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Black Gold • HOW SHARPIE BECAME AN INDELIBLE BRAND, LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT ON BUSINESS, POLITICS, AND YOUR ICED DOUBLE SHOT SKIM LATTE.

Foundr Mentality • GRINDR CEO GEORGE ARISON IS USING AI TO TRANSFORM THE APP, MAKING AN UNEXPECTED PIVOT INTO TELEMEDICINE, AND TAKING MANAGEMENT INSPIRATION FROM ELON MUSK.

BRINGING REHAB TO YOUR HOME • ROMTECH'S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO AI AND REAL-TIME DATA MAKING HEALTHCARE MORE ACCESSIBLE

A REVOLUTION IN HEART DISEASE TREATMENT • ELIXIR MEDICAL'S SINGULAR FOCUS ON CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS LEADS TO A BREAKTHOUGH VASCULAR TECHNLOGY

THE PRICE OF LIFE • GILEAD SCIENCES, THE LEADER IN HIV MEDICATIONS, HAS DEVELOPED A NEW DRUG THAT COULD EFFECTIVELY END THE DISEASE. BUT NOT ALL PATIENTS SEE THE COMPANY AS A HERO.

THE POWER OF TEAMWORK • BaAM PRODUCTIONS DRIVES INNOVATION WITH INSPIRATION FROM THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS

No Shoes, No Screens, No Problems • TRAMPOLINE PARKS ARE GIVING KIDS A BRIEF DIGITAL DETOX—AND EARNING THEIR PARENTS’ MONEY AND TRUST—ONE BIRTHDAY PARTY AT A TIME.

The Chatbot Cure • CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST BECKY KENNEDY HAS BECOME THE PARENTING GURU FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA. CAN AI TAKE HER TEACHINGS EVEN FURTHER?

JUST REWARDS • BILT, THE STARTUP THAT OFFERS LOYALTY PROGRAM POINTS FOR PAYING YOUR RENT, IS BUILDING A $1-BILLION-A-YEAR BUSINESS BY BECOMING THE REWARDS PROGRAM FOR LIFE’S EVERY EXPENSE.

Bilt for Life • BILT’S REWARDS PROGRAM KNITS TOGETHER THREE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, EACH OF WHICH HAVE THEIR OWN PLAYERS.

WHERE THE DESIGN JOBS ARE NOW • OUR SECOND ANNUAL GUIDE TO WHO’S HIRING RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR.

How Business for Good' Went Bad • IT MAY SEEM LIKE THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SINGLE-HANDEDLY PULLED THE PLUG ON STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM, BUT IN REALITY, IT WAS SPUTTERING FOR YEARS. INSIDE THE RISE AND FALL OF AN UNPRECEDENTED ERA OF BUSINESS—AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

WHEN CAPITALISM GREW A CONSCIENCE • The business world’s 50-year journey toward a more enlightened system of enterprise—and its hasty retreat.

WORLD CHANGING IDEAS 2025 • A PERUVIAN CEMENT COMPANY INVENTS A NEW KIND OF SIDEWALK TO HELP GUIDE THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. A NEW HEALTHTECH PLATFORM LEVERAGES AI TO ELIMINATE INEFFECTIVE COUNTERFEIT ANTIBIOTICS FROM GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. AND COSTCO CEO RON VACHRIS TAKES HONORS AS THE INAUGURAL VISIONARY OF THE YEAR. THOSE ARE JUST THREE OF THIS YEAR’S 100 WORLD-CHANGING IDEAS WINNERS.

WTF IS QUANTUM? • YOU’VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT. DO YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND IT? WE’RE GUESSING NO. ONCE AND FOR ALL, A CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE PRIMER ON THE NEXT COMPUTING REVOLUTION.

THE STRANGE BEAUTY OF A QUANTUM MACHINE • SOME, LIKE THIS IBM Q SYSTEM ONE,* LOOK LIKE CHANDELIERS. THEY’RE COLDER THAN OUTER SPACE.

STATE OF THE UNIONS • LIZ SHULER, PRESIDENT OF THE AFL-CIO, SAT DOWN WITH FAST COMPANY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BRENDAN VAUGHAN TO DISCUSS HOW THE LARGEST FEDERATION OF UNIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IS RESPONDING TO AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS HOSTILE TOWARD LABOR.

FAST COMPANY grill • THE 12TH ANNUAL FAST COMPANY GRILL SIZZLED FROM MARCH 8–10, 2025, DURING SXSW, AT THE CEDAR DOOR PATIO BAR & GRILL IN AUSTIN

"How Is Everybody Doing?" • THAT TIME A TWEET FROM ELMO SPARKED A NATIONAL THERAPY SESSION. BY JAY WOODRUFF