Explore the full 2023 list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies , 540 organizations that are reshaping industries and culture. We’ve selected the firms making the biggest impact across 54 categories, including advertising , architecture , design , and more. Nature has typically been the first place that beauty companies turn to for solutions to aging and skin imperfections. Now there’s a new source—biotech—and it takes its inspiration from the pharmaceutical industry. The move toward lab-generated ingredients that promise to improve on what scientists would find in nature dovetails with society’s larger embrace of personalized medicine, including cell and gene therapy, says Sarah Broyd, a partner at Durham, North Carolina–based Clarkston Consulting who specializes in consumer healthcare and pharmaceuticals. “Even the mRNA technology used in some of the COVID vaccines has contributed to a greater general understanding of how biotechnology works, which has … [Read more...] about The 10 most innovative companies in beauty of 2023
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How Gen Z favorite E.l.f. cosmetics became an entertainment powerhouse
E.l.f. is No. 26 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023 . Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping industries and culture. E.l.f. (which stands for “eyes, lips, face”) may sit beside L’Oréal and Revlon on shelves at Walgreens, Ulta, and Target, but its leaders also view it as an entertainment company, servicing a huge audience of followers across its social platforms. “When you have 14 million people showing up on your doorstep every day,” says CMO Kory Marchisotto, “you can’t just sell them a product, you have to entertain them.” Known for its affordable, fair-trade products and beloved “dupes” of high-end items, E.l.f. began partnering three years ago with marketer Movers+Shakers on inventive digital work that went viral. Its 2019 #eyeslipsface campaign, with original music by Grammy-winning producer Ill Wayno and featuring Holla FyeSixWun, garnered 7 billion views. It attracted the most user-generated videos ever at the … [Read more...] about How Gen Z favorite E.l.f. cosmetics became an entertainment powerhouse
The $100 genome has been a biotech holy grail for decades. This company made it a reality
Ultima Genomics is No. 33 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023 . Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping industries and culture. After nearly six years in stealth mode, in May 2022, Ultima Genomics stunned the scientific community with the announcement of a breakthrough in DNA sequencing: a $100 genome, a sixfold reduction in cost over existing technologies and a staggering reduction from the cost of the first fully sequenced human genome, which is estimated to have been between $500 million and $1 billion. Ever since biotech company Illumina developed a way to sequence the human genome in 2014 for less than $1,000, it has dominated the next-gen sequencing field and the cost of sequencing a full human genome has hovered around that price point. Only in 2022 did the going price dip to about $600—still a high price that Ultima founder and CEO Gilad Almogy says is hindering more widespread use of sequencing to understand … [Read more...] about The $100 genome has been a biotech holy grail for decades. This company made it a reality
Why Maven Clinic is the highest-valued startup in women’s health
Maven Clinic is No. 30 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023 . Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping industries and culture. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, employers now serve as a backstop for abortion access in this country. Maven Clinic is a virtual healthcare provider with a focus on women’s health, offering everything from OB/GYN care to egg freezing and lactation consultations. Today, it’s also helping the companies that offer its services as an employee benefit to navigate the new landscape for reproductive care. The month after the ruling, Maven saw a 67% bump in companies looking to add reproductive health benefits, and founder and CEO Kate Ryder conducted online workshops for hundreds of human resources leaders on how to upgrade their offers. The company’s three-year-old Maven Wallet app helps to reimburse patients if they need to travel out of state for care and speeds reimbursement from … [Read more...] about Why Maven Clinic is the highest-valued startup in women’s health
This handbag is made from an electrical cord. And yes, you can plug it in
Is there anything uglier than an electrical cord? The long, thick plastic wires create clutter everywhere. Artist and designer Nikolas Bentel wanted to explore whether something as mundane as an electrical cord could be transformed into something beautiful. And he may have achieved his goal by creating a handbag out of a 25-foot-long bright orange electrical cord. It drops today on his website for $59. He’s glued and molded the cord into the shape of a small basket—all while keeping the wiring intact, so it can still be plugged in and used. Bentel, 28, is fascinated with helping people to reimagine everyday objects. At his studio, in Locust Valley, New York, he’s created a wacky range of products, including tables made of scraps from a paper mill and a pipe made from a pizza box . In his art, he frequently deploys the skills he acquired from his joint degree in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design and modern culture and media from Brown. He’s … [Read more...] about This handbag is made from an electrical cord. And yes, you can plug it in
