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All of the Elite Eight contenders in Inc’s Greatest Living Entrepreneur Tournament are iconic leaders in their fields. But the ones who got the most votes tended to be those with more than one trick up their sleeve

Who will win?

Tips to fuel creativity and invention--geared to your brain type. One afternoon in Oregon, apparently in 2006, artist Eric Singer contemplated a piece of orange Madrone wood from his neighbor's yard and had an "Aha!" moment. Why not combine wood and sunglasses

In the absence of NASA's Space Shuttle Program, private companies are left to fill the black hole of space exploration. Now, 50 years after John Glenn orbited the Earth, some very different kinds of explorers are leading the way. 1.

Richard Branson has one.

The billionaire sympathizes with OWS, and he has a plan for sending the protesters home satisfied. Entrepreneurs, he wants your help

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Apple Posts Quarterly Revenue of $28.27 Billion . Riding record Mac and iPad sales, Apple reported $6.62 billion of net quarterly profit, up from $4.31 billion the same quarter last year.

Early in August, Seattle’s Space Needle and Space Adventures launched a scheme that promised to let one lucky earthling cozy up with the stars, offering a trip to space as the prize in a contest open to the public.

We knew Virgin Galactic had hopes of using its capacious SpaceShipTwo-class reusable spaceplanes for more than just joyrides into zero-g, but NASA's new contract with the fledgling space company is a milestone for the entire business, as well as Richard Branson's wackiest venture. As Virgin notes, "this arrangement marks the first time that NASA has contracted with a commercial partner to provide flights into space on a suboribtal spacecraft." The decision came out of NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist, source of some of the most paradigm-changing pieces of news from NASA recently, and it's technically a further step in a program that's already seen NASA technology flights on low-altitude rockets

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. China's Got A Self-Driving Car Too . China's been quietly developing its own near-production-grade fully autonomous car--something akin to Google's amazing effort --for some time, and just the other day they gave it a fully fledged test.

A young entrepreneur presents a few disruptive strategies to help grow your business. Her message: Stop planning. Its useless

Obama's speech on the debt ceiling, choosing the right office space, Branson's underwater expedition, and more. Obama warns country of risk of default. Last night, millions of Americans watched President Obama deliver his plea to Congress to raise the debt ceiling

%excerpt% See the article here: Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: SpaceWorks Enterprises

Heres a look at the top four contenders for developing the next spacecraft, how much funding they have received through the program, and how close they are to sending a crewed flight into orbit. After the shuttle Atlantis makes its final flight this summer, NASA will shut down the program responsible for 135 manned space flights since 1981. Now, NASA is turning to commercial companies to develop space-flight capabilities through its Commercial Crew Development program, which has doled out $320 million in funds since 2009.

If you have achieved at least $1 million in revenue in each of the past 2 fiscal years, you may want to check out this competition. Here, the sky is the limit! While many solopreneurs build multi-million dollar businesses, not every solopreneur sets out with the intention of remaining solo for the duration of their years in business.