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Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire—and still won’t take a day off
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Meet the founder who started over at 50 and worked 20-hour days to build a multimillion dollar cookie dough empire—and still won’t take a day off
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 26, 2026
A Mark Cuban-backed AI startup is helping families turn conversations with their elderly relatives into lasting memories
Startups & Venture
A Mark Cuban-backed AI startup is helping families turn conversations with their elderly relatives into lasting memories
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 25, 2026
Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
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Apple’s Steve Jobs told students to never ‘settle’ in their careers: ‘If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking’
By Emma BurleighApril 25, 2026
Ron Schneidermann
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This CEO lived on canned soup and took just two days off for his daughter’s birth. Now he admits he lost sight of proper work-life balance
By Preston ForeApril 25, 2026
Spotify just turned 20. Here’s how founder Daniel Ek built it into a $100 billion music empire by being the ‘least powerful person’ at the company
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Spotify just turned 20. Here’s how founder Daniel Ek built it into a $100 billion music empire by being the ‘least powerful person’ at the company
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 23, 2026
Apple CEO Tim Cook
Success
Apple taps John Ternus as its next CEO—and Tim Cook says he is handing down the same advice Steve Jobs gave him
By Emma BurleighApril 21, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Left) and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (Right)
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Jensen Huang bans one-on-one meetings, and Airbnb’s Brian Chesky doesn’t use email—meet the CEOs with unconventional work-life rules
By Emma BurleighApril 19, 2026
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Block
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Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey breaks down his thought process when he laid off 40% of his Block staff because of AI
By Emma BurleighApril 17, 2026
Huntress CEO Kyle Hanslovan
Success
This CEO pirated video games as a teen and became a hacker for the Air Force. Now he’s built a $3 billion cyber firm 
By Preston ForeApril 16, 2026
Boss has lunch with her workers outside
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The CEO of a $24 billion Dutch lender has sandwiches once a week with the staff to hear their views and get them on side with cost cuts
By Emma BurleighApril 15, 2026
Why some leaders are betting on Gen Z for the next chapter
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Why some leaders are betting on Gen Z for the next chapter
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 12, 2026
Wemimo Abbey and Samir Goel, the cofounders of fintech company Esusu
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These cofounders quit corporate jobs, took on $100K in credit card debt, and slept in a Denny’s—now their $1.2B company is backed by Serena Williams
By Emma BurleighApril 12, 2026
Photo of George Arison
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Born in Soviet Union, Grindr CEO was told he had two career options: Learn English or how to shoot a gun
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 12, 2026
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s ‘learned and relearned’ to not make big decisions when he’s tired on Fridays
By Emma BurleighApril 9, 2026
Young man looking surprised during a job interview
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This AI founder is hiring Gen Z with zero experience because they’re not stuck in ‘old ways of working’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 6, 2026
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