REPORT: Aspiring Rapper Allegedly Murders Grandparents, Walks Into Psych Ward Covered In Blood
Davionne McRoberts allegedly shot and killed his own grandparents Tuesday night in St. Louis, then walked into a psych ward reportedly drenched in blood, according to TMZ. The aspiring rapper, who goes by the moniker “Woozy the Goat,” has a small social media following and reportedly took to Facebook to share some horrifying posts before allegedly killing his family, according to TMZ. “WHO WANNA DIE TODAY? Y’all don’t believe me? Come show me I’m not god,” he allegedly wrote in one of the posts, TMZ reported. “Hey I really am god truly everyone I’m trying to help you all but I came to terms y’all got too comfy in hell I’m not trying to take peoples money when I say donate to $WoozyTheGoat I’m trying to show y’all new life …” he allegedly wrote in another post, according to TMZ. BREAKING: A married couple died last night after being killed inside a Troy, MO home. This morning, Troy Police are still searching for a relative, Davionne McRoberts, who has been identified as a … [Read more...] about REPORT: Aspiring Rapper Allegedly Murders Grandparents, Walks Into Psych Ward Covered In Blood
The Five Home Decoration Trends To Adopt This Spring
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin As spring marks a sense of renewal, these are the top five decorating trends for the season and the products that will inspire you with new ideas to update your homes. Weaving has recaptured the hearts of enthusiasts of handmade objects Weaving has corrected its outdated image, showing its contemporary side. It is infinitely rich because you can play with textures, materials and colors. Drucker ’s multi-hued, structured Beaux Arts chair in rattan with satinated weave recreates that warm Parisian bistro feeling in your home, while Feelgood Designs ’ cantilevered Kaki lounge chair adopting an autumnal rust shade consists of a natural fiber shell made from a handwoven production process that helps to keep this traditional craft alive. Jette Scheib’s Grass lighting collection in woven abaca yarn for Forestier expresses the peace that resides in the weaving process, and its stripes evoke the landscapes of … [Read more...] about The Five Home Decoration Trends To Adopt This Spring
The Dubai World Cup 2023 Upset: Ushba Tesoro Wins, Algiers Places, Emblem Road Shows, And Country Grammer Finishes A Ragged Seventh
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A surprising — yet not so surprising — mid-pack second-tier favorite, Ushba Tesoro muscled all the competition out of the way in the $12-million Dubai World Cup on Saturday evening at the Emirate’s fabled Meydan race course and took the win. Touts in London and the States had been looking hard at the colt and were factoring him in as a horse that would work well in exotics and that could not be counted out . In the running he proved that and much more. As expected, the lone Irishman in the mix and a strong co-favorite among the London bookmakers, Algiers, put in a solid showing and placed. Going off as the co-favorite alongside the Bob Baffert-trained defending 2022 Dubai World Cup victor Country Grammer, Algiers fought tooth and nail up the backstretch and around the far turn, but it was Ushba Tesoro under his very thankful jockey Yuga Kawada who got the better trip. Algiers went off at 11-4. The wholly outmatched Emblem … [Read more...] about The Dubai World Cup 2023 Upset: Ushba Tesoro Wins, Algiers Places, Emblem Road Shows, And Country Grammer Finishes A Ragged Seventh
Obtuse: The Fed & Treasury View Of Banking Issues
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Despite ongoing silent runs on the Regional and Community Banks, it appears that both Fed Chair Powell and Treasury Secretary Yellen view the events of the recent past (SVB VB , Signature Bank, First Republic, Credit Suisse, and now Deutsche Bank) as one-off events and not symptomatic of stress in the world’s financial system. The dictionary defines “obtuse” as “annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.” We can’t think of anything more precise! The chart at the top shows the continued decline in the value of S&P’s Regional Banking ETF through the close of business on Friday (March 24 th ). On Wednesday, the Fed raised interest rates 25 basis points despite liquidity issues in the banking system and the apparent loss of confidence in that system by a significant portion of the public. During his press conference, Powell acknowledged some FOMC concerns over banking issues, said that they had considered a "pause,” … [Read more...] about Obtuse: The Fed & Treasury View Of Banking Issues
ChatGPT: Is SEO – As We Know It – Dead?
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Many have asked if it is the new way to do a search. This question is intriguing given the potentially massive impact on the search engine business space and the competitive elements therein. However, that is not the question I ask - in this article - I explore a related question - if you have a business that has relied on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for traffic and relevance, where does the ChatGPT leave you? Chat vs Search There is a fundamental user intent difference between chat and classic search (regardless of who is providing the facility). Classic search returns multiple answers, ordered in the manner the search algorithm believes is most relevant to the query. Search results can go into many pages. A Chatbot returns one or more answers (but often one), and more than one answer is often returned when the question asks for multiple options. Both approaches are provided … [Read more...] about ChatGPT: Is SEO – As We Know It – Dead?