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The Philanthropy World Is Embracing Impact Investing
In 2015, the United Nations laid out its Sustainable Development Goals to track global progress against massive social and environmental challenges like extreme poverty, inequality, and climate change....
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WWDC 2017: Here’s Everything Apple Announced
At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday, the company unleashed a two-hour storm of announcements, including both new hardware and software feature upgrades. The developer event...
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This Skater Bro Turned Apple Music Mogul Has Big Plans For LVMH
Two years ago, when Ian Rogers became LVMH’s chief digital officer, his good friend Mike D (of Beastie Boys fame) pointed out that Rogers’s fashion sense seemed to be inspired largely by Jay Z. “That...
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These Tiny Houses Help Minimum Wage Workers Become Homeowners
If you live in Detroit and make only $10,000 a year, you still might be able to buy a newly constructed house. On two vacant blocks in the city’s northwest side, a new neighborhood of tiny houses was...
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Trump Or No Trump, America’s Mayors And Governors Have A Post-Paris...
Shortly after Trump announced his intent to withdraw from the Paris agreement on Thursday–saying that he “was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris”–the mayor of Pittsburgh...
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Is Blue Apron Even Going To Exist In Five Years?
One of the food delivery industry’s biggest and most well-funded meal-kit subscription companies, Blue Apron, has filed its intent to go public. The company’s stated goal is to take on grocery stores...
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Banking On Nostalgia: How Ban.do Figured Out What Millennial Women Want
When I was in high school, one of my favorite late-summer rituals was going to the stationary store with my mom to buy a planner for the new academic year. On the surface, the organizer was meant to...
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Four Productive Things To Do If You Can’t Use Devices In-Flight
“Excuse me, but your laptop isn’t permitted on the plane—let me check that for you.” That’s a line some travelers have already heard while trying to board flights to the U.S.Passengers arriving from 10...
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With iOS 11, The iPad Will Make More Sense To A Huge Market: Skeptical PC Users
When folks learn that I do most of my work on an iPad Pro rather than a conventional computer, their instant reaction is often to say that they could never do that–because iPads make it too hard to...
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Cannes Lions’ Innovation Lions Shortlist Is Here–See Who Made The...
Last year, the top prize in the Cannes Lions Innovation category went to Google’s DeepMind group for its advances in artificial intelligence in creating the AlphaGo platform that learned how to play...
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Here’s What To Wear To Your New Job
There are a lot of unspoken rules of the workplace no one clues you in on. And just because you nailed what to wear for the interviews that led to the offer, that doesn’t mean you have a good grasp on...
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Just Like Being There: The Governors Ball Music Festival 2017
The Governors Ball music festival took over New York City’s Randall’s Island Park this past weekend for three whole days, and Fast Company was there to capture some of the action. The festival is like...
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J.Crew’s Mickey Drexler Helped Invent “Luxury For...
When I was in college in the early 2000s, I looked forward to getting J.Crew catalogs in my mailbox, mixed in with Jane magazine and postcards from my parents. I loved the gorgeous spreads: lithe...
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You Might Not Feel Tired, But Your Brain Needs More Sleep
Are you getting enough sleep? Before you answer, try this: Sometime during your workday, sit down (at your desk is fine) and close your eyes. For the next few minutes, just focus on your breathing,...
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Boss Catch You Interviewing For The Competition? Here’s What To Do
It’s every currently employed job seeker’s worst nightmare–getting caught red-handed interviewing for a job at a competitor. Try as you might to keep it on the down-low, it can be difficult to avoid...
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Inside The Vatican-Blessed Tech Accelerator Tackling Climate Change
When Pope Francis met Donald Trump last month, he raised eyebrows by handing the U.S. president his 2015 papal letter on global warming. The Laudato Si—On Care for Our Common Home pins climate change...
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Pinterest Just Launched Its First Major Ad Campaign
Back in March Pinterest president Tim Kendall told me that because Pinterest is a place where people plan things, it makes us more receptive to brand messages than perhaps on other social platforms....
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The Third Wave Fund Is Funding The People Usually Overlooked By Big Philanthropy
One of the greatest inequalities that the philanthropy sector has failed to address is why many of the groups in charge of social change don’t reflect the populations they serve. Just 18% of nonprofit...
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Bacardi Will Help Aspiring Artists Every Time This Major Lazer Song Plays On...
It’s nothing new for major brands to get connected with their fans, and the culture in which their brand exists, by promoting and helping to fund the efforts of aspiring musicians and artists–Red Bull...
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These MIT Grads Want To Let Anyone Invest In, Or Even Start, A Bitcoin Fund
In recent months, the prices of virtual currencies bitcoin and ethereum have soared to record highs amid increased investor interest.On June 1, bitcoin traded at $2,429.20—up from just $536.42 a year...
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