The Rise and Fall of the Big, Bureaucratic Corporation.

American Enterprise, The, January, 2000 by Kotkin, Joel

In an old industrial building in lower Manhattan, Jon Kamen and his workers are creating a future urban economy that relies on the entrepreneurial ethos of the past. The walls and doors in this spartan 1930s factory are black steel and tin, and large windows open on a sweeping view of mid-century Manhattan skyscrapers. But the workers of @Radical Media are not stitching garments, or typing on carbon paper. They are creating the products increasingly valued in our Information Age. The advertising firm is crammed with television monitors, computers, a the latest film-editing and graphics equipment.

More important than the space or equipment, says Kamen, is the spirit of individualism animating his company. Each member of the workforce of highly skilled...

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