Stephanie Mehta

How to set business goals in six easy steps

Set the bar high, but be willing to reassess, our advice columnist says.

How to set business goals in six easy steps

An early Instagram employee offers advice on building meaningful communities

Bailey Richardson helped build community at the photo app. Now she’s offering businesses and grassroots organizations a “how-to” guide.

An early Instagram employee offers advice on building meaningful communities

What it means to lead with impact

Effective and purposeful leadership means being inclusive, inspiring, and a little bit iconoclastic.

What it means to lead with impact

What “impact” means to these business leaders

Members of Fast Company’s Impact Council talk about thinking globally, acting locally, seeking diverse input, and customers first.

What “impact” means to these business leaders

What are the rules for interacting with a new hire (before she starts)?

You need to woo all candidates until they start, says our advice columnist.

What are the rules for interacting with a new hire (before she starts)?

Three tips to try if you’re hunting for investors

Timing, accessibility, and open-mindedness are everything, says our advice columnist.

Three tips to try if you’re hunting for investors

Fast Company Magazine

Adam Neumann and SoftBank’s Masa Son, then and now

What a difference a year makes.

Adam Neumann and SoftBank’s Masa Son, then and now

I started a creative community. Here’s why you need one too

How to find camaraderie, conversation, and inspiration in our fast-paced world.

I started a creative community. Here’s why you need one too

My company is starting to scale. How do I get ready for the next phase?

For founders with this high-class problem, stop worrying and get to work.

My company is starting to scale. How do I get ready for the next phase?

What Serena Williams has learned from venture investing

The athlete and entrepreneur talks about partnerships and business models as she launches her jewelry line.

What Serena Williams has learned from venture investing

Meeting cancellations are driving me crazy. What can I do?

If someone doesn’t respect your calendar, you might want not to partner with them. Dear Founder goes Hollywood.

Meeting cancellations are driving me crazy. What can I do?

My high-profile social enterprise shut down, but it wasn’t a total failure

Steve Cook, one of the country’s most successful restaurateurs, reflects on the closing of the Rooster Soup Company.

“Decency quotient”: How this CEO frames inclusive capitalism for his company

Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga says “DQ” is as important as IQ or EQ.

“Decency quotient”: How this CEO frames inclusive capitalism for his company

What should a startup do when the founder is fully vested?

If a founder is working without equity vesting, it probably means the company’s employees are too, and that’s a problem, says Maynard Webb.

What should a startup do when the founder is fully vested?

Women founders have it tough. Women in “hard tech” have it tougher

The cofounder and CEO of goTenna crunched the numbers, and women entrepreneurs in robotics, artificial intelligence, and wireless get a small fraction of venture funding,

Women founders have it tough. Women in “hard tech” have it tougher

Why VC Ben Horowitz chose such unconventional subjects for his new book on business cultures

The acclaimed investor’s new book, ‘What You Do Is Who You Are,’ connects such figures as the leader of the Haitian slave rebellion to modern business.

Why VC Ben Horowitz chose such unconventional subjects for his new book on business cultures

The science (and business) of not losing your mind

A new cohort of cognitive health startups aims to marry research and software to help fix the mind.

The science (and business) of not losing your mind

Can I ask my board of directors to help me interview job candidates?

It is great to involve your board in hiring. Just make sure you do it in the right way.

Can I ask my board of directors to help me interview job candidates?

Meet 200 high-impact leaders making a difference

Members of the Fast Company Impact Council—founders and executives, activists and scholars—convened this year in New York City to discuss how to meet our most urgent economic and social challenges.

Meet 200 high-impact leaders making a difference

This is the one secret to managing an organization

Our advice columnist says it’s all about the people.

This is the one secret to managing an organization

Impact

To build cities that survive climate change, we should emulate Earth’s first creatures

The effects of inequality run as deep as our microbiomes

Throwing fermented grape skins on icy roads could help cut down our salt use

Creativity

Here’s how to get your Spotify Wrapped 2019—and My Decade Wrapped

President Trump’s catty European trip turned world leaders into Mean Girls

Giphy’s top gifs of the year show how gifs helped us escape in 2019

Co.Design

Ikea reveals the secret to happiness, and it’s not furniture

We study the UX industry. Here’s what will change in 2020

Pantone’s 2020 color of the year is the new black

Work Life

Cala’s chef-owner sees her work as a daily performance

Does a company really care about diversity and inclusion? Here’s how to tell

How to make your holiday toast more memorable