The FutureRenita Kalhorn Experts Predict the Future of Business: It Belongs to Those Who Don't Wait to Create ItTomorrow is bright, for those who follow guidance from these leaders in economics, lending, talent, and more.
The FutureVickie An Harvard Economist: How to Prepare for the Coming RecessionFor companies that aren't evolving now, John Friedman predicts a hard future or none at all.
The FutureVickie An Why Skills, Not College Degrees, Will Drive the Post-Pandemic Labor MarketFaced with the prospect of a K-shaped recovery, business leaders hold the fate of the economy in their hands, according to Harvard economist Peter Q. Blair.
The FutureVickie An Why Retraining and Adaptability Will Define the Next Generation of Top PerformersCodecademy co-founder and CEO Zach Sims sees a future where fewer top hires have college degrees, and continued skills training is standard for CEOs.
The FutureVickie An Inside the Big Changes Coming to Small-Business LendingAccording to former SBA director Karen Mills, one of the biggest changes coming out of the pandemic is how small-business owners will get their loans.
The FutureVickie An Two Futurists Discuss Why Your Business Shouldn't Play It Too Safe in a PandemicFuturists Rohit Bhargava and Rebecca Ryan share their takes on what lies ahead for small business owners.
The FutureVickie An Want to Be a Hit on Social Media? Seize Your Moment, Says This 20-Year-Old TikTok SensationJulian Bass found internet fame and nods from Disney's Bob Iger with a special-effects video that went viral on TikTok. You can follow his lead.
The FutureInc. staff Business Experts on the Future of Personal Brands, Lending, Shipping, IT, and MoreOur resident experts share a few predictions for their industries.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan Poor Americans Have Insane Energy Bills. 2 Katrina Volunteers Are Cutting Their Costs--and Saving the PlanetHelping rural homeowners cut their energy costs--so there's less carbon in the atmosphere for all of us.
The FutureMatthew Yeomans Soon, Your Beer's 6-Pack Ring May Be Plastic-Free. Corona and Carlsberg Are On BoardTaking the pollution out of your six-pack.
The FutureMichelle Cheng Meet OpenSports, the New App That's the Responsible Friend of the Pickup LeagueOrganizing pickup games isn't a contradiction in terms.
The FutureCharles Aaron A Cancer Scare Helped This Founder Realize His Need for Community. A Co-Working Space Was His AnswerA major scare led serial founder Sonny Caberwal to shift his focus to building community.
The FutureMichelle Cheng Meet the Founders Creating the Airbnb for Co-Working SpacesWho says co-working has to take place in a shared office? The founders of Quilt have another idea.
The FutureMichelle Cheng This App Pays Classical Musicians to Perform Live Concerts--in Your HomeBringing chamber music out of the concert hall--and closer to you.
The FutureLindsay Blakely This Startup Brings a Doctor to Your Front Door (And, Yes, It's Covered By Insurance)Heal is bringing back physician house calls--and bringing them into the 21st century.
The FutureBill Saporito Livongo: The Company That's Fighting Chronic Disease With Big DataLivongo is taking on diabetes--and other chronic conditions--with data.
The FutureEmily Canal Can You Build a Business Around Selling Ultra-Detailed Fake Cadavers for $70,000? This Florida Company DidSynDaver finally built a better dead body.
The FutureBill Saporito Want to Know How You and Your Pills Are Getting Along? Swallow This Ingestible SensorSwallow these tiny sensors to get more out of prescription medication.
The FutureBill Saporito This Startup Says Its App Is Better at Treating Addictions Than Medication or Therapy Alone (and the FDA Agrees)Doctor's orders: Use this app.
The FutureBill Saporito This Startup's Ultrasound Device Is the Size of an Electric Razor--and Thousands of Dollars Cheaper Than Any CompetitorMaking ultrasound scanners portable, affordable--and more available to all.
The FutureInc. staff These 6 Upstarts Are Reprogramming the Future--Starting With Microbes, Daycare, and ScootersMeet the entrepreneurs whose companies are boldly charting the way forward for their industries.
The FutureInc. staff From Brain Zapping to Nanodegrees: These Workplace Trends Are Coming to Your OfficeWelcome to the future of work.
