Staff Recommender: Erica Boeke, Who Was Once *This Close* To The Big Leagues

The best things on the Internet this week, curated by Fast Company employees. Erica BoekePhoto: Celine Grouard for Fast Company Name: Erica Boeke Role at Fast Company: Associate publisher, Global Marketing. Among other things, I get to work with our partners on the fun stuff—like the Fast Company Grill at SXSW, FC/LA: Creativity Counter-Conference, and of course, the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York this November. Twitter: @ejboeke Titillating Fact: I once quit my life to go write a book about sports. To stave off the isolation of writing, I talked my father into becoming an usher with me for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs—a AAA minor league baseball team in Bethlehem, Penn. We did it for practically no money and one free hot dog a day. It was the best summer of my life—and at age 38!Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

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