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Most of us are fantastic complainers. When someone doesn't meet our expectations, we let them know. We may even let their boss or mother know.

Kim Vandenbroucke, Game Inventor .boxxy {display:inline-block;width:280px;border:none;margin:6px;vertical-align:top;} Photo by Brian Kelly When it comes to goofing off, Kim Vandenbroucke is a pro. As a board game and toy inventor, she has developed products such as Cranium Party Playoff for Hasbro, Barbie Mini Kingdom for Mattel, and Scattergories Categories for Winning Moves. Trained in industrial design, the 32-year-old Chicagoan mixes the fundamentals of product design with a passion for play

From Coca-Cola to Lego, companies are banking on the "Me Selling Proposition" to revitalize their brands.

The greatest achievements happen in the overlap of three things: Your genuine interests, skills, and opportunities.

It's not a question of which website or app to use to promote your business; it's about using as many methods as you can. Here are some ideas. Most people are in one of two camps when it comes to shopping the day after Thanksgiving.

In the latest installment of Fast Company’s future-gazing series, Crystal Ballin’, Elena Silenok of Clothia envisions an era of magic mirrors, virtual closets, and the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy by Alicia Silverstone. FAST COMPANY: What is your startup, Clothia

How Elf on the Shelf createdand convinced CBS to aira "special" commercial for its product. Elf on the Shelf , Christa Pitts's Marietta, Georgia-based company, is one of the fastest-growing private corporations in the United States.

How do you know when it's time to pack up your venture and start over? Plus, signs it's time to quit from small-business consultant Barry Moltz, author of Bounce!: Failure, Resiliency, and Confidence to Achieve Your Next Great Success. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/video/201111/ask-gerber-throwing-in-the-towel.html

British firm Gamma International was found hawking spyware to foreign intelligence services that installed onto users' computers via an iTunes security hole. The breach has been fixed, but documents indicate that the exploit was used to snoop on the email, Skype, and social media activities of users worldwide

Mobile devices have completely changed the way we consume music. It wasn't so long ago that I would physically go to a store to browse for an album. Today, I can stream pretty much any song ever recorded on my smartphone, for free, anywhere I have access to the Internet

It wasn't apps or cloud computing, if that's what youre thinking.

From comfortable hosiery to hand-made jewelry, these ingenious companies are"and only could be"the brainchildren of women.

Here's what's getting in your way when you attempt (and fail) to hit those "reach" goals. Many people fall prey to, “Yeah, but...” thinking. I have a friend who absolutely hates how successful his brother-in-law has become.

Economists call it a "binary" outlook: The future will be either pretty good or a nightmare, with not much in between. Here's how you plan at such times. My firm and I have served business owners for over 25 years, but the questions I get now are some of the toughest I’ve ever faced.

Why the logic of focusing on growth first and worrying about profitability later is often a bad idea. Every management team that wants to build a much bigger business eventually asks itself this question: "Why don’t we focus on growth first and worry about profitability later?" Bad idea. The logic may be valid, but the strategy is often flawed