The FutureMatthew Yeomans Get Ready for Your Newest Office Challenge: Making Your Human and Robot Employees Get AlongThink managing people is hard? Wait till humans and machines are co-workers.
The FutureJane Porter Like the Custom Clothes Gigi Hadid Wears on Instagram? This Startup Wants to Sell Them to YouOn Choosy's platform, customers can shop for garments that look exactly like those celebrities show off on social media.
The FutureHannah Wallace The Biggest Surprise of the $8.5 Billion Cannabis Boom? Dozens of the Startups Striking It Rich Are Actually Really BoringTurns out, there's lots of money to be made by servicing the companies that are growing and selling legal weed.
The FutureBill Saporito Today, It's Garbage. Tomorrow, It'll Fly You Across the Country. Meet the Company That's Making It HappenFulcrum BioEnergy turns organic waste into energy.
The FutureJeff Bercovici This Startup Might Help You Recover From Heart Attacks and Strokes--for Less Than the Price of a New CarYour stem cells hold the cure to a host of ills--and maybe aging itself. Forever Labs is making sure they'll be there when you need them.
The FutureMaria Aspan and Amy Webb How Crypto, Tokens, and Chatbots Will Change the Way You Think About MoneyThe ways you'll buy and sell will change--at last.
The FutureLeigh Buchanan and Michelle Cheng The Future of Medicine Will Include Robot TherapistsPlus, new ways for doctors to help solve their toughest cases.
TechnologyAmrita Khalid Why Startups Have So Much Riding on Section 230's FutureChanges to the law, which protects tech platforms from liability for their user content, could transform how small businesses operate.
The FutureGabrielle Bienasz 10 Predictions From the Past About the Future From Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Clancy, and MoreWhy waste hindsight on 2020? At the start of a new year, Inc. evaluated 40 years of business prognostications from past writers and sources.
The FutureBurt Helm Why Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey Thinks Chaos Is a Good ThingThe serial entrepreneur and fintech investor revealed his predictions about the future of finance.
The FuturePeter Cohan 2021 Small-Business Economic OutlookPrepare now so your business can grow after the pandemic ends.
The FutureJustin Bariso This CEO Just Brilliantly Explained How Remote Work Will Change the World by 2030, and It's Next-LevelChris Herd thinks he's seen the future. And it's ruled by remote work.
The FutureParul Gupta What Education for the Workplace Will Look Like After Covid-19 Tangible skills will replace credentials, and learning will be lifelong.
The FutureAmrita Khalid How to Master Virtual Events, From the Founders Behind Shaq's and Daymond John's PartiesMedium Rare had to reinvent its business this year. Here's what its founders learned in the process.
The FutureSara Mauskopf It's About Time: Valuing Child Care in a Post-Pandemic WorldThe pandemic is driving real, lasting change to this long overlooked industry.
The FutureHillel Fuld How to Prepare Yourself and Your Team for a Post-Covid-19 WorldWhile we don't know when it'll come, eventually the pandemic will end and you need to be prepared. Here's where to start.
The FuturePeter Cohan 5 Ways Business Strategy Will Change Before 2025To adapt to accelerating change, by 2025 business strategy will be of and by your people.
The FuturePeter Cohan 5 Must-Do Steps to Win After the PandemicSolve the problems your customers will face post-pandemic before your competitors do.
Icons & InnovatorsJessica Stillman Bill Gates Just Predicted the Pandemic Will Change the World in 7 Dramatic WaysLife after Covid-19 will look a lot different from life before Covid-19, according to the Microsoft founder and philanthropist.
SafeguardsCameron Albert-Deitch Covid-19 Decimated the Fitness Industry, but Some Founders See It as Opportunity KnockingFitness entrepreneurs are planning for post-pandemic now. What that will look like is still very much a question.
The FutureScott Omelianuk Why Entrepreneurs Should Feel Hopeful About the FutureOptimism might seem hard to come by this year, but business leaders are showing that they can tackle any challenge.
The FutureJoel Comm 4 Tech Trends You Don't Want to Overlook in the Post-Covid WorldTech innovations to watch as they move forward in light of the response to coronavirus.
