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SuccessThe founder of $100M brand Late July and Nixie started selling $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from the founder of Cape Cod chips—her dad
By Emma BurleighMarch 15, 2026

SuccessMichelle Obama says friendships are as important as college degrees, job titles, and salary: ‘You’ve got to be really smart and selective about who you let in’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 23, 2026

SuccessStaff at a major Swedish pharmacy chain are being paid to take time off with friends to combat loneliness—they can even text loved ones during the $100 ‘friendship hour’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 7, 2026

Big TechPeople destroyed the ‘friend.com’ AI necklace ads with graffiti. The 22-year-old founder loves it: ‘Capitalism is the greatest artistic medium.’
By Eva RoytburgOctober 1, 2025

North AmericaStarbucks chases Gen Z nostalgia, betting $1 billion on plan to bring back the ‘third place’
By Eva RoytburgSeptember 25, 2025

SuccessNYU professor says traditional networking is ‘nonsense’ — instead, real friendships are key to success
By Emma BurleighSeptember 12, 2025

SuccessFounders keep saying they learned the same life lesson after extraordinary career success: ‘I had isolated myself’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 17, 2025

LifeThe late Dr. Ruth had a final message about fighting loneliness. Her friend is making sure to spread it far and wide
By Alexa MikhailSeptember 10, 2024

By Andrew Dalton, Kaitlyn Huamani and The Associated PressAugust 16, 2024

NewslettersWomen are more interested in making friends at work because they’re more likely to face career interruptions
By Azure Gilman and Emma BurleighJuly 15, 2024

By Chris MorrisJune 24, 2024

LifestyleChinese millennials who learned from ‘Friends’ how to embrace a new lifestyle in the ’90s devastated by Matthew Perry’s death
By Fu Ting and The Associated PressNovember 3, 2023

Personal FinanceJennifer Aniston says her first big splurge from her ‘Friends’ paycheck was a mistake
By Chloe TaylorApril 5, 2023
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