Is it a coincidence that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt (a.k.a. the founder of Google) are all avid chess players? Probably not. Building a brilliant brand is a game of strategy—a game that these men have mastered with ...READ»
Now there's a line that would fit nicely in Microsoft's unusually moving new ad campaign. This week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it had spent $10 million on 104 global-health research projects considered too ...READ»
Entrepreneurs love to point to the success of "self-made" people like Bill Gates as proof that hard work, solid ideas and solid execution are the most important factors for success.
But is that really true?
Malcolm Gladwell, the ...READ»
Can a brain trust of seven people convince the U.S. government to spend upwards of $16 billion each year on research and development of clean energy technology? What about if that group includes Bill Gates, John Doerr, and Jeff ...READ»
You may think Apple's runaway success with the iPad, the rich and user-loved touch UI on the iPhone, and Apple's barrage of future-facing patents had really given finger-control a future in tablet PCs. But dear Bill Gates has a ...READ»
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Bill Gates is going atomic. The Microsoft founder's startup TerraPower is partnering with Toshiba to build a traveling-wave reactor. These reactors run on depleted uranium, rather than the enriched sort found in light-water reactors, ...READ»
It seemed inevitable that Bill Gates would one day build a killer laser. But who would have guessed that it would be for killing mosquitoes? The Weapon of Mosquito Destruction (WMD), developed by astrophysicists and former ...READ»
Avid followers of the TED Conference have almost certainly heard rumblings about Bill Gates' speech on why we need energy miracles to solve the climate crisis. And the blogosphere has already reacted both positively and negatively ...READ»
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.READ»
Oh, not that Buzz. This Gates WMD (weapon of mosquito destruction) obliterates mosquitoes--one by one--and the Malaria they spread in developing nations.READ»
Bill Gates has criticized Apple's iPad saying that it will not be able
to reach critical mass as it does not have features like Pen or
keyboard. He admits that he sees the Apple device as a "nice reader"
but says he's not envious ...READ»
Microsoft founder Bill Gates appears as a principal applicant on a patent published last week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but the concept in question isn't computer-based; it's an electromagnetic combusion engine. The ...READ»
The first Green Revolution wasn't really "green" at all. The phrase actually refers to the period of time, starting in 1945, when pesticides, synthetic fertilizer, and irrigation came into play in the agricultural world. The ...READ»
The Internet has allowed companies to grow, change and interact in ways that could never have been predicted prior to its inception. Technology turns good ideas in productive realities.READ»
The Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures dream team are swooping in once again to provide much-needed cash to a worthy sustainable startup. The pair recently injected millions into nuclear power startup TerraPower, and now they're back ...READ»
That's how one former Microsoft exec described Bill Gates' plans to leave his full-time job at the company in two years. True, he hasn't been CEO for several years, but it's a significant move nonetheless. With the company facing ...READ»
Forbes' 18th annual roundup of billionaires is booming -- even as the economy has been slow. With only 476 billionaires last year, the count is now up to 587, and analysts speculate that the growth is tied to Russia's growing oil ...READ»
FC Now reader Kelleen Stine-Cheyne just emailed to ask why no one from the Fast Company team has commented on Bill Gates' recent knighting. To tell the truth, I read the news this morning and am still slightly stunned by disbelief. ...READ»
Apparently it's not just Bill Gates who wants to charge for email as a way to eliminate spam and generate revenue for ISPs...Yahoo! is looking into the pay-as-you go system as well.
The company -- a popular provider of free email ...READ»
Forget international trade agreements...the big news at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos was Microsoft founder Bill Gates' shocking announcement today that he will put an end to spam within the next two years.
It's a bold ...READ»
Amazing what impact a single individual can make on a company with tens or hundreds of thousands of employees. In this month's issue, FC highlights a great story about Starbucks and how Chairman Howard Schultz continues to redefine ...READ»
The Financial Times and Pricewaterhouse Coopers has just published a list of the ten most respected business leaders today. And the envelope....
Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Jack Welch (GE)
Carlos Ghosn (Nissan)
Warren Buffett ...READ»
One non-profit lobbies for tax-reform. Another non-profit airs a commercial criticizing the powers-that-be for an electricity shortage in California. Seems legit, right? But, what do you think when it turns out these non-profit lobby ...READ»