The FutureRotem Gal 4 Trends That Will Shape the Next Few Years of E-CommerceThe future of e-commerce is service-driven. Here's what you need to know.
The FutureLeigh Buchanan Serial Food Entrepreneur Seth Goldman: The Old Restaurant Model Is DeadThe Honest Tea co-founder, whose latest ventures include vegan fast-casual chain PLNT Burger, dishes on the future of food.
5G RevolutionAmrita Khalid 3 Things Business Owners Need to Know About Driverless TrucksAutonomous trucks could save companies millions on transportation if their cost-savings trickle down to small businesses.
Real TalkAmrita Khalid Boxed Co-Founder Chieh Huang's Keys to Thriving in the PandemicThe entrepreneur behind bulk grocery e-commerce company Boxed shares his tips for entrepreneurs in the Covid-19 era.
The FutureTom Foster Mark Cuban: Your Success Depends On How Compassionate You AreThe 'Shark Tank' star opened up about how he's developed greater empathy, and what he's learned from his employees about systemic racism through conversations about 'The Talk.'
The FutureTom Foster Mark Cuban on America 2.0 and the Responsibilities of Leadership The entrepreneur and 'Shark Tank' star promises that no subject will be off limits in his October 23 session at the 2020 Inc. 5000 Vision conference.
The FutureSophie Downes Shake Shack's Danny Meyer: What the Restaurant Industry Must Do to SurviveAt the Inc. 5000 Vision Conference, the restaurateur and investor will share his predictions and explain how an entrepreneurial mindset and a focus on culture have helped his businesses succeed.
The FutureMinda Zetlin 4 Predictions From Bill Gates for 2021 and BeyondAt the GeekWire Summit, the Microsoft founder talked pandemic, climate change, and cement.
The FutureAmy Webb The Future of Customer Service Is Driving Down the Sidewalk (Slowly)Why you won't be seeing that cute pizza guy anymore.
The FutureSheila Marikar How This Entrepreneur Plans to Bring Down Big PizzaMeet Michael Lastoria--the unlikely pizza mogul who's quietly reinventing his industry.
The FutureJames Ledbetter Every Entrepreneur Wants to Change the World. But These Companies Are Thinking Big--Really BigThese companies are finding brand-new ways to cut our carbon footprint, diagnose diseases, and more.
The FutureNils Bernstein It Looks and Smells Like Wine, But This New Herbal Drink Offers a Buzz Without the BoozeThe new drink that gives you a buzz--without alcohol or cannabis.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan This Bill Gates-Backed Startup's Solution to Global Warming? Giant Fans. No, ReallyHow do you recycle pollution? By grabbing CO2 from thin air--and converting it to carbon-neutral fuels.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan Cement Has a Huge Carbon Footprint. This New Jersey Startup Can Cut It by 70 PercentRemoving a big chunk of carbon from a common equation.
The FutureJeff Bercovici How Sea-Monkeys, NovoNutrients, and Synthetic Biology Will Save the WorldReprogramming microbes so they eat toxins and CO2? It's not science fiction. It's happening right now.
The FutureInc. staff The Founders Boldly Inventing the FutureMeet the fascinating entrepreneurs building solutions to some of society's toughest problems--and shaping the world of tomorrow.
The FutureBurt Helm Can Any Company Be a Tech Company? Inside the Unlikely Journey of Cult Salad Brand SweetgreenThe profitable salad chain Sweetgreen was on track to IPO. So why did its founders decide to pivot to tech?
The FutureKevin J. Ryan The Containers for Your Most Basic Household Products Are About to Look a Lot Different, Thanks to This CompanyThe Loop system, created by New Jersey-based TerraCycle, could change the way people consume goods.
How I Did ItKevin J. Ryan This Engineer Built a Crazy Unmanned Vehicle to Break World Records, and It Accidentally Became a Venture-Backed StartupSaildrone's solar-powered vehicles gather valuable data about the world's oceans.
Leading EdgeAmy Webb The Smartphone-Killing Trend Is Finally HereThe next wave of advances are making your top tech tool less important.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan A $150 Million Power Plant Was Just Built in Texas. Humanity Should Pray It SucceedsAn innovative new process could make Net Power the energy company of the future.
