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The founder of Late July and Nixie sold $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from her dad
Long before Nicole Bernard Dawes’ brands were lining the aisles of thousands of grocery stores, she got her start in…
AI isn’t reducing workloads for employees, it’s straining them—time spent on emailing has doubled, while deep-focus work has fallen by 9%
AI is actually increasing strain for most employees, as the tools add more time to menial tasks, and actually takes…
Apple CEO Tim Cook says his late predecessor Steve Jobs gave him this unusual advice when he handed over the reins: ‘Never ask what I would do’
Many companies are inextricably tied to their iconic founders—from Mark Zuckerberg being the face of Meta, to Warren Buffett leading…
This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: ‘I’m working harder now than I ever did’
Office workers who daydream of being their own boss may fantasize about calling the shots, earning sky-high salaries, and setting…
Blackstone CEO took home $1.2 billion last year after going ‘max everything’ with work—but he wouldn’t advise his children to put themselves under so much pressure
The world’s most powerful business leaders enjoyed eye-watering pay bumps in 2025. And Blackstone cofounder and CEO Stephen Schwarzman had…
Slack cofounder says workers can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows
Some employees are guilty of coffee badging or jiggling their mouses to look active while working remotely. But even when…
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
Even after building a trillion-dollar tech giant, Steve Jobs never pretended to have all the answers. That’s the lesson that…
Meet the retired Olympians starting second careers at Goldman Sachs with zero financial expertise
As the final weekend of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games comes to a close, many athletes are returning to their…
Actress Jennifer Garner just took her $724 million organic food empire public. She started her career making just $150 weekly as a ‘broke’ understudy
Even the world’s most successful people had to get their foot in the door somehow—billionaire Warren Buffett got his start…
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.
While many CEOs set their alarm clocks for a 5 a.m. wake-up time, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has just…












