On this week’s episode of Most Innovative Companies podcast, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence talks with James Vincent about why companies should embrace innovation even when they don’t need to.
On this week's Most Innovative Companies Podcast, Jack and Sam dive into why the creator economy isn’t new, but a fresh iteration of a much older phenomenon, as well as the beauty of Web3 as it applies to ownership. By focusing on “love” as opposed to “likes”, Patreon has helped change the way art is brought back autonomy to artists and creators around the world, enabling them to receive fair pay—as opposed to fractions of cents—for their creative output. Subscribe to Most Innovative Companies o...
On this week's Most Innovative Companies, Joe Percoco, cofounder and co-CEO of Titan, shares his thoughts with host James Vincent about why, while a financial crisis is undeniably a challenge to companies, it can also bring key opportunities for growth. His company Titan is a consumer fintech opening up access to expert-led investment opportunities for as little as $100. Operating in that space means that Percoco has seen this crisis from the eye of the storm. You can listen and subscribe to Mos...
Join host James Vincent, a founding partner at FNDR, as he talks to amazing and transformative founders about their creative journeys. Because James knows each founder personally and has helped them build narrative strategies for their companies, you'll get a level of intimacy and understanding that's not always possible. He'll also share anecdotes from his time working with Steve Jobs and other well-known founders, where you'll learn how they developed enduring brands like Apple and Airbnb. Tun...
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about going from a corporate gig to entrepreneurial life with Gail Becker, CEO of Caulipower, and Alexa Von Tobel, founder of Learnvest and Inspired Capital.
We're taking a look at some our favorite moments from last year's innovation festival. Here’s a conversation about closing the gender financing gap with Allie Burns, CEO of Village Capital; Shruti Chandrasekhar, head of Startup Catalyst and SME Ventures and the Africa regional lead at the International Finance Corporation; and Odunayou Ewaneeyiee, cofounder and COO at Piggyvest.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about sports, entertainment, and the new way we tell and sell stories with Stephanie McMahon, chief brand officer at WWE, and Lee Trink, CEO and co-owner of FaZe Clan.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation that goes beyond recycling to talk about reshaping supply chains with Stuart Landesberg, cofounder and CEO of Grove Collaborative; Alex Totterman, founder and CEO of Cove; and Lee Ellen Drechsler, senior vice president of Platform Innovation and Corporate R&D at Procter & Gamble.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about design as a force for good with Jake Barton, designer as well as founder and principal of Local Projects; Felipe Memoria, designer and founding partner of Work & Co.; and Dori Tunstall, dean of Faculty of Design at the Ontario College of Art & Design University.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about branching out and starting your own production company with “Good Morning America” Co-anchor Robin Roberts. Her new company is called, Rock’n Robin Productions.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about quantum computing with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about closing the opportunity gap with Ken Chenault, chairman and managing director of General Catalyst, and former chairman and CEO of American Express; Gerald Chertavian, the founder and CEO of Year Up; Ruth Bowen, platform automation manager at Bank of America; and Accenture CEO Julie Sweet.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about how good economics can help us rebuild equitably with Nobel Prize-winning economists, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. Banerjee is the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT and Duflo is a professor of poverty alleviation and development economics at MIT.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation with Actress and Entrepreneur Drew Barrymore, about making the case for optimism. Barrymore is also the executive producer and host of her eponymous daytime talk show.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about how art affects our brains with Susan Magsamen, founder and executive director of International Arts + Mind Lab; Ivy Ross, VP of Design for Hardware at Google; Diana Saville, cofounder and CCO of BrainMind; and Judy Tuwaletstiwa, visual artist, writer, and teacher.
We’re taking a look at some of our favorite moments from the 2021 Fast Company Innovation Festival. Here’s a conversation about how we can fix the childcare crisis with Wendy Chun-Hoon, director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, and Elliot Haspel, author and philanthropic program officer at the Robins Foundation.
In this episode, we’re talking about social media. While Facebook and Twitter still dominate the space, apps like TikTok and Clubhouse are offering people new ways to express themselves and form communities. Amy chatted with Maria Raga, the CEO of Depop, the fashion resale app that’s become popular with Gen Z. The platform has 30 million registered users: 90% of them are under 26 years old. They discuss Depop’s unique approach to social commerce and how it has fostered a deep connection with you...
On this episode, we’re going to talk about the gaming industry, which is worth more than 160 billion dollars globally. Over the past year and a half, as people have gone from sheltering at home to tentative re-engagement with the world to….whatever is in store for us this fall, games have taken on an outsized role in our lives. Amy sat down with Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, to discuss why he wants to do far more than just digitize the age-old pastime of...
In this episode, we’re talking about biotech and health. If this past year and a half is any indication, investment in these sectors is critical. We’ve seen how we can confront a global pandemic with fast-tracked RNA-based vaccines. We’ve harnessed genomics to track and diagnose illness as it spreads. And the rise of telemedicine has made healthcare more accessible to all. Amy talked with Twist Bioscience CEO and Co-founder Emily LeProust about the MIC winner's cutting-edge technology that has p...
We're talking about AI in this episode. Once the villain of Sci Fi thrillers, AI is one of the most crucial—and misunderstood—sectors that we cover here at Fast Company. The truth is, AI—in some form or another—underpins the operations of just about every company these days, from powering self-driving technologies in our cars to serving up product recommendations when we’re shopping online. And though we’re increasingly aware of how algorithms can perpetuate and amplify inequities, AI is also be...
