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Manufacturer: Mansueto Ventures LLC
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Binding: Magazine
First Issue Lead Time: 4-6
Format: Magazine Subscription
Issues Per Year: 10
Label: Mansueto Ventures LLC
Magazine Type: Consumer magazine
Manufacturer: Mansueto Ventures LLC
Number Of Issues: 10
Publisher: Mansueto Ventures LLC
Studio: Mansueto Ventures LLC
Subscription Length: 365
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Fast Company has been dedicated to covering the latest cutting-edge developments in the business world. With a unique focus on the emergence of design and the ever growing culture of sustainability Fast Company continues to advise and inform its readers in a way unlike any other magazine. It transcends the boundaries of normal business conventions by showcasing organizations and individuals who impact the world through creative ingenuity.
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Summary: Superficial and Vacuous!
Comment: I have tried reading this magazine a number of times - in each instance based on an article highlighted on the cover. Unfortunately, in each case I found the article to be too short, superficial, and vacuous. The magazine is just a waste of time and paper.
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Summary: Fast Journalism
Comment: Fast Company is a magazine that focuses on recent trends in business and technology from a very socially-conscious point of view. The design and format of the magazine are very appealing, and before I subscribed to it I would regularly browse it at "Borders" or "Barnes and Noble." Since I am a gadget freak, the section on the latest products and tools was always one of my favorites. The magazine tends to focus a lot on the persons behind the headlines, regularly profiling many of the industrial movers and shakers. Oftentimes, however, persons that they choose to profile are of dubious distinction at best, and the articles about them have a very strong puff-piece feel to them. On top of that, the companies seem to be eager to ascertain their socially-conscious bona fides by appearing in a positive light in this magazine, so there is also a strong sense of articles coming across as if written in conjunction with corporate PR machines. Nevertheless, the quality of writing for the most part is pretty high, and there are many interesting and stimulating stories that are worthwhile reads.
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Summary: Promotes illegal immigration and other liberal agendas
Comment: Having just subscribed, I was thoroughly disappointed to learn this magazine is full of liberal rhetoric.
I nearly fell off the toilet when I read how San Francisco is lauded for allowing illegal immigrants to open a checking account.
If you're curious, here's the article in its entirety:
'Many people joke about stashing their cash under the mattress, but what if that were really the only option?
Bank on San Francisco, a public-private partnership formed by the city and several financial organizations, gives citizens access to bank accounts and financial education. When the pilot launched in September 2006, there were 50,000 unbanked households in the city.
After two years, 25,000 of them had signed up for accounts.
One reason many people hadn't had checking accounts is they lacked government-issued U.S. IDs. Under the Bank on San Francisco program, the 17 participating banks and credit unions must accept Mexican and Guatemalan IDs.
The initiative allows participants a safe place to keep their money as well as an alternative to the check-cashing services that often take 5% or more of their net income each year.
It also includes money-management training. Other cities across the country are copying the program, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill in December to expand it statewide in California.'
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San Francisco is listed as one of twelve "fast cities" (due to this banking initiative) of which it's stated: "Their exemplary initiatives are improving neighborhoods, transforming lives, and helping build better, faster cities for the future."
The previous issue had an article on jump starting the auto industry. The entire first page of suggestions spoke of capping carbon usage, $4 gas, nationalized health care, a pay-per-mile system, etc.
One of the contributors to this article was the host of 'Pimp my ride'...
Clearly this is not a 'strictly business' magazine, but rather yet another medium aggressively indoctrinating the public with liberal ideas.
If you want a decent business/entrepreneurial magazine, I would suggest you look into Inc.
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Summary: Incompetent customer service nightmare
Comment: I forgot to renew my subscription so it lapsed about a few days. The earlier subscription ended with Dec/Jan 09 issue. I renewed and was told that the new subscription would begin with April 09 issue and end with March 2010 issue. So I contacted them asking that the new subscription period continued without and gap. They told me that they would mail me the Feb 09 issue and needed to adjust my subscription to end with Dec/Jan 2010 issue.
I received 2 copies of Feb 09 issue!! I contacted them again asking for March issue. They replied that they would send me Feb issue!!! and would have to adjust my subscription down to Nov 09. So for this subscription I, at the current situation, will receive only 11 copies but of 8 issues!!
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Summary: one of the few innnovative mags left
Comment: along with WIRED, i feel that Fast Company is one the few maverick publications left in this merger and recession world. Even if you don't agree with the articles or predictions, at least every one is well-thought out and INTERESTING.
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