If you really want a sustainable beverage, turn on the tap. But if you're craving something a bit sweeter, check out Greenopia's updated list of eco-friendly drinks. The top beverages on this year's list include Honest Tea, Santa ...READ»
UserVoice, a San Francisco-based customer feedback startup I've been working with for a while just came back from the O’Reilly Media and TechWeb Gov 2.0 Showcase in Washington, DC. What was a tech company doing at a government ...READ»
Michael Zwerling is one of a dying breed: independent owner of a radio station in the United States. He owns 10, 000 watt KSCO, AM 1080 in Santa Cruz, California, and here he gives me a tour of the station and its transmission ...READ»
A bottle opener might not seem like the world's greatest invention to anyone but thirsty frat boys, but could the one designed by Mophie--or, should I say, by its customers--be the start of a new trend in product invention?
Back in ...READ»
Last fall, I worked a little bit to advise a company called UserVoice, which was (and still is) a way for companies to get direct customer input and feedback about their products.
The founders of UserVoice are serious ...READ»
Last fall, I worked a little bit to advise a company called UserVoice, which was (and still is) a way for companies to get direct customer input and feedback about their products.
The founders of UserVoice are serious ...READ»
Any self-respecting Coke addict knows that the sugary soft drink once contained trace amounts of cocaine. Now Bolivia is putting coca leaves in a suspiciously similar-sounding fizzy drink: Coca-Colla. That's not a typo, the drink is ...READ»
Other industries could learn a thing or two from bicycles. Efficient by necessity and elegant by design, the bikes of 2009 make studied use of materials, geometry and artistry to get every ounce of power and panache from the oldest ...READ»
I recently sold the company I founded, Consorte Media, Inc. (buy me a beer if you want to hear more) which has left me with some time on my hands.So I've been meeting with lots of great folks and thinking through my next steps and of ...READ»
It's family vacation time, and in an era of backseat DVD players and jaded youth, we asked the operators of five lower-key attractions how they've adapted to compete in the Spielbergian, conglomerate-driven entertainment universe.READ»
How do you quantify corporate imagination? Meet the top companies on the first-ever Fast Company/Monitor Group Innovation Scorecard -- firms where new ideas are a competitive advantage.READ»
Fast Company readers asked us to help track down once-prominent business leaders and innovators who have largely fallen off the business radar. Here's what the Fast Company team discovered about the now-old New Economy luminaries.READ»
Get your Beatles downloads from BlueBeat.com while they're hot--as in stolen, according to a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the site and its owner by EMI records, which distributes the Beatles music, in Los ...READ»
It's becoming the essential competitive edge: the ability to hopscotch the globe, switching countries, cultures, and languages as easily as the rest of us change clothes. Meet some folks who are really living the borderless life.READ»
Yes, you can outthink the competition. But now it's time to outdo the competition. Meet a set of expert implementers who can show you what it takes to move from idea to action.READ»
When it comes to launching Internet companies, you can't be fast enough. Here are lessons in speed from a leading VC, the founder of an e-business incubator, and a team of anthropologists studying work and life in Silicon Valley.READ»
"A lot of people would consider it a risk to leave Ford for a small upstart company. But in the Valley's dynamic environment, I knew I wouldn't have trouble finding a job if things fell through with Interwoven. The demand for skills outshined the risk."READ»
Last week, Fast Company readers from as far away as Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore expressed their revulsion and offered their support. Read their thoughts and then add your own reflections and suggestions.READ»
