Leading with Imagination: Lessons in Creativity from Pixar
Featuring Pete Docter, Chief Creative Officer, Pixar Moderated by Brendan Vaughan, Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company In 1995, Pixar released Toy Story and set a new standard for animated…
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Athena Capital announces new board, headlined by Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn
Olympic gold-medalist and alpine skiing legend Lindsey Vonn is no stranger to going downhill—but she’s soon going to be focused on making investors’ wealth climb. Vonn is joining the newly…
People are eating up Walmart’s custom cakes. Here’s why they’re so popular
Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different…
Lululemon stock price: LULU shares crash over tariff impact fears
Popular athletic apparel brand Lululemon Athletica is seeing its share price crash today. As of this writing, the stock (Nasdaq: LULU) is down nearly 20% in early-morning trading. The…
Trump’s latest ban on Harvard’s foreign students has suffered another setback
A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University. Trump’s…
Michaels acquires Joann fabrics IP: Will it take over former stores too?
Craft retail chain The Michaels Companies said on Thursday that it has acquired the beloved fabrics retailer Joann, which recently winded down operations and closed all of its stores after…
How to know if a company is actually LGBTQ+ inclusive (before you accept the job)
As LGBTQ+ job seekers navigate a landscape marked by layoffs, economic uncertainty, and a shifting political climate, one question rises to the top: How can I know if a company is…
Barry Diller Invented Prestige TV. Then He Conquered the Internet
Of all the egomaniacal lions who ruled Hollywood during the 20th century gatekeeper era, very few made a brilliant pivot to the internet. The exception is Barry Diller. After leading…
Trump-Musk feud: Will Tesla stock price bounce back today?
The most powerful man in the world and the richest man in the world finally turned on each other. Yesterday, President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a full-scale war of words…
The Download: China’s AI agent boom, and GPS alternatives
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the focus has shifted to AI agents—systems that are…
Waymo is winning in San Francisco
The self-driving car service Waymo has been active in San Francisco for 20 months and has already captured 27% of the city’s rideshare market, according to new research compiled by Mary…
What Market Basket’s labor tension reveals about Gen Z
“Honestly, I don’t even remember the 2014 situation. It just seems like it’s asking a lot of the employees. Why’s it on us?” — Gen Z Market Basket employee, June 2025 Ten years ago, Market…
The Heartrending Movies of John Cazale
With his sallow face and boulder-like forehead, John Cazale was one of the indelible character actors of the nineteen-seventies, but his career was tragically brief. He appeared in only…
Tom Brady explains how the best entrepreneurs make things look simple
Tom Brady’s post-football career has been as methodical as his two-minute drill, and arguably more lucrative. The seven-time Super Bowl champion has systematically built a business empire…
Inside the race to find GPS alternatives
“Just because of this shorter distance, we will put down signals that will be approximately a hundred times stronger than the GPS signal,” says Tyler Reid, chief technology officer and…
Why doctors should look for ways to prescribe hope
Researchers are still trying to understand the connection between body and mind, and how our thoughts can influence our physiology. In the meantime, many are developing ways to harness it…
Supreme Court rewrites NEPA rules—changing the game for environmental reviews
Getting federal approval for permits to build bridges, wind farms, highways, and other major infrastructure projects has long been a complicated and time-consuming process. Despite growing…
Silicon Valley Is Starting to Pick Sides in Musk and Trump’s Breakup
Some of Trump’s high-profile backers from Silicon Valley stayed mostly quiet during the Trump-Musk flare-up on Thursday or tried to turn attention to other topics, including Sacks and…
Elon Musk’s Feud With President Trump Wipes $152 Billion Off Tesla’s Market Cap
It took only a few hours to wipe $152 billion of value from Tesla’s market cap and more than $100 million in value from TrumpCoin. The end of the bromance between Elon Musk and President…
We can reshore American manufacturing
In my last Fast Company column, I shared my reasons for manufacturing my electric trucks in the U.S. I’m not alone. While near-shoring to North America has been underway for several years,…
Joann, Rite Aid, JCPenney, and other store closings contributed to a 274% surge in retail layoffs in 2025
Layoff announcements from U.S. employers have increased 80% to 696,309 job cuts through May of this year, compared to the 385,859 cuts announced throughout the first five months of 2024,…
So much for the Trump-Musk bromance
Just over six months ago, Fast Company asked: “How long will Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s lovefest last?” Well, we have our answer. This week, tensions escalated between the two over…
Walmart is planning a major expansion of its drone delivery service with Wing. Here’s where it will land next
Our sky-mall future is officially here: Walmart and drone company Wing are rolling out drone delivery to a number of additional metro areas in what the companies are calling “the world’s…
How to watch the NBA Finals 2025: Pacers vs. Thunder, live online or on TV, including free options
Basketball fans are keeping their eye on the ball, and soon the screen, as Game 1 of the NBA Finals begins tonight. The Oklahoma City Thunder are set to face off with the Indiana Pacers on…