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Who Reads Fast Company?
Fast Company is written for the innovative pioneers who are transcending the boundaries of normal business conventions and shaping the business world. Fast Company showcases the individuals and companies who impact the world through creative ingenuity. With a unique focus on innovation, design and sustainability, Fast Company continues to advise and inform its readers in a way unlike any magazine.

Fast Company is printed on 100% recycled paper, and is dedicated to the preservation of the environment and makes sustainability part of its core mission.

What You Can Expect in Each Issue:

• Fast Talk: A brief glimpse that focuses on a specific subject and highlights the players and innovators who are shaking things up.
• Now: A summary of the major events and occurences that are happening during the current month
• Next: A look at what is on the horizon in the future of design, innovation and sustainability
• Columns: "Scobleizer," the tech guru's take on the emergence of new technology; "Made To Stick" a look on what is going on in the world of marketing; "Not So Fast," Elizabeth Spiers' column which explores the Pros and Cons of a business dilemma.
• Features: Fast Company's feature articles cover everything ranging from the innovators in business who are currently shaping the world to the pioneers who will do so in the future. Recent features have covered the brand that is Barack Obama, a look at the competition for Steve Jobs and Apple, and Jonathan Goodwin's ability to turn a Lincoln Continental into a 100mpg gas saver. Fast Company also has annual features such as its Masters of Design and Fast 50 issues which showcase the leaders in the world of design and the top 50 innovators and companies who will soon change the world.

Past Issues:



Magazine Layout:
Fast Company approaches its visual imagery with style, attitude and verve. Fast Company's visual presence is edgy and elegant and truly breathes life into the story. Every issue of Fast Company is printed on high-quality, 85% post-consumer waste recycled paper giving it a textured feel unlike any other magazine.

Comparisons to Other Magazines:
Fast Company is the most creative business magazine in the industry today. Through its innovative focus on design and the movers and shakers in the business world, Fast Company offers its readers solutions and strategies unlike any other magazine. Fast Company separates itself from its competitors by striving to practice and promote sustainability. Fast Company is printed on 100% recycled paper and its staff works in a LEED certified green building.

Advertising:
Fast Company's advertisers are as affluent and diverse as its readers. The majority of advertisers are in the technology, financial, media and automotive industries.

Awards:
Fast Company has won numerous awards including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Recently, Fast Company was recognized as the Best Publication in the Delaney Report's quarterly issue. It was also recently named to the prestigious Adweek hot list.

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Fast Company has been dedicated to covering the latest cutting-edge developments in the business world. With a unique focus on the emergence of design and the ever growing culture of sustainability Fast Company continues to advise and inform its readers in a way unlike any other magazine. It transcends the boundaries of normal business conventions by showcasing organizations and individuals who impact the world through creative ingenuity.

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Who Reads Fast Company?
Fast Company is written for the innovative pioneers who are transcending the boundaries of normal business conventions and shaping the business world. Fast Company showcases the individuals and companies who impact the world through creative ingenuity. With a unique focus on innovation, design and sustainability, Fast Company continues to advise and inform its readers in a way unlike any magazine.

Fast Company is printed on 100% recycled paper, and is dedicated to the preservation of the environment and makes sustainability part of its core mission.

What You Can Expect in Each Issue:

• Fast Talk: A brief glimpse that focuses on a specific subject and highlights the players and innovators who are shaking things up.
• Now: A summary of the major events and occurences that are happening during the current month
• Next: A look at what is on the horizon in the future of design, innovation and sustainability
• Columns: "Scobleizer," the tech guru's take on the emergence of new technology; "Made To Stick" a look on what is going on in the world of marketing; "Not So Fast," Elizabeth Spiers' column which explores the Pros and Cons of a business dilemma.
• Features: Fast Company's feature articles cover everything ranging from the innovators in business who are currently shaping the world to the pioneers who will do so in the future. Recent features have covered the brand that is Barack Obama, a look at the competition for Steve Jobs and Apple, and Jonathan Goodwin's ability to turn a Lincoln Continental into a 100mpg gas saver. Fast Company also has annual features such as its Masters of Design and Fast 50 issues which showcase the leaders in the world of design and the top 50 innovators and companies who will soon change the world.

Past Issues:



Magazine Layout:
Fast Company approaches its visual imagery with style, attitude and verve. Fast Company's visual presence is edgy and elegant and truly breathes life into the story. Every issue of Fast Company is printed on high-quality, 85% post-consumer waste recycled paper giving it a textured feel unlike any other magazine.

Comparisons to Other Magazines:
Fast Company is the most creative business magazine in the industry today. Through its innovative focus on design and the movers and shakers in the business world, Fast Company offers its readers solutions and strategies unlike any other magazine. Fast Company separates itself from its competitors by striving to practice and promote sustainability. Fast Company is printed on 100% recycled paper and its staff works in a LEED certified green building.

Advertising:
Fast Company's advertisers are as affluent and diverse as its readers. The majority of advertisers are in the technology, financial, media and automotive industries.

Awards:
Fast Company has won numerous awards including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Recently, Fast Company was recognized as the Best Publication in the Delaney Report's quarterly issue. It was also recently named to the prestigious Adweek hot list.

Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Mansueto Ventures LLC
• ASIN: B00007AXA2
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helps keep you on top of trends and new ideas, December 22, 2007

By	A. Hayes - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I started reading Fast Company at a friends house and I was sold. The magazine focuses on the new trends that are going on and promise to shape the next two to five years. Here's a sample:

There's a mechanic in Kansas (?) who tweaks Hummers to get over 75 mpg AND ramps up their horse power. The crazy part? Most of the parts he uses is off the shelf and Detroit could be doing it today.

There is a video game control that should be out by the end of 2008 that you will wear on your head and it will read your brain patterns to determine if you go left or right.

IBM has taken their top mathematicians out of the think tank and added them to their consulting services. The mathematicians get real world applications from the source, the consultants get more ideas.

I could go on. If nothing else, it's fun to read about where things are headed. It also provides great discussion starters for parties.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Non-boring Business Magazine. , May 7, 2008

By	jesmonster "jes" (Albuqueruque, NM USA) - See all my reviews

I really enjoy this publication. It puts marketing and growth strategies within reach of those of us who fall asleep reading other business Mags. I've learned a ton and have been able to bring some of what I've learned to my job. It also helps consumers understand the marketing forces being put into play to capture their loyalty and their dollar.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Magazine!, March 27, 2008

By	A Reader "Ruth" (Massachusetts, United States) - See all my reviews

When "Business 2.0" stopped being published last year, I was very disappointed since I didn't know of another magazine like it. I think "Fast Company" fits the bill and am excited to find that it's loaded with articles about "the new" in the business world and in the tech sector. The latest issue has a story about the top 50 up-and-coming companies, with Google being number one. What an interesting piece about their corporate culture and some of the people who work there! I hope they keep up the good work and that they don't fall into a black hole as "Business 2.0" did. I like having something I can hold in my hands when I'm reading. I know I can find out a lot of this stuff one way or another on the Web, but when I curl up in bed at night, I like to have a magazine or book in my hands, not a laptop... I am looking forward to the arrival of the next issue!