Five professionals, including a funeral director and a nonprofit founder, made radical career changes. Here’s what it took to succeed.
Want to build a life and career around something you’re passionate about? Great! Now how do you feel about intense struggle, repeated failure, and constant change?
Like a lot of new smart toys, this one is educational. But instead of teaching kids to code, it shows them how to build hardware.
Bose is launching a new speaker for kids that takes cues from toys like Goldie Blox and Linkitz, but instead of teaching kids to code, it gives them an introduction to building hardware.
New accessories brand Oliver Cabell offers Italian-made, affordable unisex bags, sold directly to consumers online.
In 2013, when Scott Gabrielson was in his early twenties, he was deeply shaken up by the news that the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh had collapsed, killing 1,130 people. “It was on the news a lot,” he tells Fast Company. “It gave me the first glimpse into the reality of the fashion industry.”
From on-demand puppies to piñatas, Uber has done a number of interesting promotions over the years.
This week, Uber introduced on-demand hot air balloon and boat rides for its customers in China. The feature, part of a new initiative called “Uber+Travel,” is meant to connect people with activities and other services they might need while traveling. Uber previously offered hot air balloon rides in India.
The U.S. might be the leader in startups, but entrepreneurship elsewhere is catching up. Here are a few of the world’s rock stars.
Over 700 entrepreneurs from 170 countries and territories were invited to the U.S. State Department’s annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit, held this year at Stanford University from June 22-24. The summits work to increase the level of entrepreneurial initiatives overseas, as a way of promoting democracy, increasing prosperity, solving tough problems, and countering violent extremism.
A huge population of young women now has the means to buy luxury goods. Smart marketers are adapting their strategies.
Women earn 79 cents for every dollar pocketed by men. Brands know this, and often channel marketing spending accordingly. Think of pretty much every luxury-car commercial you’ve seen, every ad for a mutual fund or titanium golf club. If a woman appears, she’s the mom, wife, or girlfriend—not a corporate highflier.
One of the most important ways our workspaces impact productivity can’t be designed by architects and decorators.
When you enter the corporate offices of ViaSat, you’re not walking into the headquarters of a global broadband services company. You’re stepping into a carefully designed work environment. You’re invited, for instance, to slide down the two-story slide. You’re offered premium coffee from a full-service coffee bar, and you’re shown the bicycles lined up outside the office doors so you can grab one and wheel around the campus.
Mentoring somebody isn’t just an act of charity. Invest in the experience, and it can pay off on both sides.
When you sign on to be a mentor to a junior employee, you probably think the arrangement is weighted in favor of the mentee. After all, the traditional dynamic sees you doing the bulk of the giving, while the latter just has to absorb your priceless wisdom and reap the rewards. But what you may not realize at first is just how much your own career stands to gain from the mentor experience.
If you want to be remembered, do the opposite of what’s expected. And don’t waste time doing it.
Here’s a fact that most speakers—even experienced ones—tend to forget, even if they know it’s true: People internalize the first things they hear much more quickly and effectively than whatever follows it. Your opening words count more in the minds of your listeners than most of what you say afterward.
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