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Are You Ready to Join the Flock?
I got my hair cut yesterday at a barbershop in Brooklyn that’s been in business for nearly 60 years. Angelo, who runs the place, has created a distinctive culture: music from the 1950s and 1960s, posters of Bogart and Sinatra, an impromptu bar in the
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The World on a Pin
PINTEREST For the first time since Pinterest launched in 2010, a majority of its more than 100 million users are based outside of the United States. That shift in audience is the catalyst for a wave of innovations from the social network, which its
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A Seed-Funding Matchmaker Turns Into a Rainmaker
ANGELLIST In its mission to make tech funding accessible to more people, the six-year-old AngelList, which specializes in connecting early-stage startups with angel investors, has helped raise $330 million for some 920 companies. But in the past yea
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Office Perks
VC–funded startups have long been known for their cushy amenities, such as foosball tables and free lunch, but a poll of more than 100 directors and managers in Fast Company’s Most Creative People and Most Innovative Companies communities sheds light
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Late Arrival
Chris Licht EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, THE LATE SHOW After launching MSNBC’s Morning Joe and reinventing CBS This Morning, producer Chris Licht is steering his career in a darker direction—literally. As the new executive in charge of The Late Show With St
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Run the Road
Tesla isn’t just making groundbreaking electric vehicles. It’s upending the way cars are sold across the country. And it’s making a few enemies along the way.
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State by State
One of Tesla’s appeals is its direct-to-consumer sales approach. The problem? That model violates many U.S. states’ laws. Below, some of Tesla’s biggest battlegrounds.
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Off the Shelf
SheaMoisture CEO Richelieu Dennis is challenging the beauty industry to rethink its approach to multicultural customers.
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Cyber Immunity
How a new cybersecurity approach based on the human immune system could keep your data safe
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In the Bag
No one knows the benefits and perils of turning your name into a brand better than Kate Spade. The designer’s eponymous line of bright handbags and shoes dominated fashion in the late ’90s and early aughts, and remains prominent today. But when your
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“I’m a Recovering Soccer Player”
Abby Wambach spent 14 electrifying years leading the U.S. women’s national soccer team to Olympic and World Cup victories. She talks about taking on wage inequality, the importance of her image, and why retiring is like being fired—and being reborn.
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Talent Manager
During Patty McCord’s 14 years as chief talent officer of Netflix, her unconventional approach to human resources shaped the workforce that transformed the DVD-by-mail retailer into a top content-streaming service. Her philosophy, which included unl
Fast Company4 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Facebook’s Beautiful Mind
The social network is in a race to master artificial intelligence and machine learning. Here’s how it might win.
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The New Food Network
It’s easy enough to buy a handful of heirloom tomatoes at a local farmers’ market. But what if you need 400—or even 4,000—of them? What if you want to bring this kind of produce to large restaurants, grocery stores, or school and prison cafeterias? S
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Brain Trust
Microsoft’s plan to bring people with autism into the workforce is a bold experiment in the power of neurodiversity.
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Footloose
For an 88-year-old producer of time-honored driving shoes and classic loafers, Cole Haan embraces a widely accepted, very contemporary corporate rallying cry: “Respect tradition enough to reinvent it.” Scott Patt, vice president of design and innovat
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Believe
iPHONE SALES HAVE SLUMPED, THE STOCK IS DOWN, AND PUNDITS INSIST THAT APPLE IS A TECHNOLOGY LAGGARD. SO WHAT? CEO TIM COOK AND TEAM ARE PLAYING THE LONG GAME. WHY THE COMPANY MAY BE STRONGER THAN EVER.
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Nine Ways Tim Cook Has Transformed Apple
SINCE STEVE JOBS APPOINTED COOK CEO IN 2011, APPLE’S REVENUE HAS TRIPLED AND MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE NOW USE ITS PRODUCTS.
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Breakout Star
APPLE MUSIC’S HEAD OF GLOBAL CONSUMER MARKETING, BOZOMA SAINT JOHN, GIVES US A TASTE OF THE PASSION POWERING THE STREAMING SERVICE.
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You Got Soul
SOULCYCLE’S HIGH-ENERGY, CANDLELIT, SPIRITUAL WORKOUTS HAVE GROWN INTO A NATIONAL PHENOMENON. WHAT WOULD YOU PAY TO FEEL PART OF THE TRIBE?
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The Great Scramble
FROM YOLK-FREE MAYO TO CHICKENLESS “EGGS,” HAMPTON CREEK CEO JOSH TETRICK IS BRINGING HIS VISION OF SUSTAINABLE, PLANT-BASED FOODS TO GROCERY AISLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY—AND HE’S CRACKING A FEW SHELLS ALONG THE WAY.
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Can American Apparel Mend the Seams?
IN THE PAST YEAR, THE COMPANY HAS DEALT WITH ANGRY PROTESTS, LAWSUITS, LAYOFFS, AND BANKRUPTCY. NOW THE REAL CHALLENGE BEGINS.

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