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Fast Company • Executive Board • Most Innovative Companies
Fast Company is the innovation masthead — design, creativity, sustainability and the future of work. It is the right logo when your story is about how you think, not just what you sell.
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Fast Company at a glanceLive
Fast CompanyTier 2 · innovation
Executive BoardMembership · annual
GuaranteedQuoted privately
AwardsMIC, World Changing
Turnaround7–21 days
Best forDesign, tech, impact
A real editorial article, approved by you before it runs.
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The short answer
How do you get featured in Fast Company?
Almost nobody has explained this outlet properly. Here it is.
Fast Company occupies a lane no other business title really contests: innovation, design, creativity, sustainability and the future of work. If your differentiator is how you built something rather than how much revenue it makes, this is your masthead.
It is also one of the least-documented placement targets in the market — search for how to get into Fast Company and you will find almost nothing useful. That is a gap, not a closed door.
What Fast Company actually publishes
- Design and product thinking — the decisions behind the thing, not the thing
- Workplace and culture — how you organise people, remote structures, hiring experiments
- Sustainability and impact — with real numbers, not positioning
- Technology with a human consequence — what it changes for people
They also run awards programmes including Most Innovative Companies and World Changing Ideas. Those are entry-fee competitions with real judging — a slower, separate route worth considering alongside a placement.
The routes
Every way into Fast Company, compared
Four doors. They are not equally open, and they do not cost the same.
| Route | What it takes | Realistic timeline | Typical cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editorial pitch | A newsworthy hook and a credible voice. Most pitches go unanswered. | 3–12 months, or never | Free — or a $5k–$25k/mo retainer |
| Fast Company Executive Board | Application and approval, then you write your own posts under a programme byline. | 4–10 weeks to approval | Roughly $2,000–$5,000 per year |
| Sponsored / partner content | A labelled commercial arrangement with the publisher’s studio. | 4–12 weeks | Five figures, campaign-based |
| Guaranteed placement | You approve the outlet and the draft; it runs on a committed date. | 7–21 days | Quoted flat, all-in |
Fast Company’s awards programmes are a genuine parallel route with real judging and an entry fee — slower than a placement, but the credential reads differently. We will tell you if your story is competitive.
What we do
What a Fast Company placement includes
A finished asset you can use the day it publishes.
Full drafting
Our writers produce the article to Fast Company’s house style and length. You are not handed a template to fill in.
Your approval
You read the draft, adjust the headline, the quotes and the framing, and sign off. Nothing publishes unseen.
A committed date
Most placements publish 7 to 21 days after you approve the draft.
Permanent editorial URL
The article lives on fastcompany.com with the masthead above it — indexed, citable, and yours to link to forever.
Leverage plan
Exactly where to put the logo, how to work it into your deck, your bio and your ad creative so one article earns more than one impression.
How it works
From call to live article
No retainer, no lock-in, no mystery.
1
Strategy call
We learn the business and the deadline behind the coverage, and give you a straight answer on whether Fast Company is the right outlet for it.
2
Confirm the placement
You get the flat, all-in price and the live window in writing. Nothing is booked until you approve it.
3
We write, you approve
We draft; you revise and sign off. Revisions are included.
4
It publishes
The piece goes live on fastcompany.com. You get the URL and the leverage plan the same day.
Why it matters
What a Fast Company feature actually does for you
The four things clients tell us changed after publication.
It ends the credibility argument
Buyers, investors and partners stop asking whether you are real. The masthead does the work before your first slide.
It owns your name in search
A high-authority article ranks and stays ranked — the fastest way to put something credible at the top of page one.
AI engines cite it
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews lean on established publications when summarising a brand. This gives them a source to quote about you.
It travels into documents
Decks, data rooms, petitions, award submissions, speaker applications. One article gets reused for years.
Common situations
Why people come to us for Fast Company
An investor or buyer asked where we have been covered
Page one of Google is thin for our founder
A retainer agency produced nothing in six months
We need published material for an immigration filing
Competitors look bigger than they are
AI tools describe us wrongly or not at all
A deal stalled at due diligence
We are launching with zero third-party proof
We were sold a fake placement once already
Who we place
Built for people who need proof now
FoundersSaaS & techFintechE-commerceReal estateInvestorsLaw firmsHealthcareConsultantsAuthorsPublic figuresVisa applicantsAgenciesFranchises
Straight answers
Fast Company placement FAQ
Including the parts other agencies skip.
How much does a Fast Company feature cost?
A guaranteed editorial placement is quoted flat and all-in for your specific angle — call or text (855) 580-0099 for a figure. Executive Board membership is roughly $2,000 to $5,000 per year. Awards programmes charge separate entry fees.
What kind of story does Fast Company want?
Design and product thinking, workplace and culture experiments, sustainability with real data, and technology framed around human consequence. Revenue milestones alone are a poor fit — this is a “how you think” publication.
What is the Fast Company Executive Board?
A paid vetted membership community where approved executives publish their own commentary. It is an annual commitment and reads as member content rather than independent coverage.
Are the awards worth entering?
Most Innovative Companies and World Changing Ideas carry real credibility and real judging. They are slower and less certain than a placement, but the credential is a different kind of asset. Both can be run in parallel.
How long does a placement take?
Typically 7 to 21 days from your approval of the draft.
Is Fast Company better than Forbes for a design or impact brand?
For that audience, often yes — the readership is more relevant and the association is more specific. Forbes carries broader name recognition. It depends entirely on who you need to impress.
How do I get started?
Call or text (855) 580-0099 or use our contact form. We will tell you honestly whether your story is a Fast Company story.
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