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Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield
Success
Slack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slideshows
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
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Here’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight
By Tim HeitmannMarch 1, 2026
Have good taste? It may just get you a job during the AI jobs apocalypse, says Sam Altman
Future of Work
Have good taste? It may just get you a job during the AI jobs apocalypse, says Sam Altman
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 27, 2026
Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs
Success
Former Apple exec had lunch with his boss Steve Jobs for 15 years—he says the late founder’s ‘insatiable curiosity’ taught him to never coast on his expertise
By Emma BurleighFebruary 25, 2026
Jensen Huang
Success
While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang enjoys an over $150 billion net worth, his fellow cofounder Curtis Priem sold out in 2006—and missed out on $600 billion
By Preston ForeFebruary 23, 2026
Left: Jeff Bezos. Right: Reid Hoffman.
Success
Billionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success
By Emma BurleighFebruary 20, 2026
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein
Success
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein says Peter Thiel is wrong: College is worth it because it makes you a ‘complete person’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 20, 2026
Amazon’s humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble
Success
Amazon’s humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 19, 2026
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
Success
Airbnb CEO says AI is ‘the best thing that ever happened to’ his company—he warns other founders: ‘If you don’t disrupt yourself, someone else will’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 17, 2026
Actress Jennifer Garner
Success
Actress Jennifer Garner just took her $724 million organic food empire public. She started her career making just $150 weekly as a ‘broke’ understudy
By Emma BurleighFebruary 13, 2026
Markus Persson
Success
Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’
By Preston ForeFebruary 12, 2026
Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer of Google DeepMind
Success
The CEO of Google DeepMind juggles another job as the founder of a multibillion-dollar startup by starting a second workday at 10 p.m.
By Emma BurleighFebruary 12, 2026
NFL legend Joe Montana lived around top VC execs as a 49er, then leveraged those ties to launch his second career as an investor
Investing
NFL legend Joe Montana lived around top VC execs as a 49er, then leveraged those ties to launch his second career as an investor
By Jason MaFebruary 8, 2026
Joanna Griffiths, the founder and president of Knix
Success
The founder of $400 million company Knix sees a hypnotherapist to ‘rewire’ her brain and work through her fear of failure
By Emma BurleighFebruary 8, 2026
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
Success
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky says CEOs don’t have to be ‘miserable’—that’s why he got rid of emails and banned meetings before 10 a.m.
By Emma BurleighFebruary 7, 2026
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