Slideshow: The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies
Slideshow: Behind the Scenes at Facebook's Grown Up Headquarters
Slideshow: Disney's Own Superheroes
Issue 143
March 2010
1. Facebook
2. Amazon
3. Apple
4. Google
5. Huawei
* Innovation All-stars
* Top 10 by Industry
* Company Index
By Fast Company Staff
10th Anniversary of the Nasdaq Peaking at 5,048.62
As we try to put the remains of one burst bubble behind us, it can be easy to forget the beginning of the end of another just 10 years ago. Here's a look at how things have changed -- or not -- in the decade since tech stocks rose to all-time highs.
By Anne C. Lee
Designer - Eugenia Kimfor Target
By Interview by Jeff Chu
Who's Next: The Design-Museum Authority
By Damian Joseph
Where's Next: The Taiwan Strait
By Damian Joseph
Casual-dining stalwart Houlihan's reboots its chain with the help of its own social network.
By Ben Paynter
Made to Stick: The Telltale Brown M&M
Dan Heath and Chip Heath go to eighth grade, Google, and a Van Halen concert to find early-warning signals for big problems.
By Dan Heath and Chip Heath
Miss TED or some other egghead confab? Watch it online! Inside the battle to build a Web-video destination for smart grown-ups.
By Bill Barol
As the ad business carps about cost controls, one agency embraces them and thrives.
By Linda Tischler
Next Money: Investing in Change
Six lessons the $10 trillion mutual-fund industry could learn from KaChing.
By Dan Macsai
The Stock Market in Your Pocket
An inexpensive new app puts rich financial data on your smart-phone. Who wants it?
By Anne C. Lee
Tom Davies reframes customized glasses as a product for the masses.
By Jeff Chu
Not-for-profit work is draining Nancy Lublin and driving passionate talent from the sector. What can we do?
By Nancy Lublin
Creating a cache of skilled labor in refugee communities
By Theunis Bates
The first U.S. patent for the laser went to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 50 years ago this month. Both physicists won Nobels for the work, which -- with that of ex-colleague Gordon Gould -- has sparked decades of innovation and sci-fi fantasy. A look at the data.
By Erica Westly
Letter from the Editor: The Secrets of Innovation
By Robert Safian
By Fast Company Staff
Update: The Resurgence of Rwanda
By Jeff Chu
Infographic: Spot the Difference
