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The “Amazon Of Fish” Wants To Get Americans Eating More Seafood

At midnight, the shore of Hunts Point–where the Bronx meets the East River–comes alive. Crew unload up to a million pounds of fish from shipping containers and haul them into the New Fulton Fish...

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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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How Billionaires Can Make More Impact With Their Donations

Philanthropy’s deepest-pocketed donors often short-change the causes they claim to care about the most. That’s because while the majority of the world’s wealthiest givers have expressed interest in...

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Meeting Of The Most Creative Minds: FCLA In Photos

It’s an unconventional conference to say the least. To help celebrate Fast Company‘s annual list of the Most Creative People in Business, our editorial and events team lined up two days of engaging...

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Has This Silicon Valley Startup Finally Nailed The Indoor Farming Model?

“I like to call this the cathedral.” So says Matt Barnard, CEO and cofounder of the vertical farming startup Plenty. We’re standing in a room at the company’s headquarters in a former electronics...

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Why That Epic Opening Scene In “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2”...

In an early script draft for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, writer and director James Gunn described the opening sequence as “the greatest title shot ever.” And if you’ve already seen the summer’s...

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Diary Of An Ex-Microsoft Intern

If there was one company that dominated computing in the latter part of the 20th century it was Microsoft. While Apple may have been first on several fronts, by the mid-90s a PC running Windows could...

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From Gawker to “Master”: How One Writer Made It to Aziz...

Master of None, which just returned for an impeccable second season, is a stylish, studied comedy about identity, self-discovery, and the winding path toward fulfillment. (Not to mention pork and...

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The GOP Health Care Bill Pushes Employers To Shortchange Employees And...

This story reflects the views of these authors but not necessarily the editorial position of Fast Company.Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Health Care...

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Five Skills You’ll Need To Lead The Company Of The Future

In the traditional corporate model, strong leaders pursued a singular vision through the strong command of an organization. Today, we live in a time of rapid change, when products and services often...

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How A Laptop Ban Could Cause A “Summer Of Travel Hell” For...

Air travel is already a miserable and undignified experience, as United Airlines recently made painfully clear. Be prepared for another indignity: The White House is considering new rules that will...

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LinkedIn Data Reveals The Hottest Companies To Work For Right Now

Thanks to plenty of research, we know that more than half of American workers are burned out or just not into their jobs and would happily jump ship to work at a company with a better culture (and a...

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Kickstarter Wants To Help Gadget Crowdfunders Keep Their Promises

Well over a year ago, I backed a Kickstarter campaign for a clever gizmo intended to make an iPhone look and work more like a point-and-shoot camera. I pledged $100 and took note of the fact that its...

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The Five Types Of Impostor Syndrome And How To Beat Them

Many high achievers share a dirty little secret: Deep down they feel like complete frauds–their accomplishments the result of serendipitous luck.This psychological phenomenon, known as impostor...

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Solar Innovations Mean We Can Bring Power To The 1 Billion Who Still Live...

A few years ago, Bill Gates annoyed some people in the renewables industry by saying that solar and wind were effectively expensive luxuries that only richer countries could afford. In the developing...

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Want To Live And Work Overseas? Take This Two-Week Trip First

You can only get so far by thinking about stuff. Sometimes you just have to go for it. Maybe “going for it” for you means landing a full-time job someplace abroad, or maybe it’s becoming a digital...

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Google’s WorldSense Will Free VR From The PC And Smartphone This Year

Google’s announcement yesterday that it is working with two partners on the creation of stand-alone virtual-reality headsets that require neither being connected to a smartphone nor being tethered to a...

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This Giant Smog Vacuum Cleaner In China Actually Works

Sitting in a field in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, the 23-foot-high Smog Free Tower looks a little like a giant fan. It’s actually a park-scale air purifier, designed to pull in the city’s...

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Google’s AI Chief On Teaching Computers To Learn–And The...

At last year’s Google I/O keynote, CEO Sundar Pichai laid out the company’s vision for a new era of AI-first computing. AI mattered at least as much at this year’s keynote on Wednesday. But instead of...

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Want A Basic Income? Apply To Be In This Documentary

If America ever does take the radical step of introducing a universal basic income (UBI)–that is, a regular payment to all citizens to cover their basic needs–presumably the idea will need something...

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