The FutureJeff Bercovici This Company's Magic Powder Makes Your Phone Run LongerThe batteries in your EV, phone, or laptop all share a common characteristic: They suck. By playing with nanostructures, Sila Nanotechnologies has created an ingredient to boost your battery's power.
The FutureMaria Aspan Smartphones, Electric Cars, and Green Buildings Need a Better Battery. This MIT-Trained Scientist Just Might Have Built OneLithium-ion batteries are essential to our lives and businesses--but struggle to keep up with modern demands. The founder of Cadenza Innovation wants to change that.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan 7 Crazy Tech Trends That Will Define the FutureAmy Webb, founder of the Future Today Institute, published her annual Tech Trends Report on Saturday.
Leading EdgeAmy Webb 16 Uncomfortable Questions Everyone Needs to Ask About Artificial IntelligenceWhen building A.I., we need to consider our own motivations and biases, and the social implications of the tools we create.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan How This New Refrigerator Could Help Prevent the World From Getting WarmerKeeping things cool is making the world hot. Phononic wants to help fix that.
The FutureMatt O'Brien New Report Says a Quarter of All U.S. Jobs Will Be Disrupted by Artificial IntelligenceThe changes will hit hardest in smaller cities, especially those in the heartland and the Rust Belt.
Leading EdgeAmy Webb I Tested Working in a Mixed-Reality Office. It's Closer Than You ThinkThe mixed-reality workplace is coming.
The FutureWill Yakowicz For People Battling Depression, These May Be the Treatments of the FutureVideo games and ketamine are among the new and novel treatment options for depression.
The FutureJeff Bercovici Why the Biggest Threat to Silicon Valley Could Be Inside Your GadgetsMoore's law no longer stands. What Silicon Valley will look like without all that silicon.
The FutureMichelle Cheng What the Rise in Employee Activism in 2018 Means for the Future of the WorkplaceWorkers have made themselves clear: They want more from their employers.
The FutureLarry Robertson Your Answer to This 1 Question Is the Difference Between Thriving in an Unpredictable World or Going Down in FlamesA question once asked for people to get into college has powerful real-world application today.
Countdown: Holiday 2020Emily Canal A Totally Traditional Vegan Thanksgiving Will Soon Be Possible--and It All Started With TofurkyThe once-small startup, which hasn't taken any investor funding, is competing with the likes of Impossible Burger, Memphis Meats, and Beyond Meat, which have a combined total funding of $479.6 million.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan How Two Hockey-Playing Brothers Invented a Shirt That Could Help Prevent Head InjuriesThe Canadian startup behind the Halo shirt is closing in on deals with NFL and NHL players.
The FutureAmy Webb The Easiest Side Hustle Ever? Renting Out Your Phone When You're AsleepBusinesses are being built on your devices while you sleep.
The FutureRyan Jenkins How Social Capital Can Attract and Retain Generation ZHere's how one company is using social capital to attract, engage, and retain Generation Z employees.
The FutureKevin J. Ryan Generate Your Own Ultra-Pure Water Without a Well? This Startup Has Figured It OutWater scarcity is real. This company thinks it has a solution.
The FutureJames Ledbetter How These Futuristic Startups Are Changing the World--in Just About Every IndustryMeet the companies turning tomorrow's best ideas into reality.
Inc. Entrepreneurship IndexTom Foster Sure, Self-Driving Cars Are Smart. But Can They Learn Ethics?Academics worry how A.I. will be programmed to navigate ethical dilemmas. Founders of A.I.-driven companies don't.
Startup LifeJessica Stillman A New Study of 1 Million Young People Is More Evidence Screen Time Is Making Kids UnhappySome experts remain unconvinced but the case against lots of screen time for kids is getting stronger.
The FutureInc. staff From Stem Cells to Cyborgs: These Genius Startups Are Pushing the Boundaries of What's PossibleMeet the entrepreneurs whose companies are boldly charting the way forward in their industries--and discover the hottest trends that are just about to surface.
The FutureJonas Altman This Is Why Following Your Nose Is the Only Way to GoTwenty years since Daniel Pink's 'Free Agent Nation' and curiosity still reigns supreme.
