Topic: Chris Hughes

How Republicans Are Using Social Media to Win Mid-term Elections

Republican leaders such as Eric Cantor are pushing for social media to change elections and policy. READ»

The Facebook Drama "The Social Network" Won't Show You

The Social Network is not the feel-good movie of the year--certainly not for Mark Zuckerberg, or for the dozens of exceptionally talented men and women who created Facebook. They were, and are, brilliant, hardworking and imaginative people who managed to survive the uniquely fraught early moments of an online start-up. It was a swirl alright, but not the way the film would have you think.READ»

Tune in at 2:45 p.m. EST: Ellen McGirt Live With Chris Hughes, Andrew Rasiej, and Caterina Fake

Fast Company senior writer Ellen McGirt is moderating a panel today at the #promise conference, and it'll be live streamed at 2:45pm Eastern. Her panelists include Chris Hughes, Andrew Rasiej, and Caterina Fake. Watch it in the embed ...READ»

Update: New Beginnings

In 2008, Vinod Khosla predicted that Calera, a cement startup he was funding, "may be our biggest win ever" ("A Devilish Green Angel," July/August). His record at Kleiner Perkins set a high bar, but Calera is beginning to show ...READ»

• Re: April 2010

Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Is Back in the Startup Business With Jumo.com

Chris Hughes, the Facebook co-founder, and the engine behind the MyBarackObama community organization site, is back in the start-up business.READ»

Facebook Chris Hughes Jumo.com

Chris Hughes, the Facebook co-founder, and the engine behind the MyBarackObama community organization site, is back in the start-up business.READ»

White House Tweets, but How Many People Are Listening?

Cast your minds back to 2008. As well as the traditional settings of TV, radio and print, the race for the White House saw a new battleground: that of social media. The presidential campaign of Barack Obama used Twitter, YouTube, ...READ»

FastCompany.com's 10 Most Read Stories of 2009

Aw, man, remember that time you read that post about the Creepy Mute Button for the Real World? You're still lusting over several of those 10 Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade. And not a day passes when you don't thnk of at least ...READ»

Exclusive Interview: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the Value of Viral Loops

This interview was conducted during research for my book, Viral Loop. You can read an excerpt here at Fast Company, or find out what your friends are really worth by installing the Viral Loop widget. While still a teenager Mark ...READ»

The Web Becomes the New Health-Care Battleground

Competing Websites from Barack Obama's Organizing for America and the Republican Party duke it out over the future of American health care.READ»

Why all the fuss about social media?

My approach with this article is based on a couple presumptions. First, you may not be too familiar with what is called social media. And second, you may be wondering if it’s really that big of a deal. Defining Social Media ...READ»

Feedback

Kid Stuff "Boy Wonder," our April article about Chris Hughes, drew largely appreciative comments at FastCompany.com. "A pure sign of the changing social-media environment," wrote one. "Acknowledge it, ...READ»

Facebook Gets Religion, But You Can't Poke the Pope

The kind of fame Facebook finds always brings its own surprising developments. For example: The Pope just joined. But elsewhere Muslim clerics are busy debating the merits and morals of the social 'net. Did Facebook just get ...READ»

The 99% Conference: Scott Thomas on Designing the Obama Campaign [video]

At the recent, The 99% Conference, Scott Thomas took the stage to talk about what it was like to design Obama's digital campaign on the fly. This video culls the highlights from his presentation and catches up with him afterward to ...READ»

The Web Design That Changed the World

I like to explore design's reach into unexpected places. Today, I'd like to focus on design in politics… specifically, how, by creating emotional connection, the Web site my.barackobama.com (commonly known as MyBO) ...READ»

• Design's Reach: Let's Begin a Dialogue
• How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

The World is in a Crucible, 4 Skills for Rising from the Ashes

When the world is in a crucible, new forms are birthed. The previous order is reshuffled. Some at the top disappear. Visionaries emerge from the periphery. America has long looked to the business world for its visionaries, but some ...READ»

Slumdog Springboard: Marketing on the Back of the Oscar-Winning Movie

The morning after the Oscars, a full-page ad appeared in The New York Times. It had a photo of the Mumbai cityspace and a "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" gameboard. "Why do millions of people die from treatable ...READ»

Fast Company Magazine April 2009 Issue Online

This Month's Cover Story: Boy Wonder: How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign , by Ellen McGirt, page 58 The untold story of how Chris Hughes, at the tender age of 25, helped create two of the most ...READ»

Editor's Letter: Two Wicked Startups, One Common Thread

During the past few weeks, I've been making the rounds to top execs at big companies across the country to see how this economic crisis is playing out on the ground. Among the consistent laments I've heard: Firms can't plan and ...READ»

The Third Act of Chris Hughes [exclusive]

Chris Hughes has helped to create two of the most successful start-ups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign. Now, the online organizing guru is jumping back into entrepreneurial life, but keeping progress close to his heart.READ»

• How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

The untold story of how Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.READ»

• The Community That Hughes Built
• Lessons From The Trenches

The Brand Called President

Will President Obama Change Government the Way Candidate Obama Changed Campaigning?READ»

Arianna Huffington is an Entrepreneur to Admire

I am at the luncheon keynote of the Digital Media Mixer, and Arianna Huffington, entrepreneur extraordinaire and middle-aged blogger like me,  starts off with riff on Sarah Palin's shoes. Before you get to hear about her, don't ...READ»

Arianna Huffington is an Entrepreneur to Admire

I am at the luncheon keynote of the Digital Media Mixer, and Arianna Huffington, entrepreneur extraordinaire and middle-aged blogger like me,  starts off with riff on Sarah Palin's shoes. Before you get to hear about her, don't ...READ»

The Brand Called Obama

Win or lose, Barack Obama's rise changes business as usual for everyone. Here's why.READ»

• How to Build a Brand Like Obama
• The Brand Called President
• How Obama Won It With the Web