2014 : World's MOST Innovative Companies

Fast Company is a full-color business magazine that releases 10 issues per year and focuses on technology, business, and design. They had gathered and analyzed data for 6 months in 2014 to come with a list of top 50 Most Innovative Companies. The list below is the top 10 companies in various sectors that they had assessed from thousands of enterprises.

1. Google

• For becoming $350 billion giants that let loose almost too many innovations and milestones to count.
• As the cost per click - the rate advertisers pay for an online ad continues declining, Google is pursuing projects that could reinvent the company and society.

2. Bloomberg Philanthropies

• $452 million distributed in 2013
• Sophisticated, data-driven solutions for every step of the process, from identifying priorities to monitoring progress to scaling pragmatic solutions.

3. Xiaomi

• For reinventing the smartphone business model in the world's largest mobile market.
• Staking out a significant piece of the Chinese market with its low-cost, feature-rich devices.

4. Dropbox

• For becoming everything in cloud
• Expand itself to be in the people's digital lives.

5. Netflix 

• For creating a great TV in a new context, using an already proven model.
• It has turned the TV network into an app, ­available on any device.

6. AirBnB

• For making the most of its hosts.

7. Nike

• For setting a sustainable example
• Launced an application named Making which gives designers access to 8 years of scientific research and analysis of products.
• This app was rolled our to students at London College of Fashion's Centre for Sustainable Fashion.
• Development of outfits may used the guide in this application by Nike.

8. Zipdial

• For turning a consumer cheat into an asset.
• It is a mobile marketing platform.

9. DonorsChoose.org  

• For setting its insight on education reform.
• An early and popular example of online crowdfunding. 
• The site allows donors to pick an individual class or project on DonorsChoose and support it directly for as little as $1.

10. Yelp

• For sealing the deal with its users.
• The online service offers user-generated opinions on local restaurants, doctors and others.

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