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The Dirtiest Mind in Business

How filth met opportunity and created a franchise.READ»

• Seven Dirty Habits of Highly Effluent People
• Voyage of Discovery
• Mike Rowe 'Bears' All for Fast Company

Letter from the Editor

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From the Editor of Fast Company: Crude Ideas

What kind of work is most valuable? At this magazine, we tend to talk about ideas and inspiration and management techniques, but less often about the dirty work of getting the job done. Which is why this issue's feature about ...READ»

What I've Learned About Business from Mike Rowe

One of my favorite shows is Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe on the Discovery Chanel.   Mr. Bartender has actually been employed in a few of the jobs shown during the opening credits.  When we met, his job was doing whale ...READ»

Updates

Texan Trees"Carbon Boom" (July/August) addressed the idea of offsetting greenhouse- gas emissions by preserving forests, largely in tropical regions like Brazil and Indonesia. Now the so-called forest carbon trade has come ...READ»

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Innovation Wednesday: Filming Dirty Jobs, A Behind the Scenes Look

Want a dirty job done right? Ask some dirty boys to do it. That’s the takeaway from my visit to the “set” of Dirty Jobs, the runaway hit series from the Discovery Channel. Mike Rowe, the star and rogue philosopher behind the ...READ»

Contributors

Jill Greenberg Photographer Jill Greenberg created a stir when she made some toddlers cry--on purpose. She'd taken away their lollipops just long enough to get her shot. But there were no tears when she photographed Discovery's ...READ»

25 Ways to Jump-Start the Auto Business

Life-saving ideas from genomics whiz J. Craig Venter, Pimp My Ride star Xzibit, the GEICO gecko guy, the founder of Zipcar, Cisco's smart-garage guru, and more.READ»

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Kid Stuff "Boy Wonder," our April article about Chris Hughes, drew largely appreciative comments at FastCompany.com. "A pure sign of the changing social-media environment," wrote one. "Acknowledge it, ...READ»

It's a Blog World After All

Blogs were once the domain of angst-ridden teens and doomed presidential candidates. But the likes of Verizon, IBM, Microsoft, and Dr. Pepper are all climbing on the blogwagon. Turns out, Web logs are a nifty knowledge-management tool. And companies also see them as a promising medium for advertising (naturally).READ»

Mike Rowe Gets Dirty In Person

On the front line at Fast Company's first magazine signing event. . . We invited Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs, and our cover subject of our February 2008 issue to sign copies of the magazine at a local Borders in Los Angeles ...READ»

Being unconventional with the RFP Database

When we built the RFP Database we really only anticipated the site being used two ways, to either announce your RFP for bidders or to find RFPs to bid on. At the same time, the site was built incorporating a credit system so that should we come up with ways to extend the site, ratios of cost could easily be added to the site and new uses integrated. Over the last few years we've been told about some unconventional or secondary ways that our site has been used to extend businesses that weren't as interested in finding or announcing RFPs, but still put our site to good use.READ»

Drive the Ford Difference Sales Event Offered By Maryland Car Dealer

Ford Motor Company now offers new cash bonuses on new Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models. The new incentives will help new buyers make their first three payments on a new Ford Lincoln or Mercury. READ»