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Last week, Instagram hit 27 million users, solidifying it not only as one of the most popular photo-sharing services on the market, but as one of the world's fastest-growing social networks .

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom talks to Fast Company about opening up his API to Hipstamatic and the risks and rewards of opening up to even more photo apps in the near future. Today, Hipstamatic is set to unveil a partnership with Instagram that allows photos from the camera app to be directly ported to Instagram.

You've got investors lined up. Great! But how much is their help going to cost you, really?

The capital gains tax has been touted as the brass ring for business owners. But if you self-fund your growth, it's anything but.

Want your app to be the next Angry Birds or Pinterest?

At the London Web Summit this week, the CEO of CloudFlare explained the rules he learned starting one of the world's fastest-growing companies. "It took Facebook more than five years to hit 400 million unique visitors a month.

Agency or freelancer? Big firm or small? And will this really work

Digital Project Manager, Fast Company Marketing: Fast Company's growing Marketing team seeks an experienced Digital Project Manager to oversee strategic planning and day-to-day implementation of custom advertising opportunities with the Brand. The ideal candidates will be creative digital thinkers with experience with online ad operations and ad sales (mobile experience a plus) along with a familiarity with the breadth of technologies and processes used in online advertising

Digital Project Manager, Fast Company Marketing: Fast Company's growing Marketing team seeks an experienced Digital Project Manager to oversee strategic planning and day-to-day implementation of custom advertising opportunities with the Brand.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Twitter Expands Its Ad Systems Significantly

JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open. With JamPot's AppBuilder , you can build a genuine iPhone or Android app in mere minutes for free--according to the company's own website

JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open. With JamPot's AppBuilder , you can build a genuine iPhone or Android app in mere minutes for free--according to the company's own website.

JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open.

JamPot's new AppBuilder asks a series of questions and spits out a genuine, though limited-function, app. It could blow the market wide open

Filing patent applications between now and March 2013, while the first-to-invent rules are still in place, can provide some significant benefits. Companies should proactively manage their intellectual property strategy to make the most of this opportunity.