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Building a Better Website Means Deciding What to Remove. Here’s What to Ask Before You Start
A redesign is more than a marketing project. It's a deadline for decisions about who matters most, what the business is really selling and what no longer deserves space.
Who Will Tell Your Company’s Story When You’re Not in the Room? Here’s How to Make It Speak for Itself
Here's how to build a business that can explain its decisions, financial history and direction — even when you're not in the room.
Owning a Home Feels Out of Reach — So Gen Z Is Spending Big in Another Area
Here’s how Gen Z is “reorganizing the American Dream” and cutting back to afford their goals.
The Metrics That Built Social Media May Be Measuring the Wrong Thing
Social media knows how to measure what keeps us watching. The harder question is whether it knows how to measure what makes us stay for each other.
Happy Joe’s Shrank From 100 Locations to 34. Now New Investors Have a Plan to Put a Smile Back on the Franchise’s Face
The chain behind taco pizza survived a 2022 bankruptcy. Its new owners say the comeback starts with the dough.
Stop Chasing AI Search Rankings. Start Defining the Category Instead
When another agency started selling Machine Relations, the category I named, I didn't fight it. Here's why owning the definition beats renting a spot that resets every day.
Utah’s Breakout Star Is an AI App That Writes Acne Prescriptions — No Dr. Pimple Popper Required
Utah is the first state to let AI prescribe zit medicine without direct doctor oversight.
Her Late Mom Made Her This Toast Every Day. Now Customers Line Up Around the Block for It
After a wildfire took her home and her mom passed away from cancer, Ally Walsh found comfort serving this snack at her Canyon Coffee cafe.
The CEO of a Company That Cut Ties With Subway Reveals How It Went From Running Out of Cash to $54 Million a Year
YuChiang Cheng saw a different path forward — and it's paying off big time.
They Make More Than $300,000 a Year — And Still Say They’re Living Paycheck to Paycheck
A Goldman Sachs survey suggests even high-income Americans are struggling to build savings.
Everyone Wants to Build AI Apps — I’m Betting on What Powers Them. Here’s Why
Here's why I'm betting on the picks and shovels of AI, not the apps.
The 6 Traits I Look for in Every Employee
Jobs change. Great people evolve with them. Here’s how to find the people who become invaluable.
How AI Agents Are Helping Companies Scale Their Marketing
Here's how AI agents can help companies scale marketing by combining skills, tools and context into an agentic marketing operating model.
I’ve Watched Over 150 Careers Grow. Here’s What I Got Wrong About Developing Talent
If I develop five people myself, I can influence five careers, but if I develop a manager who knows how to grow people, that manager can develop an entire team.
LinkedIn CEO Is Leaving After 18 Years, Says He Didn’t Want to Return to the Office Full Time
Ryan Roslansky recently announced his departure, ending a career that spanned nearly two decades at LinkedIn and Microsoft.
Crumbl’s Sales Are Crumbling and the CEO Says ‘It’s My Fault’
Stores are closing, franchise support staff members are being laid off and the cookie chain's dirty soda push fizzled.
The ‘Double Fill Up’ Is the Latest Hack Americans Are Using to Save Cash at the Gas Pump
With paychecks trailing inflation, consumers are getting creative about saving at the pump and the grocery store.
Who’s the Genius Behind Meta’s Hit AI App Muse? A Mulleted, Croc-Wearing MIT Dropout
Alexandr Wang's Muse hit 5 million downloads faster than ChatGPT. Some Meta employees don't like the special treatment of his hires.
Your Next Brand Campaign Could Be Shot From Space
Symphony Space is building Project Rhapsody, a dedicated orbital media studio where brands, artists, and cultural institutions can create authenticated work in space. The first works are planned for 2028.
Better Branding Will Make More Money Than Having the Best Marketing — Lessons Learned From Real Estate
As consumers become overwhelmed with options, building trust before the first sale will become the obvious choice when it matters most.
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