Fast Company
Launched in November 1995 by Alan Webber and Bill Taylor, two former Harvard Business Review editors, Fast Company magazine was founded on a single premise: A global revolution was changing business, and business was changing the world.
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I love Fast Company!
I love Fast Company! I send articles electronically to my colleagues from the website. I buy extra magazines that I give to people, I've bought gift subcriptions and even cut out articles and mailed them with a note! It would be hard to know how many people have subscriptions as a direct result of my raving about it. It was a wonderful irony that FastCompany sent me a survey about the June 2006 issue and I was able to tell them one of the best articles was the very last one - a debate between Lovemarks author Kevin Roberts and creative director Brian Collins. They are always out on the leading edge of change!
Catherine, United States - 25 June 2006
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Required reading
I work in the Canadian magazine industry and I have to say that I wish Fast Company was on my comp list.... sigh! I love this magazine so much and think it should be required reading for anyone in any business of any kind! It is insightful and witty and is really inspirational.
Sharleen, Canada - 24 July 2004
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A magazine that elevates the discussion
Ironically, I learned about "Lovemarks" through one of my own Lovemarks -- Fast Company magazine. Standing out among the littany of business publications, Fast Company is perhaps the only one with a soul. Whether you're an entrepreneur or everyday office grunt, the editorial is about pure inspiration within an oft-uninspired environment... business. The publication elevates the discussion from pure numbers (although it certainly shows appreciation for those companies that yield impressive financials) to how to get the most from your organization, your people, your career, and your own life. It has endeared itself to me and is one of the very few magazines I subscribe to, which is further impressive because of my dramatically short atttention span. There's real value in the words, and real optimism in the tone. And that's what makes it a Lovemark to me.
Greg, United States - 02 July 2004
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Sweet romance
Ahhhhh the sweet romantic smell of Fast Company! How I love thee, let me count the ways: (1)The fastest, most intelligent, and most innovative companies are chronicled in its pages. This delightful rag serves as a lead generator and Whos Who of the current market place; (2) Great writers like Seth Godin, Tom Peters, and more every month! Purple Cows, Bull Markets, Free Prizes Inside, and all the great marketing ideas you can eat; and (3) Finally a magazine that practises what it preaches with changes and ideas to match the speed of our economy. Believe me I could go on... But I don't want to spoil anyone else's fun.
Jose, United States - 19 June 2004
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A reMARKable love
Intimacy - Fast Company is a Lovemark of mine because it fulfills the love part - by facilitating connections to inspirational people and ideas that matter - and the mark part as in reMARKable. Each transaction with FC is high on the respect + love chart. The magazine and the readers are part of a social system created around common goals to work smarter and design a life that works.
Valeria, United States - 19 June 2004
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A helpful dependency
Since the first issue, Fast Company has served as an inspiration to me. Each month I eagerly anticipate receiving the magazine. I never fail to read each and every article, from cover to cover and inevitably obtain at least one idea that I can apply to my own profession, organization, career. I have become as dependent on this magazine as I have on my daily Starbucks!
Terry, United States - 18 June 2004
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Love child
Every month, Fast Company is a manifesto for social change by endeavour. As the love child of Harvard Business Review and Rolling Stone, Fast Company conveys that business is all rock & roll. The readers' network, Company of Friends, adds a local perspective. Check it out.
Peter, Canada - 18 June 2004
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Fostering a better future
Fast Company magazine has given me a hopeful outlook on a possibility that to me in the past has been totally foreign: that business can actually be a force-for-good for people and for the environment - rather than an agent of greed, exploitation, and environmental degradation. The road is still long, but thanks to Fast Company magazine and its support for more humane, sustainable ways of doing business there is hope for a better future, for all of us today, and for future generations. I tip my cap to Fast Company magazine, which has also helped foster the "Lovemarks" concept.
Gill, United States - 14 June 2004
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Helped me to chart a course
I had become very dejected about my career years ago when the first issue of the magazine arrived in my mailbox. My spirits lifted as I realized that I'd finally found a community of professionals who work with the same passion that I do. Over the years, Fast Company have helped me chart a course to a more satisfying career.
Theresa, United States - 08 June 2004