Inc. Entrepreneurship IndexLinda Naiman The Real Impact AI and Biotechnology Will Have on the WorldHistorian Yuval Harari and artist Patricia Piccinini have provocative questions for us about two critical issues facing humanity
InnovateMichelle Cheng How 2 Upstart Retailers Want to Reinvent the Traditional Department StoreThe fall of big retailers is making space for innovative startups to rethink the future of malls and shopping.
InnovateThomas Koulopoulos Here's What Really Happened To Sears And How Your Business Can Avoid ItCommon wisdom has it that Sears just couldn't keep up with Amazon. The truth is much more interesting and holds a critical lesson that you need to know to build your business and brand.
InnovateThomas Koulopoulos Jeff Bezos Says This Is His Most Important Work And It's Not AmazonFor all his wealth and power the most important work Jeff Bezos is doing is about as far removed from Wall Street and Silicon Valley as you can get.
Business BooksJessica Stillman How to Make Sure Your Child Is Good at Math and Tech: Have a House Full of BooksNew science shows the more books a family has, the better kids do in math and science.
The FutureKenny Kline 5 Ways Tech Will Influence Sports in the FutureHow Tech Will Dramatically Influence Sports in the Not-So-Distant Future
The FutureGreg Satell These Are the Skills That Your Kids Will Need for the Future (Hint: It's Not Coding)The jobs of the future will involve humans collaborating with other humans to design work for machines, and value will shift from cognitive to social skills.
The FutureThomas Koulopoulos This May Be the Single Most Important Predictor of Your SuccessWhat if your future success and happiness weren't based on your past but rather on how you talked about your past?
The FutureJoshua Spodek When Innovation and Technology Fail UsThe supply and demand curve tells us what we're missing
The FutureQuora What Is the Future of Digital Marketing?Automation will play a more pivotal role in marketing campaigns.
Startup LifeJessica Stillman A 70-Year Study of 70,000 Children Says This Is the Secret to Raising Successful KidsThe biggest child development study ever shows being a good parent is simpler (if not easier) than you think.
Bringing Innovation to MarketThomas Koulopoulos Tim Berners-Lee, the Inventor of the Web, Has Launched a New StartupTim Berners-Lee's vision of the Web was never fully realized. Now he says it's time to finish the job.
The FutureThomas Koulopoulos These 3 Indicators May Be Projecting the Next Financial CollapseWhile there is no magic indicator of the the market's future these three may provide some of the best insight into the current state of the market.
The FutureIlya Pozin Flying Cars Won't Ever Be Mainstream. Don't Waste Your Money Trying to Create a Startup Around ThemThinking of investing next year's tax refund in a car with wings? Save your money. This toy for billionaires won't be a transportation game-changer anytime soon.
InnovateThomas Koulopoulos According to Ray Dalio, Jeff Bezos, and the Dalai Lama, This One Thing Is the Foundation of TrustWe often think of trust as something we inject into a relationship. Not so. Trust is an output built on somethign much deeper.
The FutureScott Mautz Wish Flying Cars Were Real? Uber Just Announced a Real Timeline to Make It HappenYou read that right. As Uber gets more detailed in its plans for flying cars, the reality becomes more vivid.
TechnologyScott Mautz How Will Google Shopping Compete With Amazon? With Sci-Fi Warehouses Run With Almost No HumansThe search giant signed an astonishing partnership with Chinese e-comm player JD.com--and it could change the face of online business.
Best-Kept Travel SecretsJoshua Spodek This Travel Writer Who Doesn't Fly Will Demolish Your Beliefs About AdventureWorld traveler Evelina Utterdahl reveals the underlying nature of travel, adventure, culture, and growth
The FutureSuzanne Lucas Let's Stop Pretending Our Automated Systems Are SecureAll I wanted to do was change an address.
InnovateThomas Koulopoulos The Industrial Era Is Coming to an End. Here's What's NextThe industrial era model, from the factory to the classroom, was built for scale. It worked for 200 years. But something new is replacing it.
The FutureRyan Jenkins The Future of Work: 4 Ways Work Will Change According to Intuit's Chief Talent OfficerAn executive at one of the world's most innovative companies provides four predictions about the future of work.
