Topic: Santa Barbara

Andy Brown Wants You!

As one of the most successful recruiters for the U.S. Marine Corps, Master Gunnery Sergeant Andy Brown is a master strategist in the battle for talent. Here's how you can hire the few and the proud.READ»

Athena, CEO

Meet nine of the more than eight million women entrepreneurs who are beginning to reshape American business.READ»

innovation - Joyce Wycoff

"If you can create an organization that innovates, then you can make the organization a better place to work."READ»

California Software Maker Says Chinese 'Green Dam' Filtering Software Is Pirated

China's mandate that all PCs sold in that country must be shipped with state-approved filtering software has met more opposition, but this time it's not from human rights groups or American PC-makers. A California-based software ...READ»

When Eight Figures Simply Won't Do

Three of law firm Quinn Emanuel's biggest wins.READ»

• Caffeinated, Aggressive & Brash, Esq.

FastCompany's July/August 2008 Calendar

What's happening in July and August, from the G8 get-together to Bill Gates's last day on the job.READ»

• Convene: Donkeys & Elephants
• Numerology: Hot Dog!

The Medium is the Massage

Our intrepid traveler seeks answers to the eternal questions: Are spas overrun by rich matrons? What's the deal with New Age music? And why am I buck naked in front of total strangers?READ»

The Art of Life

The Colts Neck home of Howard and Frances Schoor does not merely look as if it. was built for art—it was. Known locally as “the place with the dinosaur,” the California Contemporary house was designed by Santa Barbara California ...READ»

The Top 10 Eco-Friendly Hotels

The greenest vacation is a day hike in your backyard. But if you need to get a little further away from home, there are plenty of responsible--dare we say, trendy--resorts to choose from. Online travel community TripAdvisor ...READ»

Feedback

Motorhead Madness November's cover story had Fast Company readers revved up. We received a flood of responses, ranging from disbelief ("There are a ton of unsubstantiated claims in this article") to wild enthusiasm ("Johnathan ...READ»

The Doctor of the Future

Cost, access, quality -- the prognosis for American health care may look grim, but innovation is the cure. The medicine of tomorrow is being born today.READ»

• Why Electronic Health Records Are Worth the Hype--and the Price
• Myca and Hello Health Preview Their Facebook-like Medical Platform
• Healing Yourself Via YouTube: The Amazing and Frightening Future of Health Care

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

Twitter's Investors Missed the Cluetrain - Here's Why

Twitter, the microblogging service that changed everything, hasn't changed all that much argue the four co-authors of The Cluetrain ManifestoREAD»

How to Make Your Career Move

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5 Years of Who's Fast

Who's Fast 2003 marks our fifth-annual celebration of the unsung heroes and rising stars of business. As a group, they represent a new generation of leaders who blend integrity and imagination, brains and guts. What follows is a roster of Who's Fast profiles from prior years (titles and company affiliations reflect each person's status at the time of their selection).READ»

In Search of the New World (of Work)

Three companies -- pioneers in vastly different industries, each founded on a compelling competitive force -- point the way to success in the new economy.READ»

The Best Things in Life Are Free

We want to make a lot of dough. We've got a hot product - How should we go? You want to make big dough, you say? Take our advice: Give it away!READ»

Hire This Guy

In the fast-changing world of corporate sustainability, environmental consultants are the new management gurus. And Mike Brown is the master.READ»

The Talent Market

If you think that the stock market is where the action is today, you're missing out on the hottest, most important market in the new economy.READ»

The Mort Files

Mort Meyerson's cover story in the April:May issue of Fast Company prompted hundreds of e-mail messages.READ»

The Conference-Commando Field Manual

It smells like learning! Don't think of your next conference as a company-sponsored vacation. Think of it as an assault on the future. A collection of battle-scarred veterans offer their secrets on how to become a conference commando. We register at dawn!READ»