Stephanie Mehta

Dear Founder: Selling your company for a great price is good problem to have

Maynard Webb encourages a successful founder to experiment and reflect in a quest to find purpose post-sale.

Dear Founder: Selling your company for a great price is good problem to have

A founder’s guide to the care and feeding of seed investors

In his weekly column, Maynard Webb advises a founder bringing in outside investors for the first time to avoid surprises.

A founder’s guide to the care and feeding of seed investors

Break out your computers. Rebuilding post-pandemic requires more than hammers and bulldozers

Coders are builders, too, writes one tech CEO.

Break out your computers. Rebuilding post-pandemic requires more than hammers and bulldozers

A return-to-work road map for displaced women

Leaders offer women practical advice for finding work and championing themselves to prospective employers, even in a rocky economy.

A return-to-work road map for displaced women

My growing company is being courted. Should we sell while we’re hot?

Maynard Webb says the answer may depend on whether joining forces with a big buyer will help the company grow faster than it could on its own.

My growing company is being courted. Should we sell while we’re hot?

How to get the best deal on anything. (Hint: It isn’t about haggling)

When you’re buying a product or service, follow these 6 guidelines from Maynard Webb to get a fair shake.

How to get the best deal on anything. (Hint: It isn’t about haggling)

Founders should follow these 5 steps to turn ideas into reality

First you followed his “3Cs of Entrepreneurship.” Now Kind Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky offers his 5 steps to strategic execution.

Founders should follow these 5 steps to turn ideas into reality

Pfizer’s CEO reflects on a year of discovery and what he thinks critics get wrong about vaccine pricing

Albert Bourla talks about his employees’ effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in record time, Pfizer’s friendly rivalry with Moderna, and what’s next for the pharmaceutical giant.

Pfizer’s CEO reflects on a year of discovery and what he thinks critics get wrong about vaccine pricing

Look out, Amazon. Asia-based companies such as Coupang are leading the next e-commerce revolution

The newly public South Korea-based shopping platform retailer offers a glimpse of what’s to come, says one of the company’s early backers.

Look out, Amazon. Asia-based companies such as Coupang are leading the next e-commerce revolution

Dear Founder: Your board of directors isn’t meant to be a burden

In his weekly advice column, Maynard Webb urges a frustrated founder to adopt a growth mindset.

Dear Founder: Your board of directors isn’t meant to be a burden

Meet the L.A. investor advising LeBron James, Bono, and Billie Eilish

Paul Wachter’s Main Street Advisors has become a force in an entrepreneurial scene that mixes sports, media, entertainment, and more.

Meet the L.A. investor advising LeBron James, Bono, and Billie Eilish

Fast Company Magazine

Lessons in resilience from 2021’s most innovative companies

They know that disorder is the new normal, and they’re acting accordingly.

Lessons in resilience from 2021’s most innovative companies

Memo to Silicon Valley: Here’s what ‘blitzscaling’ looks like in the nonprofit world

Stop asking us to follow in the footsteps of private sector unicorns. For us, impact at scale looks very different, write two nonprofit CEOs.

Memo to Silicon Valley: Here’s what ‘blitzscaling’ looks like in the nonprofit world

A founder has an identity mini-crisis after a corporate breakup

Yes, you’re still a founder, Maynard Webb reminds an entrepreneur who split with a cofounder a year ago.

A founder has an identity mini-crisis after a corporate breakup

Kind Snacks founder explains his ‘3 Cs of Entrepreneurship’

First introduced on ‘Shark Tank,’ these steps will ensure that creativity gives way to the tenacious scrutiny needed to build a differentiated, winning enterprise.

Kind Snacks founder explains his ‘3 Cs of Entrepreneurship’

A moonshot can be exhilarating for your business. Don’t stymie it with overplanning

Sometimes the best way to tackle an ambitious project is to throw away the original blueprint, a CEO writes.

A moonshot can be exhilarating for your business. Don’t stymie it with overplanning

A harried CEO asks: How do I decide what decisions to make?

Never worry about whether you have to make decisions, Maynard Webb advises in his weekly column. Instead, worry about the timing of your decisions.

A harried CEO asks: How do I decide what decisions to make?

Try this creative tactic to improve an idea or hone your pitch

In “Backable,” author Suneel Gupta says don’t simply ask “What do you think?” Instead, stage an exhibition match.

Try this creative tactic to improve an idea or hone your pitch

Ava DuVernay, CEOs of Lululemon and Global Citizen, to speak at Most Innovative Companies summit

The writer, director, and producer joins a cast of CEOs and business leaders for ‘Fast Company’s’ virtual event on March 9 and 10.

Ava DuVernay, CEOs of Lululemon and Global Citizen, to speak at Most Innovative Companies summit

To empower Black employees, corporate leaders need to understand Black families

A marketing executive of color urges executives to get to know their employees where they live.

To empower Black employees, corporate leaders need to understand Black families

Impact

This new tech mines old batteries to find critical ingredients for electric vehicles

This calculator tells you how much your remote work is reducing your company’s emissions

Inside UPS’s new plans for flying electric delivery vans

News

UPS is testing electric helicopter mail carriers

Bon appétit! Beyond Meat just introduced Beyond Pork as it expands to China

Alarming new study reveals how much depression ages the human body

Co.Design

Herman Miller’s new office line is the anti-cubicle

Want to solve the misinformation crisis? We already have a proven solution at our fingertips

Budweiser wants you to get vaccinated (sorry, no free beer)

Work Life

How to find a job that fits your personality type

How social media star Zach King builds creative momentum

10 questions to ask in a job interview that will really expose a company’s culture