Kansas City-based Strategos International combines aggressive tactics with biblical teachings to empower church flocks to become their own security force, able to defend against everything from domestic violence to Jihad to the shocking act in Richmond, CA.READ»
Does public transportation feel icky? Maybe that's because it is literally as claustrophobic as being trapped in a crowded elevator. And isolating? Just remember that more than half your fellow passengers pretending to be reading or ...READ»
Blippy's $1.6 million grab for new venture capital that we covered last week appears to be paying off. The company announced three new deals with online retailers yesterday, making it clear that while buyers might want to ...READ»
And so it has come to this. Whereas people once participated in charity races or walkathons to raise money for needy causes, they can now plop their butt on the couch, pop open a soda and a bag of Cheetos, and play video games. ...READ»
Remember bubble gum cigarettes? We do too! So imagine our excitement when we learned that same great flavor had come back, this time in nicotine form! Web-based company Smoking Everywhere hawks e-cigarettes, a supposedly safer ...READ»
In Blippy's world, everyone gets deals on everything! All you have to do is share your credit card information online!
Hey, wait. Where are you going?
The social media start up, which has been described as "Twitter for credit ...READ»
Tiger Woods marital indiscretions and poor driving record may have cost him endorsement deals with Accenture and General Motors, but there is at least one company out there willing to gamble that he'll comeback: EA Sports. The video ...READ»
There was a bit of a bar fight in western Europe this week after Saint Louis-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev announced they were cutting 800 jobs-- about 10 percent of their workforce there. Laid-off workers in Belgium have ...READ»
The myriad beads of perspiration on the side of the Coke can above represent Coke's previous virtual marketing plan. This is a company that has struggled so badly to define its digital identity, that it once had seven different ...READ»
Google is charting new territory in the virtual world of advertising. The company wants to plaster the digital billboards that pop up in Google Maps street view with real-time promos for products. Rather than generate a street view ...READ»
Richard Branson gained another small step toward the great leap of space tourism yesterday, when Cecil Field, a commercial airport in Florida, announced they have achieved federal license to the company's new breed of plane-like ...READ»
Calling someone a "creative type" these days would be a misnomer. That implies that creativity is an innate personality trait, whereas it may really be just a lesser taught school of thought, according to Jeffrey Dyer, a professor at ...READ»
Hey Jersey Shore fans: We got a "situation" here. Rocking that Ed Hardy shirt and fist pumping with an unadorned, ill equipped cell phone will not help you hook up on the boardwalk. Don't worry, bro. We got you.READ»
The new syllabus over at BestCollegesOnline is pretty straightforward. Students might need a refresher on the heritage of their increasingly ubiquitous Kindles. So the college guide site has posted a lineage chart, showing how ...READ»
Jason Bateman and Will Arnett are selling out-- if you can call it that anymore. The duo just announced a partnership with Ben Silverman to form a digital production company to produce shorts and commercials.READ»
Still confused why global warming warners stick to their guns even when it only seems to be getting colder in your own backyard? Chaos theory dictates that we're all likely to get cold for awhile before this lovely space rock burns ...READ»
Business thinkers still pondering what sort of social, economic and cultural shakeups will define 2010 are officially behind. That's because Fast Company's own contributor, ultra-wonk and professional futurist Richard Watson just ...READ»
We've made much ado about the regal yet glitzy debut of Las Vegas' CityCenter and its posh hotel Aria in recent weeks. Especially as MGM Mirage CEO Jim Murren promises that his dream team of architects will pair modern art with ...READ»
Taxes might be the new ethics. After all, a country that skims more off its companies can usually do more positive public work with that green, right? According to the map above, however American corporations are a bit stingy, ...READ»
How long does it take to make consumer goods safer? More than a year ago, Fast Company writer David Case published an air-tight investigation showing that some plastic manufacturers were using the big tobacco playbook, manufacturing ...READ»
