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5 Things Twitter Needs To Do Before Its IPO

For our forthcoming November 2013 issue, Fast Company spoke with Twitter VP of Media Chloe Sladden, its COO Ali Rowghani, and Glenn Brown, head of Twitter’s Amplify product. Here’s a preview of what they had to say.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker On The Power Of Physical Face Time

The famously busy mayor–and founder of social video discovery site #Waywire–meets with Fast Company‘s Ellen McGirt to discuss why nothing beats a real-world hangout. Yes, even the perfect tweet.

Matt Damon Promotes Potty Humor For A Cause

Two years of work came to fruition this February for our July/August 2011 cover subject, Matt Damon, and the charity he cofounded, Water.org.

How BuzzFeed, Xerox, And TaskRabbit Execs Found Their Ways As Leaders

Who advised you during a recent transition? “Scott Griffith, CEO of Zipcar. He has taken an early-stage startup all the way through IPO. He’s seen everything. Those are the types of mentors that I lean on when I’m making big, strategic decisions.”

For Western Union Business Solutions’s Global Head of Sales, Management Can Mean Juggling

A new job or venture is as terrifying as it is exhilarating, especially if you’re a manager. What are the best ways to navigate a big transition? We asked five leaders to reveal what they learned during a recent power move. Then, we tapped the leadership experts at DDI* to assess how our fearless leaders have handled their staff (and themselves) amid the chaos.

Naimisha Chanumolu Finds Importance In Informal Power

A new job or venture is as terrifying as it is exhilarating, especially if you’re a manager. What are the best ways to navigate a big transition? We asked five leaders to reveal what they learned during a recent power move. Then, we tapped the leadership experts at DDI* to assess how our fearless leaders have handled their staff (and themselves) amid the chaos.

How To Make All Feedback Positive

Leaders often struggle to solicit input from coworkers. Here are four tips from DDI.

Cylance Founder Stuart McClure Finds Success In Slowing Down

A new job or venture is as terrifying as it is exhilarating, especially if you’re a manager. What are the best ways to navigate a big transition? We asked five leaders to reveal what they learned during a recent power move. Then, we tapped the leadership experts at DDI* to assess how our fearless leaders have handled their staff (and themselves) amid the chaos.

Vnylst’s Osandi Robinson On Learning To Lead, Virtually

A new job or venture is as terrifying as it is exhilarating, especially if you’re a manager. What are the best ways to navigate a big transition? We asked five leaders to reveal what they learned during a recent power move. Then, we tapped the leadership experts at DDI* to assess how our fearless leaders have handled their staff (and themselves) amid the chaos.

Facebook’s Dirk Stoop On Finding Allied Advisors

A new job or venture is as terrifying as it is exhilarating, especially if you’re a manager. What are the best ways to navigate a big transition? We asked five leaders to reveal what they learned during a recent power move. Then, we tapped the leadership experts at DDI* to assess how our fearless leaders have handled their staff (and themselves) amid the chaos.

Samasource CEO Leila Janah On Celebrating Each Step

Ammunition Design Group Founder And Parter Robert Brunner On Enough With The Compromise Already

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus On The Product Coming First, Always

Samahope Crowdsources Simple, Life-Saving Surgeries For The Poor

Veteran social entrepreneur Leila Janah of Samasource recently co-launched a new project to crowdfund medical treatment for the very poor. Think of it as Kiva for surgery.

Fast Company Career Transition Survey

The shock of a new gig: can you handle it? Fast Company needs your help as we put career transition stress under the microscope.

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It was quite a year for Mark Zuckerberg and crew, whose site added a whopping 200 million users. Now, as they brush off the crumbs of MySpace and other competitors, it’s time to look for their next meal. They’re very, very hungry.

Anne Hathaway On Extraordinary Women And Using Celebrity To Give A Voice To Girls Everywhere

The actress talks with Fast Company about how she turned her passion for helping children into meaningful field work with the Nike Foundation.

Melinda Gates On The Importance Of The Girl Effect

The Gates Foundation makes it a point to fund solutions for women and girls because those solutions are often the most effective.

Jim Koch: What Is the Role of Imagination in Leadership?