Tom Foster

Tom Foster is an Inc. editor-at-large. His work has also appeared in Popular Science, Fast Company, Details, and Men's Journal, among others. A longtime New Yorker, he is a recent transplant to Austin.

Founders Project

The Success Secrets of a Kombucha Billionaire

Technology

This Startup Learned the Hard Way What It's Like to Work With the Pentagon

Technology

How Russian Trolls Are Using American Businesses as Their Weapons

Surge Cities

New York Clothing Startup Outdoor Voices Packed Up Its 40 Employees and Moved to Austin--and You Should Too

Surge Cities

These 5 Power Players Show Why Austin Is the Most Exciting Startup Hub in the U.S.

Surge Cities

This Entrepreneur Hit Rock Bottom Before Building a Billion-Dollar Jewelry Empire (With Only $500)

Inc. Entrepreneurship Index

Sure, Self-Driving Cars Are Smart. But Can They Learn Ethics?

Hot Spots

5 Reasons Austin Is a Sweet Spot for Food Startups (Hint One: The Whole Foods Effect)

Grow

Can a Startup Transform General Mills? The Saga of Epic Provisions

Best Workplaces

How Do You Build Trust With Employees? This Founder Starts With Lots of Dogs ... and Compost

Startup

Over 400 Startups Are Trying to Become the Next Warby Parker. Inside the Wild Race to Overthrow Every Consumer Category

Wire

GoPro's Woes Stem From One Simple Mistake

Grow

The Untold Story of How Massive Success Made GoPro's CEO Lose His Way. Can He Recover?

Icons & Innovators

Kevin O'Leary: The 3 Keys to a Successful Pitch

Lead

They Started With $10,000. Now They're Taking on ESPN

Wire

How an App You've Probably Never Heard of Helped Save Houston--and Could Help Florida Next

Inc. 5000

The Brilliant Way One Founder Made a Killing From the Music Industry

Inc. 5000

How a Career Crushing Event Helped This Former College Basketball Star Launch a $7 Million Athletic Brand

Inc. 5000

How This $35 Million Company Is Saving Small Towns Across America

Lead

Warby Parker Grew to $250 Million in Sales Through Disciplined Growth. Now It's Time to Get Aggressive

Wire

Tech Companies Are Thriving in Austin--the Hard Way

Wire

How This CEO Became the Darling of the Austin VC World

Innovate

Whole Foods' Latest Gamble? Go After Trader Joe's in a Big Way

Innovate

These Nine Organizations Are Turning Kids Into Entrepreneurs

Technology

Inside the Schools That Want to Create the Next Mark Zuckerberg--Starting at Age 5

The Inc. Life

How to Raise Your Kids to Be Star Entrepreneurs (Hint: Forget About Grades)

Innovate

Inside Yeti's New and Unbelievably Cool(er) Flagship Store

Innovate

He Saw Uber Coming Before Uber Did. Here's His Next Big Idea

Innovate

You Can Buy a Car Without Leaving Home, Thanks to These Pioneering Startups

Inc. 5000

5 New Rules for Keeping Employees Happy, From the $70,000 Minimum Wage Guy

Serious Business

The $150 Billion Business That the Presidential Candidates Are Ignoring

Innovate

Take a Tour of the Whole Foods of Home Improvement (It Looks Much Cooler Than Home Depot)

Innovate

How This Texas Company Just Reinvented the Big-Box Store

Technology

Ready or Not, Companies Will Soon Be Tracking Your Emotions

Innovate

Fired From the Company That Made Him Famous, an Entrepreneur Seeks Payback

Founders 40

Under Armour's Kevin Plank Enters the Whiskey Wars

Main Street

This Company Makes $50 Million a Year Selling Sexy Orthotics

Hot Spots

Inside the Ambitious Project That Could Change the Game for Fashion Startups

Hot Spots

Why the Next Big Thing in Fashion Is Happening in Brooklyn

Wire

Kevin Plank Is Betting Almost $1 Billion That Under Armour Can Beat Nike