The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Mike Keech In today’s ...

You know you need “marketing,” but your runway says you can’t afford experiments that take six months to maybe work. You’ve posted a few times on social, sent some cold emails, tweaked the homepage ...

Traditional, complex strategic planning doesn’t suit modern entrepreneurs. Instead, focus on a lean, agile and actionable strategy that you can start implementing in days, not quarters. Define where ...

Strategy is one of the most commonly misunderstood words in business. It is often given grandiose definitions, but simply put, strategy is future competitive advantage. In other words, it's a plan to ...

For investors, the temptation to outsmart the market is constant. Complex trading strategies, hot stock tips and sophisticated portfolio tactics promise superior returns. But decades of evidence tell ...

It took me a long time to understand and accept that there is more than one way to earn outsized profits in the financial markets consistently. Coming up as an investor and analyst in the 1980s we all ...

JL Collins' The Simple Path to Wealth was intended as a plain‑spoken guide for readers who want financial independence without studying every corner of the stock market. Instead of chasing hot tips or ...

Over the long term, the stock market drifts higher, but it does so with many peaks and valleys. Some strategies, like buy-and-hold investing, take advantage of this long-term trend; others do not.