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Jake Miller, CEO of Fellow.
Success
This millennial founder got rejected 73 times before building a 9-figure coffee company. One more no, ‘I would have figured out how to sell a kidney’
By Preston ForeJanuary 24, 2026
Sophia Kianni and Phoebe Gates attend the alice + olivia By Stacey Bendet Pride Event With Performance By Paris Hilton on June 13, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for alice + olivia)
Success
Melinda French Gates told her daughter Phoebe to ‘get up or get out the game’ when investors kept asking about her plans to have kids
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 16, 2026
Eric Simons
Commentary
15 years after skipping college to launch 3 startups, I believe the taboo around questioning higher ed is holding an entire generation back
By Eric SimonsJanuary 2, 2026
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is ‘envious’ of Gen Z college dropouts who have the ‘mental space’ and time to build new startups
By Nino PaoliDecember 28, 2025
Mike Repole sits in front of a microphone
Success
Billionaire who sold two companies to Coca-Cola says he tries to persuade people not to become entrepreneurs: ‘Every single day, you can go bankrupt’
By Dave SmithDecember 19, 2025
Lovable CEO
AI
Lovable hits $6.6 billion valuation as its CEO says it wants to be ‘the last piece of software’ companies ever buy
By Beatrice NolanDecember 18, 2025
Photo of Danny Rensch
Success
Chess.com cofounder says it took a pinch of delusion to bring the traditional game online—and it’s a ‘requirement for every successful entrepreneur’
By Emma BurleighDecember 14, 2025
Gustas Germanavicius
Success
From college dropout to Ironman CEO in 7 years, this Gen Z founder found ‘no pain, no gain’ from a trip to China and the Shaolin monks
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 27, 2025
Southeast Asia’s tech sector is in a slump—but one VC sees signs that ‘things will work out quite well here in the long run’
Startups & Venture
Southeast Asia’s tech sector is in a slump—but one VC sees signs that ‘things will work out quite well here in the long run’
By Angelica AngNovember 24, 2025
JG Chirapurath
Commentary
I had a front-row seat to AI’s rise at Microsoft and SAP. Here’s the billion-dollar blind spot everyone’s missing
By JG ChirapurathNovember 14, 2025
Alexis Ohanian ignored Paul Graham’s warning that Reddit’s ‘terrible’ name would be ‘poison’. Now it’s a $38 billion business 
Startups & Venture
Alexis Ohanian ignored Paul Graham’s warning that Reddit’s ‘terrible’ name would be ‘poison’. Now it’s a $38 billion business 
By Rachel VentrescaNovember 11, 2025
Yann LeCun looking fine in a bow tie
AI
The rise of Yann LeCun, the 65-year-old NYU professor who is planning to leave Mark Zuckerberg’s highly paid team at Meta to launch his own AI startup
By Dave SmithNovember 11, 2025
Ring cofounder Jamie Siminoff
Success
Ring’s founder went from shoveling horse stalls to selling to Amazon for $1.15 billion and says work-life balance is a myth
By Preston ForeNovember 10, 2025
Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky
Success
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky challenges founders with a critical question if they aspire to emulate his success
By Emma BurleighOctober 22, 2025
Daniel Pelaez
Success
Meet the Gen Z whiz kids maniacally working ‘996’ hours with AI to help governments repave your roads: ‘I’m sure we got close to burning ourselves out’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 19, 2025
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By Bilin LinOctober 29, 2026
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Mark Cuban says Gen Z should think more like Jeff Bezos and stop chasing the perfect job: ‘Just get a job’—even at McDonald’s or Dairy Queenplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeOctober 29, 2026
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