Business
Fast Company
In Your Ear
Why companies from Casper to Prudential are creating their own branded podcasts.
2 min |
May 2017
Fast Company
I Bought It On Instagram...
Social networks want shopping to be the next thing we do on their platforms. Are we ready to "heart"the BUY button?
6 min |
September 2015
Fast Company
What Would Gwyneth Do?
Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow's newly ambitious lifestyle platform, has been polarizing since the day it was launched seven years ago - and that might be its greatest asset.
10+ min |
September 2015
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Mika Brzezinksi - Embracing Setbacks
How Mika Brzezinksi - the cohost of MSNBC's Morning Joe - has turned career curveballs into opportunities.
4 min |
July/August 2015
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How Did The Starbucks 'Race Together' Campaign Go So Wrong?
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has always tried to do right by his company, his customers, and his country. So why did his Race Together campaign go so wrong?
10+ min |
July/August 2015
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Converse Unveils the Chuck Taylor II
Why did Converse mess with its iconic - and consistently lucrative - sneaker, the Chuck Taylor All Star? It couldn't afford not to.
4 min |
September 2015
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Welcome Home, Alexa
In the race to win the connected-home market, Amazon's voice is starting to ring louder.
7 min |
October 2015
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Carnival's Cruise For Charity
Carnival's new cruise brand wants to create an army of do-gooders in flip-flops and shorts.
4 min |
October 2015
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Full Spectrum Cosmetics
LOral chemist Balanda Atis is helping the cosmetics giant break color barriers.
5 min |
October 2015
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Out Of The Box & Into The Kitchen
Investors are placing big bets on meal-kit services like Plated and Blue Apron. Will ready-to-cook dinners change the way we eat?
6 min |
October 2015
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What Makes Uber Run?
The transportation service has become a global brand, an economic force, and a cultural lightning rod. Here's how and why the architect of all this disruption, CEO Travis Kalanick, plans to keep on confounding expectations.
10+ min |
October 2015
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How The UN Is Using Virtual Reality To Tackle Real-World Problems
The United Nations is using virtual reality to tackle real-world problems.
4 min |
November 2015
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How Failed JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson Is Redeeming Himself
The man who helped make Target cool and Apple Stores the most successful retail concept ever was severely humbled after flaming out at JCPenney. Only a startup could save him.
10+ min |
November 2015
Fast Company
20 Predictions For The Next 20 Years
Early presidential polls have tended to be wildly off-target. There’s no reason to think this time is different.
10+ min |
December/January 2016
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Elon Musk Powers Up: Inside Tesla's $5 Billion Gigafactory
Elon Musk, the CEO who made electric cars sexy and commercial space travel a reality, is venturing into the messy battery business. Here’s why it’s his boldest bet yet.
10+ min |
December/January 2016
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A Newsletter Giving Feminism A Fresh Voice
With their online newsletter Lenny, Girls collaborators Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner are giving feminism a fresh voice.
5 min |
November 2015
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How Ipsy Is Reinventing The Cosmetics Industry
YouTube star and Ipsy founder Michelle Phan is at the forefront of the social reinvention of the $39 billion cosmetics industry.
6 min |
February 2016
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Microsoft's Radical Bet On A New Type Of Design Thinking
How studying underserved communities is helping the tech giant create better products.
6 min |
February 2016
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How To Build an Army of Social Entrepreneurs
After selling half his company, Toms founder Blake Mycoskie is doubling down on social entrepreneurship.
5 min |
February 2016
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Could A Biometric Lock Be the Key to Gun Safety?
Could a biometric lock be the key to gun safety?
2 min |
February 2016
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How BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti Is Building A 100-Year Media Company
Many NBA big men believe they are cursed by the very trait that brought them glory. And the emerging science around extreme size suggests they’re right.
10+ min |
March 2016
Fast Company
How Taco Bell Nailed Its Innovative New Quesalupa
For combining corn, beans, meat, and cheese into genius.
10+ min |
March 2016
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How Hudl's Mobile-Video Software Is Transforming Sports
Its power is derived from custom and deference. How old-fashioned.
10 min |
March 2016
Fast Company
Big Conference, Big Ideas
Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent extravaganza at the Venetian Las Vegas is a window into innovations and trends that make for a singular event.
5 min |
June 2017
Fast Company
Donald Glover: Hollywood's Most In-Demand Polymaths
Donald Glover Actor, musician, writer, producer Donald Glover is tired. Like, bone-tired—the kind of tired that crushes his normally bright voice into a monotonous murmur.
7 min |
June 2017
Fast Company
For Changing The Way We Look At Wearables
Laurya MorrisDesign lead, Specatcles, Snap
3 min |
June 2017
Fast Company
Out of the Box
Last August, Birchbox Co-CEO Hayley Barna decided to walk away from the influential beauty subscription-box startup that she cofounded in 2010 (she remains on the company’s board).
1 min |
October 2016
Fast Company
Clique Media Group
For parlaying fashion advice into retail gold
1 min |
March 2017
Fast Company
Carol Lim And Humberto Leon
Creative directors, Kenzo
1 min |
February 2018
Fast Company
It's A Big World After All
Disney Is Tapping Into Star Wars, Marvel, And More To Upgrade Its Theme Parks.
3 min |