Topic: Vail (Colorado)

Ski Schools

Most ski areas also offer snowboard instruction. But attending intensive camps is the best way to get a leg up on the steep learning curve.READ MORE›

Resort Combines Facebook Places, Gowalla, Nike+ for Social Media Skiing

This winter, skiers and snowboarders will be hitting the the slopes in a whole new way. Rather than just flying through moguls or sailing off half-pipes, mountain-goers might soon be "checking in."READ MORE›

Lesson #4: You learn by succeeding

A crutch can be an incredible time saver.READ MORE›

Travel Guide Books Get a Redesign

Three new travel series reimagine what a guidebook can be by putting design at the forefront. READ MORE›

• NextTravel: The JetBlue of Hotels

CEOs Share Their Spending Dreams for National Splurge Day

Chicago writer and "eventologist" Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith may have created this fake holiday on a lark, but that hasn't stopped people -- and companies -- from marking it. We asked a few consumption experts for their personal wish lists.READ MORE›

• Now: June 2010
• Dominate: 2010 FIFA World Cup
• Prolong: Save Our Shows

Stanford's Autonomous Car Learns to Slide Park

 When we last visited Stanford to take a look at the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab (VAIL) work on robotic vehicles, we had the chance to sit in the Junior 3 autonomous car while it slowly backed itself into a parking ...READ MORE›

Fast Company Takes a Spin in VAIL's iPhone-Controlled Autonomous Vehicle

Distracted driving caused 6,000 automobile fatalities in 2008 alone. People probably aren't going to stop texting and fiddling around with gadgets while driving anytime soon, so why not make it a little bit less dangerous to be ...READ MORE›

Ron Pollack and President Ford

When Ron was putting together his Vail fundraiser for the rescue workers of 9-11, he got a number of the local leaders and long-term residents to help: Vail mayor Rod Slifer and his business partner Harry Frampton ...READ MORE›

Shred Ed.

The fastest way down the mountain is on a snowboard. And the fastest way to learn to snowboard is Boone Lennon's revolutionary "Quick Carve System."READ MORE›

Scott Forbes

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Thrill Hills

The best places to board.READ MORE›

Lesson #2: If you lack essential tools, invent them

Tilt the board and it rips.READ MORE›

Lesson #3: Never, ever accept the status quo

Apparatus-based, hands-on teaching.READ MORE›

Extreme Corporate Narrative Makeover: Why Your Company Needs a New Bedtime Story

You hear the word "narrative" a lot these days. That's because we're looking for personal relationships--dialogue, shared experience, a bedtime story. READ MORE›

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“Daddy, What’s a Brand?” and 9 More Awkward Questions for Uncertain Times

In uncertain times like these, let's get back to basics, shall we? Graham Button investigates 10 questions we all should be asking ourselves.READ MORE›

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Lesson #1: Never take your equipment as a given

Snowboarding with poles?READ MORE›

Lesson #5: Take control by letting go

Let go of your natural instinct.READ MORE›

Footballers' Billionaires

Will soccer--henceforth to be referred to as football in this post--ever be a profitable business in America? A bevy of Colorado billionaires seem to think so. Last Friday, Wal-Mart developer turned sports mogul Stan Kroenke ...READ MORE›

(Away from) Home for the Holidays

These four destinations provide a welcome dose of holiday cheer.READ MORE›

Is Business Getting Girly? Don Draper Reports

As a rule I'm a 'never-before-noon' man. But one morning recently there it was, on top of the spread of magazines laid out for me on my desk. Cover story of The Atlantic Monthly, the magazine founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson and some cronies over a few drinks at the Parker House Hotel in Boston in 1857. Four words. "The End Of Men." READ MORE›

Skiing Scared

They've been devoured by monster moguls. They've freaked in the steeps. Now they're fighting back. Meet four brave souls who have traveled to British Columbia to jump-start the ski season -- and to take on their own version of the abominable snowman.READ MORE›

Survey Says...

Results from the How Much Is Enough? survey by Fast Company and Roper Starch Worldwide.READ MORE›

How Much Is Enough?

It is the wedge question of the new economy: How much money for your work? How much time for family? How much public glory? How much time for reflection? Fast Company looks at the choices we all have to make.READ MORE›

Max's Tips for Dating and Sales

I met a long-lost friend from college for lunch yesterday. He'd been working for IBM in San Francisco for a number of years before returning back east to get his MBA. During the normal course of catching up, I casually asked if he ...READ MORE›

Scott A. Forbes Saddle River

Scott A. Forbes Saddle RiverREAD MORE›