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  • What it takes to rebuild America’s competitive edge
  • How 19 Companies Determine Their Growth Goals
  • What 21,000 design submissions taught me about sustainability

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fastcompany.com /1 week ago

What it takes to rebuild America’s competitive edge

Inclusive and profitable economic ecosystems can be built, invested in, and scaled. That was my core message at the recent Fast Company Impact Council Annual Meeting, where I jo...

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inc.com /1 month ago

How 19 Companies Determine Their Growth Goals

It may come down to balancing ambition with capacity, risk, and impact.

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fastcompany.com /1 month ago

What 21,000 design submissions taught me about sustainability

For the past two years, I’ve had a front-row seat to one of the largest and most rigorous datasets in global design. Each year, the iF DESIGN AWARD receives over 10,000 submissions...

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fastcompany.com /1 month ago

Meet the bank CEO who’s still embracing social impact

Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week, this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership dra...

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fastcompany.com /2 weeks ago

19 leaders on promoting from within versus hiring externally

When creating a more senior position or needing to fill a current one, leaders need to decide where to go for that talent. On one hand, promoting from within rewards loyal employee...

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fastcompany.com /1 month ago

Build elite education around access, not just instruction

Elite education has spent decades competing on curriculum, faculty, and brand. Those signals still carry weight. But for founders, executives, and investors, the real question is n...

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dealmachine.com /1 month ago

Data With an Impact: DealMachine's Community Effect

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inc.com /5 days ago

17 Leaders on How to Evaluate Trends Worth Acting On

With ideas always circulating, it’s hard to determine where to devote resources.

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fastcompany.com /3 weeks ago

The unchanging playbook to build a high growth company

People ask me what it takes to build a high-growth company, with a rapidly growing footprint and enterprise value. They want the formula, a secret, or a shortcut. There isn’t on...

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fastcompany.com /3 weeks ago

How the modern CMO role prepares leaders for the CEO seat

As I move from a CMO role into a CEO role, I’ve realized that the transition isn’t as unconventional as some expect. The modern CMO role has become one of the broadest leadership a...

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fastcompany.com /1 month ago

14 leaders on handling major client loss

It’s inevitable that a business will lose a client at some point. It could be your business’s fault or it could be external circumstances that are out of your control. No matter th...

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prweb.com /1 month ago

Inman Forms Advisory Council of Real Estate's Most Influential Executives to Shape the Industry's Next Chapter

Founding council draws C-suite leaders from Zillow, Compass, HomeServices of America, eXp Realty, LPT, Lone Wolf, SoFi and others as Inman redefines its role in real estate media,...

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prweb.com /1 week ago

GoodPower Wins a Fast Company 2026 World Changing Ideas Award

GoodPower, a strategic communications, research and organizing group accelerating the global transition to a decarbonized economy, announced that it won a Fast Company 2026 World C...

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inc.com /1 month ago

How a Private Facebook Group Helped This Startup Reach $5 Million in Revenue in One Year

The 11,300‑member community played a key role in bladder support brand Uresta’s breakout U.S. launch.

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inc.com /1 month ago

This Company Reached 8-Figure Revenue With Its ‘Be Disruptive’ Approach

LYS Beauty founder Tisha Thompson uses competitions and biweekly staff-wide meetings to foster teamwork.

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fastcompany.com /2 weeks ago

Who funds the future? The capital balance that fuels innovation

For most of the past century, the United States has not left innovation to chance. At the height of the Space Race in the 1960s, federal investment in research and development r...

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hbr.org /6 days ago

Leadership Summit 2026: Honest Company CEO Carla Vernón on Leading with Focus in Turbulent Times

<p>A conversation about the decision-making and communication required to take a mission-driven company to new heights.</p>

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fastcompany.com /1 month ago

AI can change the world—if we change who it’s built for

In the first quarter of 2026, investors deployed $300 billion into 6,000 startups, up 150% from previous years. Only a single-digit sliver of that capital is directed toward AI app...

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 month ago

CFC taps John Howard as chair as it eyes accelerated US expansion

Cyber pioneer signals it's serious about scaling beyond its specialty roots

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inc.com /1 month ago

How Thrive Market Turned a Simple Idea Into a $21 Billion Market Opportunity

The secret sauce? Aligning profit with purpose and letting it scale.

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 month ago

CFC taps John Howard as chair as it eyes accelerated US expansion

Cyber pioneer signals it's serious about scaling beyond its specialty roots

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inc.com /6 days ago

How a 20-Person Dinner Grew Into a Cultural Powerhouse Backed by Nike, Google, and Netflix

A smaller guest list, a greater reach, and a higher return.

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inc.com /1 month ago

Meet the Bank CEO Who’s Still Embracing Social Impact

Corporate America has turned on ESG. Priscilla Sims Brown still believes in social responsibility.

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fastcompany.com /2 days ago

Here’s how America builds again

For anyone in manufacturing or fulfillment, the current topic of conversation is Factory 5.0, also called Industry 5.0. While Factory 4.0 focused on how technology and data can...

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