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Jet.com’s New York Store Isn’t The New Front Line In The Online...
The first thing you notice on entering Story, a retail concept store in Manhattan’s trendy Chelsea arts district, is that it’s full of fake grass. The stuff even accents the plywood tables, which are...
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HBO Gets Actors’ Moms To Recite Lines For Mother’s Day
There’s an old saying that goes something like, don’t say it if you wouldn’t say it in front of your mother. But for actors on HBO shows that can be pretty tough. So the cable network recruited some...
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For Mother’s Day, You Can Donate To Bail Out Moms So They Can See Their...
The morning of May 12, just two days before Mother’s Day, a woman who had been held in an Oakland jail for a week before facing trial for a minor charge received word that her bail, which had been set...
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Three Job Interview Mistakes You Think You Avoided But Actually Didn’t
You’re walking out of your job interview and playing everything back in your head. Maybe it’s for your dream job, maybe it isn’t–but you feel great. You think you really nailed it. Now you all there’s...
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7 Ways Being A Mom Makes Me Better At My Job
Karen Tappin took a one-day maternity leave. It would have been shorter, if not for her husband. The day after her 2007 home birth, the founder and CEO of the beauty line Karen’s Body Beautiful put her...
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Why “Atlanta” Creator Donald Glover Is One Of The Most Creative...
Donald Glover is tired. Like, bone-tired–the kind of tired that crushes his normally bright voice into a monotonous murmur. “This is a different level of production than anything I’ve ever been...
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The Recommender: What Execs From Giphy, Yelp, and Charity: Water Are Loving...
What the Fast Company community is loving this month.1. Scarlet & VioletPrices vary, scarlet-violet.myshopify.com“Vic Brotherson is the owner of this flower boutique and has been our florist for...
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Coliving Isn’t Just For Startups: A Giant Developer Is Building Upscale...
If you live in a new apartment building in Chicago, you might be more likely to spend a typical night downstairs at a mixology or bike repair class–or sitting with neighbors by a fire pit, watching...
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Why Bloomberg Philanthropies’ James Anderson Tops Our List Of The Most...
When James Anderson arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel, in October 2014, the city was in the midst of an immigration crisis. Tens of thousands of Africans, having fled the poverty and conflict of their native...
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How Max Headroom, The Geico Gecko, And Other Ad Characters Made A Huge Impact
These whimsical corporate characters helped launch their brands to enduring success.1. Michelin Man, 1898The Michelin brothers, who ran a rubber factory, anthropomorphized a stack of bicycle tires to...
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How Lauryn Morris Made A Spectacle Of Snap’s Hit Sunglasses
Snapchat surprised everyone last fall by changing its company name to Snap and introducing Spectacles, the elegant camera-equipped sunglasses that capture videos to share on its popular social media...
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How Kylie Jenner Built A Makeup Empire Out Of Her Most Famous Asset
Seconds after Kylie Jenner launched her first three lines of lipstick, on November 30, 2015, all three sold out online. Less than two years later, Kylie Cosmetics is a full-service, direct-to-consumer...
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SoulCycle’s Redesigned SoulBike Will Make Your Workouts Even Better
Every month, Fast Company checks in on the businesses in our Most Innovative Companies community. From SoulCycle’s new bicycle to Walmart’s acquisition of quirky e-tailer ModCloth, here’s what some of...
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12 Lessons From The 100 Most Creative People Of 2017
As a journalist, maintaining a healthy level of skepticism is a requirement. Sources routinely put their own actions in the best possible light, while undercutting the activities of rivals. I just...
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How Our Brain’s Habits Affect How We Get Along With Our Coworkers
We’re all creatures of habit for good reason. While the brain comprises 4% of our body mass, it consumes at least 20% of the body’s blood glucose to do all the hard work of thinking and running our...
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How I Managed To Still Have A Life When My Paycheck Didn’t Want Me To
It was a typical overpriced Mexican joint in Manhattan–the kind of place that charges $16 for a quesadilla, without the guacamole included–and I entered only knowing the birthday girl. So I already...
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“SNL” Offers An Update For Amazon Echo–And It’s...
WHAT: A fake ad for a new smart home device, Amazon Echo Silver.WHO: The team at Saturday Night Live.WHY WE CARE: The problem with teaching one’s grandparents how to correspond through email, find Bill...
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Exactly What To Put In Your LinkedIn Profile To Get A Promotion
You’re smart, talented, and a hard worker, so you’ve been rewarded with stretch assignments that helped you build new management-level skills. But despite that growth, no one has yet tapped you for...
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Why These VCs Are Investing In Fields That Others Find Hard And Boring
According to the latest Crunchbase data, U.S. startup funding is on the rise, up from $18 billion in the last quarter of 2016 to $21 billion in the first quarter of this year. While hefty recent IPOs...
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Companies Steal $15 Billion From Their Employees Every Year
When employers fail to pay overtime, withhold tips from waitresses and waiters, or misclassify workers as exempt from minimum wage regulations, they’re stealing income from the poorest members of...
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