The FutureJamey Keaten Why More Than Half of Workplace Tasks Will Be Carried Out by Machines by 2025Nearly half of all companies expect their full-time workforces to shrink by 2022, according to the report.
The FutureRhett Power How Is the Gig Economy Changing Your Career?Soon, the majority of U.S. workers will be (or have been) independent contractors. It's time to think about what that means for your career
The FutureGuadalupe Gonzalez SpaceX Is Taking a Regular Joe Around the MoonSpace tourism is coming. Are you ready?
The FutureAlyssa Satara 2 Tech Trends Aiming to Change Major Industries at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018This applied innovation may have a thing or two that other entrepreneurs can learn from.
The FutureRana el Kaliouby 5 Tenets That Will Establish Mutual Trust Between Humans and AIAt the Emotion AI Summit, we discussed how we are now establishing a partnership with AI that is rooted in mutual trust. This new social contract represents the need for not only humans to trust AI, but AI to trust humans.
TechnologyJeremy Goldman How to Build Trust With A.I.To know A.I. is ... if not to love it, at least to trust it more.
GrowJeremy Goldman This Deep Learning Site Is Masquerading as a Careers WebsiteThe company is investing in data research and deep learning to power the economy of tomorrow.
The FutureLarry Robertson The U.S. Open Tennis Final Was Chaotic and Controversial. It Also Revealed the Most Important Leadership Skill of AllBelow the sensational headlines of inequality and anger lies the secret to long-term success.
InnovateThomas Koulopoulos Forget Winning the Battle Against Fake News and Fake Influence. Instead, Try ThisThe greater the value of any technology, the greater the disruption and abuse. That's OK as long as we also keep this in mind.
Personal FinanceJessica Stillman Middle Class and Struggling Financially? The Math Says You Shouldn't Blame Yourself A new book digs into why getting ahead in America feels so incredibly difficult these days.
The FutureDavid Straus Where the Best 'Aha' Moments Really Come FromVisionaries think with their hearts.
MoneyMarc Emmer 7 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Take Advantage of the Booming Economy in 2018We are lucky to be Americans. Here's why the U.S. is still the best place in the world to be an entrepreneur.
MarketingRyan Jenkins Marketing to Generation Z? Here's What You Need to KnowBetter position your product or service with Generation Z by understanding their values, how they make purchases, and how they differ from Millennials.
The FutureRhett Power Ditch Those Ping-Pong Tables and Embrace the Real Workplace of the FutureWe're finally figuring out the best ways to modernize the workplace. New tech promises to reduce operating costs and increase productivity for businesses of all types and sizes.
The FutureGreg Satell These are the 4 Biggest Innovation Challenges We Must Solve Over the Next DecadeUltimately, it's about humans rather than technology
The FutureHoward Tullman Are You Planning a Trip to Mars? Why It's Important to Dream BigElon Musk may be having some very down-to-earth problems at Tesla, but his SpaceX venture shows the value of reaching beyond the ordinary and the proven. To hell with small gains.
The FutureAmy Webb China Is Leading in Artificial Intelligence--and American Businesses Should Take NoteIf you think of China as a country that copies rather than innovates--think again.
The FutureJessica Stillman Only 35 Percent of Teens Worked This Summer: 5 Reasons They Should Get a Job Next YearActually, flipping burgers might do more for their college prospects than that fancy extracurricular.
StrategyBill Murphy Jr. McDonald's is Spending Unbelievable Amounts of Money to Change Everything You Think About McDonald'sThey're spending $6 billion. Can we just talk about $6 billion?
The FutureRebekah Iliff 3 Trends Fueling the Future of the Fashion BusinessMAGIC's summer 2018 tradeshow experience signals the collision of digital and physical in an industry that's fully embracing technology, while keeping the human aspects front and center
MarketingJeremy Goldman Why Rich People Won't Be Addicted to Tech (but the Rest of Us Will)Why rich people go low-tech, and how this tech addiction may be here to stay.
The FutureGreg Satell Not Just Child's Play: How Games Drive Technology ForwardTo create and exciting new future, you first have to imagine it