Fast Company
On the Money
With clever marketing and high-wattage partners, payments platform Cash App has inserted itself into the cultural conversation.
4 min |
Winter 2022-2023
Fast Company
For All the Coffee in China By Clint Rainey
STARBUCKS opens a new café in China roughly every nine hours. But the coffee giant isn't just building stores. It's boosting the Communist Party. This is the untold story of how a values-driven American brand has cozied up to Beijing in pursuit of explosive growth a strategy that grows riskier every day.
10+ min |
Winter 2022-2023
Fast Company
HOW TO USE TECH TO TAKE TIME OFF
IT'S HARD TO ESCAPE FROM work. After all, you can check out of the office any time you like, but you can never leave your phone. Here's how to set yourself up for a successful, and restful, vacation and minimize your notifications.
2 min |
Winter 2022-2023
Fast Company
The Not-So-Social Network
As Facebook and Instagram react to TikTok's rise, common assumptions about their grip on our attention are suddenly up for debate.
6 min |
Winter 2022-2023
Fast Company
NEXT BIG THINGS IN TECH
IT WOULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THESE DAYS TO FIND A SECTOR IN THE ECONOMY THAT ISN'T REINVENTING ITSELF. AS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES AT AN EVER-ACCELERATING CLIP, COMPANIES BIG AND SMALL ARE TURNING TO PIONEERING APPROACHES IN AREAS LIKE GENERATIVE AI, WEB3, AND AUTOMATION TO CREATE SMARTER, BETTER, AND (INCREASINGLY) MORE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. YET, EVEN IN THE CROWDED WORLD OF INNOVATION, A NUMBER OF BRANDS STAND OUT: WITNESS THIS YEAR'S 83 NEXT BIG THINGS IN TECH HONOREES.
6 min |
Winter 2022-2023
Fast Company
Building a culture that drives success
BY FOCUSING ON PEOPLE, PREMIUM HOSPITALITY, IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL NEED FOR HUMAN CONNECTION, CONVENE IS REIMAGING THE MODERN WORKPLACE
2 min |
Winter 2022-2023
Fast Company
"I WAS SCARED THAT I WASN'T GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH"
JOEL EMBIID 2022 NBA scoring champion, Philadelphia 76ers
2 min |
Winter 2022-2023
Entrepreneur US
Consumers Aren't Buying Products. They’re Buying You.
Your story matters a lot more than you think, according to emerging research. Here's how to make Sure it sings—and Sells.
4 min |
December 2022
Entrepreneur US
Getting Top Talent to Stick Around
The best workers have plenty of options, so employers must get creative to keep them. Here, six business leaders describe their strongest retention strategies.
2 min |
December 2022
Entrepreneur US
Hey, Don’t Throw That Away!
Need a business idea? Identify a problem, then repeatedly try to solve it. That’s how Divert’s founders built a big business out of food waste.
2 min |
December 2022
Entrepreneur US
What Will They Remember?
We want to give people a lot of value. But they may appreciate us more if we give a little less.
2 min |
December 2022
Entrepreneur US
How to Save an Iconic Brand
When Barbie sales were falling, Mattel asked Richard Dickson to help save the famous toy. To do it, he drew up a four-part playbook.
4 min |
December 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek US
'Oh, I'm Working Retail'
The Apple Store where you’ll do some holiday shopping this year looks the same as always.
10+ min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Zuckerberg's Shrunken Empire
If it wants to build the metaverse, Meta first has to fix its once-mighty ad business
6 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
FTX Pulls A Fast One
@ Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange can’t pay its users. Where did the money go?
10+ min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Broken Britain
After a decade of austerity that devastated public services, the UK is bracing... for more austerity
4 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
A TELECOM IN WARTIME
In the trenches and beneath the utility poles with the teams keeping Ukraine connected Story and photographs by John Beck
10+ min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
THE LAST PETROSTATE
GUYANA IS BETTING ON A PARADOX. THE CARIBBEAN NATION WANTS TO CASH IN ON OIL. IT PROMISES TO USE THOSE BILLIONS TO PREPARE FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
10+ min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Be a Host With the Most, Per Emily Post
Avoid common seasonal pitfalls on the advice of the leading etiquette guide
2 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Lessons in How Not to Fire People
There may not be a good way to fire people. But there absolutely is a bad way.
2 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Qatar's $300 Billion Trophy
It's not just the World Cup. Middle Eastern countries are spending heavily to snag F1 races and other marquee events By Simone Foxman, Ben Bartenstein and Janet Paskin
6 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Protecting European Energy
An attack on Baltic pipelines has spurred an effort to bolster security of the region’s infrastructure
1 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Challenging China on Chips
After promising a less polarizing stance on China, Biden is forcing friends to pick sides
3 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Sustainability, American EVs, From the Ground Up
A proposal to reopen a lithium mine is a crucial building block for an all-US battery supply chain
3 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
On Your Mark, Get Set... Shake
Want to get the party started quickly? A new book has recipes for drinks that can be made in 60 seconds or less
3 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
The Hidden Risks of Chartered Planes
○ Seekers of the jet-set life at a discount price potentially face fatal consequences using illicit operators
3 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Sears's Long Goodbye
@ Finally out of bankruptcy, it faces a changed retail landscape and an uncertain future
6 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Farming With Google X
The company’s famous moonshot laboratory tackles the challenges of strawberry cultivation
3 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
We Don't Talk About Sam
FTX was wining and dining its way to becoming a player in the futures industry. It made for an awkward convention
5 min |
November 21 - 28, 2022 (Double Issue)
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Sustainability American EVs, From the Ground Up
A proposal to reopen a lithium mine is a crucial building block for an all-US battery supply chain
10 min |