Fast Company took a trip to Gap today not just to upgrade our denim wardrobe, but to “check in” on how the company’s Facebook partnership was panning out.

Most people assume that market forces drive inventions. But over the last two centuries, collaborative, nonproprietary innovation has eclipsed, and transformed, the marketplace.

So you can cook, preserve, brew, pickle, or roast with the best of 'em. But is your product ready to compete with the other artisanal goods on the market shelves?

Krochet Kids is a non-profit that employs Ugandan women to knit hats that you would happily wear even if they weren’t knit by Ugandan women.

Advice for small businesses on what it takes to create a solid business plan, including forming an outline, integrating financial specifics, and spelling out your marketing strategy

After seeing countless shoeless impoverished children in Argentina, Blake Mycoskie started TOMS Shoes in 2006 with a simple idea: If you buy one pair of shoes, TOMS gives one pair of shoes to someone who needs them.

Sole proprietorships are so easy to establish that you may already own one without realizing it -- all the more reason for getting set up properly so that you can make more money, minimize taxes, and avoid potential problems.

I’ve discussed ethnography, especially digital ethnography, several times taking note that, whether we use ethnography in marketing or design research remains irrelevant to the methods employ…

A sound business plan can help any budding entrepreneur lay the groundwork for a successful store.

Cubans will be allowed to work for themselves in 178 activities in the private sector and even hire employees, according to guidelines published Friday as the communist government moves quickly to shed half a million state jobs and provide alternatives for workers.

Update: McDonald's head of social media Rick Wion tweeted that, "the 33% increase was in the number of checkins. We consider checkins the same as a person entering the restaurant." With so many brands...

The second season of my Work Smart video series at FastCompany.com premiered yesterday, with a question from Suhasini Kotcherlakota about how to take better meeting notes, and some answers from me and Brad Isaac, who wrote a great piece on mind-mapping meetings at Lifehacker a few years back. Despite the fact that I still can’t […]

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For any entrepreneur, the challenge of taking an idea to launch can be a daunting and expensive journey. Fortunately, Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded and startup accelerator, Founder Institute, has a ten step plan. While there is no foolproof recipe for every launch, Ressi says his template will help any tech entrepreneur get a business off the ground for less than $2,000. The program, which Ressi recently presented at the Founder Institute's Boston location, is a bare bones guide to securing your startup's online identity, enhancing your appearance of legitimacy (through low-cost but well...

Every year, today’s greatest thinkers gather at various TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) conferences around the world. Their talks, which you can find on TED’s website, are often insightful, educational, and fascinating. As a TED junkie, I decided to compile 20 of the best business talks in the conference’s history. Each talk offers insights either […]

Some children suffer from disabilities which prevent them from crawling around and exploring the world, but thanks to projects like this one they might have an alternative way to move around: Baby-sized motorized chairs.

A business plan doesn't have to be all encompassing, especially when you're trying to generate buzz. Here are the elements you really need.

When you sit down to dream up a new business, you can imagine a world without constraints. Or you can choose to build in fundamental pieces that will make it more likely your idea will pay off.Here…

Even a good business idea might not be financially workable. Here's how you can determine if your product or service is a money-making enterprise.

A Wall Street Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on American consumers. First in a series.

This is gonna be great! Oh no we might go out of business! But wait!

Why he turned down the toymaker's offer of $500,000

Running a small business is no small task and though it is associated with great freedom, any business owner will tell you that there is also a burden to carry. To help you find success as an entrepreneur, we've compiled this list of 15 things (some obvious, though easy to overlook, and others less obvious) that you must keep in mind.