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SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian was a brash avatar of Web 2.0. Today, he's funding everything from one-time rival Digg to women's sports. Has he mellowed—or is he more competitive than ever?

10+ min  |

Winter 2025
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White-Glove Service Powers Insurance Firm's Rise

Driven by the founder's personal experience, Guru of Insurance helps small-business owners secure employee benefits and insurance.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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How a Founder Let Go and Helped His Company Soar

After building KUOG with empathy and grit, Paul L. Gunn Jr. brought in a CEO to scale the company's mission-driven growth.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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TASK MASTER

Netic's Melisa Tokmak uses AI to help service businesses be on time— and make more money.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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The Founder's Are Back, and They MEAN BUSINESS

In 2025, many entrepreneurs who left—or were pushed out of—their companies are buying them back with a vengeance.

3 min  |

Winter 2025
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Marina Khidekel | It's never too early to think about a future exit. Here are six ways to prepare your startup for a sale.

Selling your business can feel like a topic for the distant future when you're busy pouring all your energy into your startup. But when it happens, many founders discover that selling isn’t the clean ending they’d imagined.

5 min  |

Winter 2025
Runner's World US

Runner's World US

THE MARATHON THAT NEARLY WRECKED ME: A LOVE LETTER

DEAR NEW YORK CITY

4 min  |

Winter 2025
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Inc.

PERFECTING THE RECIPE

Todd Graves, the founder and owner of Raising Cane's, is seeing just how far the company can go by doing one thing well. This year, it's on track to exceed $5 billion in sales—and he's just getting started.

10 min  |

Winter 2025
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This Digital Marketing Agency's Success Is Driven by Niches—And Family

The Garen Group—where all employees are related— is a successful family business in every sense of the term.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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This Government Contracting Company Created a Can-Do Culture

Aalis Management Consulting and its mostly military staff help government run. Its secrets are preparation, persistence, and perseverance.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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From Breaking News to Breakthrough Event Production

With Emmy®-winning roots, Alongi Media has engineered a solar-powered mobile unit that saves clients money while transforming live-event production.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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BOTTLE ROCKETS

Smash Kitchen, an organic condiment brand co-founded by two startup vets and a Hollywood star, has surpassed $10 million in sales in six months.

4 min  |

Winter 2025
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Go Bid or Go Home

How The Bid Lab team is helping business owners change their lives-one RFP at a time.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
Harper's BAZAAR - US

Harper's BAZAAR - US

HOW MELANIE WARD RESTYLED FASHION

FOR MELANIE WARD, fashion was never about fantasy or escape but a way to live freely and fully in the moment. The London-born stylist, who passed away in October, helped reshape fashion—and Harper's Bazaar—in the 1990s and 2000s with her modernist eye and collaborations with Helmut Lang and Calvin Klein.

1 min  |

December 2025 / January 2026
Harper's BAZAAR - US

Harper's BAZAAR - US

MEGHAN'S Moment

After years of being subsumed by OTHER PEOPLE'S NARRATIVES, the DUCHESS of SUSSEX is ready to AUTHOR her OWN NEXT CHAPTER

10+ min  |

December 2025 / January 2026
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Shuman Ghosemajumder | Half of Gen-Z workers say email 'stresses them out.' Can AI teach them to communicate better?

Email is strange. It’s a slow, clunky technology that predates the web and hasn't really changed since it was invented over 50 years ago.

5 min  |

Winter 2025
Runner's World US

Runner's World US

7 LESSONS I LEARNED FROM RUNNING 35 MARATHONS

IN THE 20-PLUS years I’ve been running marathons, I’ve made just about every mistake possible.

3 min  |

Winter 2025
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Everyone's Buying Into ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Entrepreneurship through acquisition is becoming a trendy shortcut to the business world for MBA grads and other would-be business leaders.

3 min  |

Winter 2025
Runner's World US

Runner's World US

THE SHOES THAT SILENCED MY INNER CRITIC

AROUND THIS TIME last year, I arrived at the Runner’s World office and was greeted by a bright orange shoebox sitting on my desk. I had signed up the day before to become a shoe tester, and the box heralded my first assignment. Excited, I rushed to open it, finding a pair of Nike Zoom Fly 6s inside—in bright pink.

4 min  |

Winter 2025
Runner's World US

Runner's World US

STARTING OVERTHIS TIME SOBER

I'VE RUN ALL over New York City, but lacing up my Hokas in the community room of a rehab center in Midtown Manhattan was definitely a first.

5 min  |

Winter 2025
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The CEO Who Stopped Chasing Critics and Started Growing Faster

Mahsam Raza built The Dua Brand into a multimillion-dollar fragrance company by focusing on customers who mattered most.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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PARTI GIRLS

How Palantir alums Shreya Murthy and Joy Tao created Partiful, Gen-Z's buzziest, most chaotic invite platform.

5 min  |

Winter 2025
Harper's BAZAAR - US

Harper's BAZAAR - US

We're COMING UNDONE...and So Are Our CLOTHES

The SPRING COLLECTIONS were packed with CLOTHES that appeared to be FALLING OFF the body: LOOSE layers, RIPPED fabrics, UNZIPPED jeans. The WEIGHT of the WORLD feels particularly HEAVY right now; can FASHION reflect our longing to LIVE and LET GO?

6 min  |

December 2025 / January 2026
Harper's BAZAAR - US

Harper's BAZAAR - US

The ART of REFUSAL

DEREK C. BLASBERG talks to artist AMY SHERALD about how her blockbuster exhibition, \"AMERICAN SUBLIME,\" landed at the BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART and why INTEGRITY still MATTERS-in ART and in LIFE

6 min  |

December 2025 / January 2026
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America's REBUILDERS

What does it really mean for a business to survive after a fire, flood, tornado, or hurricane? The long, slow road to building back tests the strongest founders and the communities they serve.

10+ min  |

Winter 2025
Prevention US

Prevention US

BE MORE PRODUCTIVE

\"SCARY HOUR\" COULD BE THE HACK YOU NEED TO BREEZE THROUGH YOUR CHORE LIST.

1 min  |

January 2026
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A Renovation Business That Helps Workers Build Careers

Pennsylvania construction company Porter Family Exteriors finds success by remodeling its work culture and developing a long-view strategy for growth.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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Driving Digital Excellence Through Innovation

RighIT Solutions creates real value for customers with happy employees and inspired solutions.

1 min  |

Winter 2025
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The Future of Construction Is Being Built Today

With its T3 platform, construction company EquipmentShare is building connected jobsites, making the industry more efficient and effective.

2 min  |

Winter 2025
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Distribution Done Differently

Virtual Supply works with leading tech brands and retailers to provide exceptional service-with purpose.

1 min  |

Winter 2025