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Why the AI age calls for ‘founder mode’
Magazine
Why the AI age calls for ‘founder mode’
By Alyson ShontellOctober 7, 2026
Cofounders Nate Wilson and Eli Ben-Johnson sit on robobikes.
Startups & Venture
Meet the two cofounders who went on a 10-month trip before starting their $350 million business. They say you should, too
By Joshua HongOctober 7, 2026
Elon Musk
Success
Elon Musk is a trillionaire again—and he’d still be the richest person on the planet even if he gave everyone $90
By Emma BurleighOctober 6, 2026
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Success
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei says entrepreneurs should go on vacation to road test potential cofounders—if they’re a drain, they’re ‘the wrong choice’
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
Superhuman cofounder Rahul Vohra
Success
This founder made millions when LinkedIn bought his start-up—but the stress landed him in the hospital. Now he’s built another $825 million brand
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
Steve Wozniak
Success
Apple’s Steve Wozniak says he cofounded the tech giant after 5 rejections from HP—not to ‘make money.’ For years, his paycheck was just $50
By Preston ForeOctober 3, 2026
Ben Affleck wearing a suit jacket, behind a purple background
Success
Ben Affleck says predictions that AI will wipe out jobs—or kill us all—are just propaganda: ‘In fact, more people technically are being employed’
By Preston ForeOctober 2, 2026
Sweetgreen cofounder Nic Jammet said growing up in his parents' famous restaurant helped foster and guide him in the restaurant industry.
Retail
‘Never waste a crisis’: A salad thief stole the Sweetgreen cofounders’ recipes a week before they opened their first restaurant
By Catherina GioinoSeptember 30, 2026
Meet Noah Shinn: The 23-year-old college dropout whose viral AI assistant is emerging as a new challenger to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta
Startups & Venture
Meet Noah Shinn: The 23-year-old college dropout whose viral AI assistant is emerging as a new challenger to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 30, 2026
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Success
Billionaire David Rubenstein tells young workers to learn how to read and write in the AI era: ‘Learn how to speak effectively and persuasively’
By Emma BurleighSeptember 28, 2026
Peter Thiel
Success
Peter Thiel says Germany has a ‘fear of success’ problem—and it explains why entrepreneurs don’t scale like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg
By Preston ForeSeptember 25, 2026
31-year-old millionaire sold his first business at 17 for over $100K—he lost it all in 15 months to bad investments: ‘I got cocky, I got arrogant’
Success
31-year-old millionaire sold his first business at 17 for over $100K—he lost it all in 15 months to bad investments: ‘I got cocky, I got arrogant’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 25, 2026
Ali Ghodsi
Success
Like Jamie Dimon, Databricks CEO hates days with too many meetings. He says it means he gets nothing done and he’s just got ‘monkeys on his back’
By Preston ForeSeptember 24, 2026
After 40 investors rejected Jeff Bezos’ Amazon pitch, his parents offered $245,573 of their retirement savings
Personal Finance
After 40 investors rejected Jeff Bezos’ Amazon pitch, his parents offered $245,573 of their retirement savings
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 22, 2026
Billionaire Melinda French Gates once revealed she refused to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup—despite being worth over $34 billion
Success
Billionaire Melinda French Gates once revealed she refused to fund her Gen Z daughter’s startup—despite being worth over $34 billion
By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 20, 2026
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