Topic: Bill Gates

Share the Wealth

The new economy is great at unleashing innovation. It's just not very fair at sharing the bounty. A new book offers an ambitious "populist vision." You may not like its answers, but you can't ignore the questions.READ»

Yes, Sir... Gates?

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»

The World's Most Respected Leaders: Do You Agree?

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»

Even Brilliant People Need The Right Opportunities

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»

Office Supply and Demand II

I may have staplers on the brain, but it's not just me. There must be something in the water. Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 16, Staples will kick off the Staplers of the Stars online charity auction. More than 100 business leaders and ...READ»

The Power of One

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 End of Spam? II

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»

The End of Spam?

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»

Bill Gates Patents Electromagnetic Hybrid Engine

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»

WWBGD- What Would Bill Gates Do Part 2

I had asked my readers a few weeks ago, that if they had the opportunity to ask Bill Gate’s any question, what would they ask. I was amazed at not only the amount of responses, but the quality and range of questions offered. ...READ»

Pew Pew! Gates-Funded Weapon of Mosquito Destruction Combats Malaria

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»

That's Rich

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»

Billionaire Best Practice - Take Regular "Think Weeks"

First off, I would like to thank Heath Row and the Fast Company editors for having the vision & boldness to have us crazy Guest Hosts dance the FC Now Blog Jam. Rest assured that we will try our best to live up to the trust placed on ...READ»

Social Responsibility Gone Bad

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»

"It's the End of an Era"

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»

Factoring exchange- Robin Trehan

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»

I'm a PC...and I Fund Crazy Ideas that Might Save Millions of Lives

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»

• Richard Klausner Spends to Save Lives
• The Gates Effect

How to Approach Branding like a Game—and Win

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»

Wonder Women in the Rude Boys' Paradise

Microsoft upgrades its treatment of women to corner the only market that matters: talent.READ»

Bill Gates Pledges $120M to Fund the Next Green Revolution

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»

100 Most Creative People in Business: #22 - Damien Hirst

Hate him or loathe him, Damien Hirst is an artistic and business provocateur. Who else could render a photo of Bill Gates standing in front of his own famous work (The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living) ...READ»

Gates Foundation Grants $100K Apiece To 81 Wild Ideas

Last year, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation inaugurated its Grand Challenges Exploration--a five-year, $100 million program to encourage path-breaking research that's ordinarily too visionary to attract ...READ»

Heroes <amp></amp> Role Models

The women on our list look up to a broad array of business stars on their business journeys -- Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, even Walt Disney. But overwhelmingly, they find inspiration much closer to home. P.K. Scheerle of American ...READ»

Abraham Lincoln and the 10,000-Hour Rule

Thousands of hours of practice are required in order to become famous in any given field. This article applies this general principle to the career of Abraham Lincoln. READ»

Dumb Things That Very Smart People Said

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." IBM chairman Thomas Watson, 1943 "It would appear that we have reached the limits of what is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be ...READ»