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These 5 CEOs Run 1 Company, While Raising 16 Kids
It's like the business world "Brady Bunch" over here! The five guys--two of them brothers--at Bluefish seem to be making it work. (We're betting Marissa Mayer might find this interesting.)Scott Kraege,...
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Your Business Has Heroes--But What It Needs Are Champions. Which One Are You?
"I can't be the only one closing business here. The clients always want just me." Ahhh...our Hero. Always there to come in and save the day. He is the one by which all others are measured. He gets the...
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Future Members Of The League Of Extraordinary Women? Meet 3 Teenage Techies...
The State Department believes that when you want to change the world, you gotta start 'em young.Extraordinary women, like those in our July cover story, don't become extraordinary overnight. They work...
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Pooch Power: What Dog-Friendly Workplaces Can Do For Your Business
Meet Louie, the slobbery, four-legged officemate who taught us a few things about how to work better. No offense to any of my former bipedal colleagues out there, but the best coworker I've ever had is...
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Kickstarter: Crowdfunding Platform Or Reality Show?
It's QVC for the web generation, the new Thunderdome, Off Track Betting for ideas addicts. Whatever you call it, Kickstarter's becoming less about funding widgets than pouring gas on creative sparks...
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YouTube Introduces Face-Blurring Tool
YouTube's newest feature is a one-click face scrambler for uploaded videos. The target audience? Syrian activists... and soccer moms who don't want their child's face online.Citizen reporters in war...
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Foursquare's New Local Updates: Check In With Favorite Businesses, Even When...
The new feature let businesses push specials to you when you're nearby without making you feel like you're getting spammed. Plenty of people open up Foursquare not to check in but to use the Explore...
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How Innovation Is More Poetry Than Science
Practical lessons from 35 years of writing poetry to help individuals and teams deliver more innovative products, processes, and services.In a recent conversation with Phil McKinney, former HP Chief...
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Nokia Reports Billion Dollar Loss In Quarterly Finances
News updates all day from Fast Company.Nokia's finances for the second quarter of 2012 have just been reported: On €7.5 billion in sales (approx $9.2 billion), a figure that represents a slip of €500...
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"Media Manipulator" Ryan Holiday Proves His Point By Getting This Story...
"Trust Me, I'm Lying" author Ryan Holiday has made a career out of making his clients (in)famous. Here, we play into his hand by sharing his devious tricks for getting the pageview-ravenous media...
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To Make Big Plans A Reality, Be Clear--Crystal Clear--About Each Incremental...
You have a world-changing idea. Great. So what are its component parts? Who's going to do them? When? And what if there's conflict? So often when I work with CEOs and their leadership teams, they tell...
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Pioneering Stories From The Female Trailblazers Who Came Before Marissa Mayer
As Marissa Mayer takes up her job as CEO of Yahoo and her torchbearer role for ambitious women juggling careers and families, Fast Company gathered wisdom from an inspiring group of women who broke...
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Your Life As A Mini-Movie, Powered By DreamWorks
The Instagram for video movement just got a little more interesting with social 60-second video sharing platform Ptch.Ptch picks up where your static photo feeds on Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, Viddy,...
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Building A Truly Transcendent Brand
Some brands may be incredibly high-profile, with a nearly universal recognition factor, yet still never stray very far from their niche. Starbucks is all about coffee drinks, McDonald's is where you...
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9 Innovators Transforming Financial Services
While my big-bank friends sit back complaining about a lack of innovation in financial services--"everything is regulated," "competitors copy too fast"--a new generation of outthinkers is busy...
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Batman-Style Vigilantes Create A Defense League For The Internet
News updates all day from Fast Company. Kitty cats--in all of their sweater-wearing, obese, gluttonous glory--are symbols of the unbridaled, viral web. So a cartoon feline is a fitting symbol for the...
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Twitter Takes The "Tweet" Out Of "Promoted Tweets"
News updates all day from Fast Company.Twitter advertisers can now create localized Promoted Tweets without tweeting to everyone everywhere first. An airline that wants to promote a deal for flights...
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The Rise And Rise Of Influence
Remember when you looked to TV and newspaper ads to tell you what to buy? Me neither. That's because now many of us are more likely to make an informed opinion about purchases--and many other new...
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Using Facebook To Screen Potential Hires Can Get You Sued
Although there are ample business reasons for the use of social media in pre-employment screening, potential pitfalls exist for such screening as well. These pitfalls include obtaining information that...
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Mayer To Earn $100 Million (And Maybe Much More) From Yahoo Move
News updates all day from Fast Company.New CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer may be in line for around $100 million in total compensation for her move from Google. She's due for $1 million in basic salary and...
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