09: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems

One of the basic tenets of business (and especially Wall Street) is that the more you pay people, the better they do at their work. The behavioral...

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Pop!Tech ’09: Watch It Live

The 2009 Pop!Tech conference in Camden, Maine begins today. Pop!Tech is a four-day event where "thought leaders" gather to share their thoughts....