One day last week, I went on a hike with a few friends up a mountain. Noting we were breathing hard, one friend shared about an hour into our trek, “It’s also possible to drive up here.”
His comment caused me to remember times in m…
Editor’s Note: Each week Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay, will offer candid, practical, and sometimes surprising advice to entrepreneurs and founders. To submit a question, write to Webb at dearfound…
When we first got started in this [pandemic], there was almost no separation between work and home. . . . We lost those separations where you just stop, sit down, and have dinner. The one habit that I’ve always had is that I don’t talk ab…
If you’ve been feeling off since daylight savings time, you aren’t alone. With shorter days and colder temperatures, as we work our way through fall and winter, many people find themselves experiencing symptoms typically associated with d…
We’ve all been interviewed and we know the drill: You want to be the candidate of choice. That means presenting your very best self.
Job interviews are high-stakes moments that can determine the course of your career—and your life. …
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Texting is impersonal. Video chat, invasive. Maybe what we need is good old-fashioned voicemail. Yac lets you leave voice messages that teammates can listen to any- time on a computer or phone. You can also add a screen share, in case y…
Because of COVID, we’re just showing up and racing—that’s all our schedule allows. No practice runs, no qualifying rounds, no nothing. That’s tough on the crew, because we need to practice working together. You have to make …
This article is part of Fast Company‘s Lessons of Covid package, exploring some of the ways America has changed since the pandemic hit and what we have learned from it. Click here to read the entire series.
I was born and raised and graduated fr…
I didn’t try to publish anything until I was 30, when I basically had a midlife crisis. I was in a city I didn’t like, had not reached various milestones I wanted to reach, and was in student loan debt up to my eyeballs. I actually liked …
The pandemic has made everything crazy in terms of disinformation and conspiracy theories, so what was an all-encompassing beat has now become somehow worse. Everybody’s lost their minds. There’s always something that is desperately in ne…
