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Poppi Went Viral Before It Was Ready
A single TikTok took Poppi from barely selling on Amazon to $100,000 in sales overnight. Founders Allison and Stephen Ellsworth explain…
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Marketers, there’s a right way and a wrong way to use nostalgia
MySpace is plotting a comeback. Searches for iPods are rising. Young people are buying point-and-shoot digital cameras, and flip phones…
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Pantone’s new colors prove we’re living in a ‘more-is-more’ world
Pantone’s Matching System just got more range. The company recently introduced 224 colors, which it says represent shifting design trends…
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What if AI data centers didn’t need new power plants?
A new data center in southwest Texas isn’t connected to the grid—but it also didn’t require building any new power plants. Instead, a…
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American Express is opening a new Centurion Lounge at one of Europe’s busiest airports
American Express is expanding its airport lounge footprint again, this time with a significant first for its Centurion Lounge network. The…
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‘I wanted it to be raw’: Paula Scher explains her squished map logo
Women+ on the Edge of Democracy is an upcoming revue of 10-minute plays and monologues about this moment in democracy, as written by 36…
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R/GA’s new tool helps brands embrace the hyper-personalized future of advertising
The creative company R/GA thinks the marketing and advertising campaigns of the future will act like living systems, evolving with…
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Sabbaticals are a powerful retention tool. Here’s the research to prove it
Formal sabbatical policies are increasingly attractive for employees, but are often misunderstood by companies considering them. Giving…
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OpenAI says the AGI era has begun. AI researchers aren’t so sure
Earlier this month, speaking at the launch event for OpenAI’s new GPT-6 Astra, Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president, declared that the “AGI…
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Wonder debuts its first robotic meal assembly system after acquiring the tech from Sweetgreen
The entrepreneur Marc Lore posits that in the not-so-distant future, an autonomous kitchen will have the ability to whip up pizza,…
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The best accessible design of 2026
The accessible design category of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards honors projects that put accessibility front and center. This…
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Managing a personal brand: Fast Company’s 196-point guide for leaders
When I first encountered a Staples Baddie video on TikTok, I was flummoxed. I haven’t set foot in a Staples in years, so why should I…
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In the age of AI, L.L. Bean is betting big on brick-and-mortar shopping
When you step into the newly renovated L.L. Bean flagship, the first thing you see isn’t the brand’s latest collection of field coats or…
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How AI is opening up spectrum space on crowded airwaves
Every time you make a phone call, stream a video, or connect to Wi-Fi, your device is sending and receiving invisible signals through the…
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How to use humor at work effectively
A finance director stands in front of hundreds of employees to reveal the annual figures. No, it’s not the start of the most corporate…
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4 things you can do to protect yourself from the rising threat of AI
For more than 25 years, I’ve been the “Computer Guy” for friends, family, and colleagues who call when something digital goes sideways.…
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Manischewitz is betting that a dating show can attract Gen Z to the 138-year-old brand
For the next ten days, while everyone else is settling back into school and ushering in autumn with pumpkin spice lattes, Jewish Americans…
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Why you procrastinate on things you actually want to do
Below, Dr. Itamar Shatz shares five key insights from his new book, Solving Procrastination: The Science of Why We Put Things Off and How…
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It took 2,977 drones to create this stunning 9/11 memorial show. Here’s how they pulled it off
To remember the lives of the 2,977 people killed in the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago, 2,977 drones were arranged in the shape of the original…
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This powerful free tool is your secret weapon against phone scams
I don’t know if you’ve noticed—honestly, I hope you haven’t!—but scams are starting to get scarily sophisticated. And that means they’re…
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Pennsylvania is suing TikTok over ‘addictive’ features, but regulation isn’t black and white
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a civil lawsuit against TikTok on August 11, 2026, filed in Allegheny County Court of…
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Why your boss tunes you out
One of my clients came to me with a high-stakes pitch to request a budget and head count for her team. She had built a beautiful and…
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Personal Brand Special Report: 207 insights and ideas to grow your brand and career
In the summer of 2021, Eric Pacifici started living a double life. By day, he was one of thousands of associates at Kirkland & Ellis, one…
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America has millions of open jobs. So why can’t people find work?
This article is written by Tina Hamilton, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Philadelphia and the founder and CEO of myHR…