How TerraCycle Plans to Takeover the Garbage Industry

Fast Interview: In this Q&A, TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky talks about why eco-friendly products don't have to be expensive, his quest to corner the trash market, and why his wife performed in Carnegie Hall in a dress made from recycled juice pouches.READ»

• The Global Electronic Waste Problem

The Box Score

Facebook and Myspace, head-to-headREAD»

• Myspace, the Sequel
• These Brands Are Made for Myspace
• A Place for Friends...To Get More Famous

Myspace, the Sequel

With Facebook surging, cofounders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have gone back to their roots -- music, pop culture, and a proven cash-flow ad model -- to spur a next phase of growth. Will that be enough for boss Rupert Murdoch?READ»

• MySpace: A Place for Friends...To Get More Famous
• Robert Scoble Interviews MySpace CEO
• These Brands Are Made for Myspace
• The Box Score
• The Philosophy of MySpace with VP of Product Management
• Talking Tech With MySpace CTO
• Famous Faces on MySpace

The Fast 50 Reader Favorites of 2008

You nominated companies. You rated them. You commented on them. In the end, we have the 50 companies that you, our readers, have chosen as the most innovative.READ»

• The 2008 Fast 50

Big Wind from Texas

Fast Interview: Jerry Patterson, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, on how Texas became the leader in wind power development.READ»

• Tilting at Windmills: The Unfulfilled Promise of Offshore Wind
• Jim Gordon May Have an Answer to our Energy Problems
• 10 Questions with Wind Power Entrepreneur Jim Gordon
• Texas Oil Tycoon Tackles Renewable Energy

Creativity is in the Detail, and Everywhere…

Companies need to allow employees to liberate their inherent creativity, rather than squash it as most do. Tapping one's inner creativity within a destination-driven society requires the courage to slow down and reflect inwards. READ»

Inside the Bun: The Business of Selling Hot Dogs

Americans will eat about 2.3 billion hot dogs -- eight per person -- during National Hot Dog Month. National Hot Dog Day is July 18th, but the 4th is the biggest dog day. 17 Contestants ate 576.5 hot dogs and buns at last year's ...READ»

Creativity and Innovation: Unleash Your Potential for Greater Success

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The Future of Groundswell

In the book, Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff write about how social media -- blogs, wikis, Facebook -- has impacted the way customer's interact with your brands. These elements of a social phenomenon -- the groundswell -- has created a permanent, long-lasting shift in the way the world works. Most companies see it as a threat. You can see it as an opportunity.READ»

• Charlene Li on Flaming Laptops, Sleeping Technicians, and the Streisand Effect

Charlene Li on Flaming Laptops, Sleeping Technicians, and the Streisand Effect

Fast Interview: The author talks about why power is shifting from companies to people and why trying to stop it is like "trying to take pee out of a pool."READ»

• The Future of Groundswell
• 9 Social Networks That Aren't for Everyone