I hate posts that offer a 7-day checklist. Why? Because 98% of the time, they're written to give us some shortcut hack, rather than empowering us to think for ...
Why Am I in the Netflix Bestseller Alongside Richard Branson and Steve Jobs?
The Netflix Bestseller written by the CEO of Netflix and Erin Meyer was remarkable in a number of ways. In my Fast Company column, innovation is a ...
Turning Pennies into Billions: The Daymond John Interview
Known as “The People’s Shark,” Daymond John is one of the most admired Sharks from the TV show Shark Tank. Before becoming a household name associated with ...
How Good Design is Like Underwear: It Supports Without Constricting
Finally, a video (shown below) that answers that age-old question, "How is Design Like Underwear?" Good design and branding (as well as social media and user ...
Short But Powerful (Like Some of My Closest Friends)
Think of this as the Danny DeVito of blog posts (aka short but powerful). Friday of last week, Fast Company featured my newest Venn Diagrams of why we love ...
My YouTube 2013 Rewind: From Innovation to Becoming a Grandpa
2013 was the year of videos. From Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball to the viral "Girls Don't Poop" PooPourri video (which has exceeded 20 million views), it's the ...
What’s Killing Your Brand? Live Q&A Session, Dec 4th
(If you're in a rush, just scroll down and watch the video below.) It's that time of the year to give thanks and to give back. Who Is This For? Frankly ...
Shark Tank Radar: A Shark, a Rabbi & a Cheesehead
Thursday, something magical happened. Some might say a miracle. I've written about Daymond John and Shark Tank for Fast Company as well as here and here and ...
The Lucky Break J.C. Penney Needed (and How Your Brand Can Benefit from Its Mistakes)
In my Fast Company blog, I discuss the nearly $1 billion dollar loss J.C. Penney had in 2012. I also discuss the ignorantly shortsighted comments by ...
“Honey, I Shrunk the Brand…”
What do espresso, author Tim Ferriss (of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek), Greek yogurt category leader ...
The Power of Words, Part 6
Inspiring others to action. Selling. Persuading. Breaking down walls. Converting. Results that words can (and should) achieve. This series, "The Power of ...
The Power of Words, Part 5: The Script to “So God Made a Designer”
It was one of the most talked about commercials of this year's Super Bowl. I was so moved by it that days later I had an inspiration which has now become a ...
For Entrepreneurs: When to Stop
In our ever-changing world, I deal with business owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs of all sorts. I find each of them is tempted to try the latest new business ...
What’s Killing Your Brand? 33,995 Reasons to Find Out Now
In a video I recently saw by James Wedmore, he reported that every single minute, there are: 2.8 million videos viewed on YouTube 277,000 logins on ...
The 5 Killer Fast Company Posts You’ll Never Find
I love writing for Fast Company. My editor rocks and is an SEO genius. FC is a great venue because the readers are my public: entrepreneurs, rebels, movers, ...
Shark Tank’s Action Figure Fantasy
Shark Tank is a hit. It's where we see Marc Cuban, Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran and Robert Herjavec assess, evaluate, admire or cringe over new ...
