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In business, market forces drive innovation through competition and accountability. But America’s two-party system has long prevented any meaningful competition because both parties cater to

Our systems of higher education and employment have increasingly evolved towards valuing a deeply focused specialization of knowledge and ability. But trend analyst Vikram Mansharamani

For more than 20 years, TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie has built and sold successful companies. But it was a recent battle with depression that

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At the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, “non-essential” businesses across the United States were shuttered as part of quarantine measures. Many of these businesses are

Negotiations are something most people dread- and everyone does. Entire professions are centered on the ability to extract value from relationships, which may or may

Cave Day founders Jake Kahana, Jeremy Redleaf and Molly Sonsteng share how an experiment in productivity among friends became a startup success helping companies, teams,

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It’s been nearly 20 years since Patrick McGinnis first coined the terms FOMO and FOBO, and has pursued the exploration of these forces with books,

The COVID-19 pandemic exposes the powerful human need for community and interaction, and social distancing and quarantine requirements represent a nontrivial challenge to the mental

​Dan Schawbel is an author, podcast host, and future of work expert. He’s plugged in to how some of the most effective people and organizations in

Beth Ferreira, a partner at Firstmark Capital, has lived through events that radically transformed the market in the wake of the severe downturns they caused: the

Sesame Workshop President of Social Impact and Philanthropy Sherrie Westin shares her journey from the White House to ABC to Sesame Workshop, where she has

Fifteen years ago, while host Patrick McGinnis was a student at Harvard Business School, he wrote a column for the student newspaper about his observation that the

Beth Ferreira has been involved in venture investment in some of the most exciting startups in recent history- both as a venture capitalist and a startup

 Meredith Golden is a dating expert, dating app ghostwriter and founder of SpoonMeetSpoon. The married NYC mom and former psychotherapist, spends hours per day creating

  Nas Yassin realized that his twenties were too precious to be spent on the tech career treadmill. With a diploma from Harvard and a

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“What am I going to do with my life?” It’s the oldest question of civilization and one that becomes even more difficult and outsized as

Corporations, especially capital investors, have a bad rap these days. Seen as soulless profit engines putting greed above all else, they’re part of a growing

As wealth and other resources increase, so too do your options. While this may sound like a “poor rich guy” problem, decision overload affects everyone,

In “Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal,” author and investment banker Oren Klaff distilled the wisdom of his work

With no investor capital and no major social connections to give her startup the kind of boosts typical of successful launches, Christina Stembel started Farmgirl

Functional medicine is quickly rising in the United States as an adjunct to the traditional models of medical care by addressing lifestyle factors such as

Dr. David Fajgenbaum has almost died five times from Castleman disease, a group of rare and deadly diseases of the lymph nodes. After his diagnosis had

The second season of the FOMO Sapiens podcast draws to a close. It’s been a whirlwind of a season, from the exciting new partnership with

Genetic engineering, especially of the human kind, is one of the most emotional debates in the arena of science vs. religion and technological advancement vs.

The New York Times called events “the new magazines.” Launch parties, promo parties, celebrity events, and influencer showcases capture the public attention like never before.

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Award-winning NY Times features reporter Katie Rosman writes about some of the most “now” issues that her paper will cover- scrums on Twitter, the fleeting

Matt Scanlan walked into Mongolia with $2.5M in cash and almost no plan besides buying cashmere directly from the herders scattered across the countryside. He

Reddit COO Jen Wong steers one of the largest social networks on the internet, and the one you probably hear about the least. Despite not

They outgrow them in hours. They cost a fortune and you always need more. They have graphics and slogans that seem more to reflect the

Giancarlo Pitocco left a career working for Facebook, Instagram, Apple and the world’s largest ad agencies to fight back against the mental health, productivity, and

Luke Holden decided to commit to a career in finance when his parents told him that if he continued working on lobster boats in his

Eric Wind’s love affair with timepieces began when he was given his grandfather’s watch as a young boy. He’s served as VP Senior Specialist at

Eglantina Zingg has leveraged her success as a model, actress, and TV personality to become a leader in the fight to create better opportunities for

NY Times Smarter Living writer Tim Herrera talks about how FOMO and FOBO affect us differently at different stages of our lives. While most of

Zola co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma and Female Founders Fund co-founder Anu Duggan talk about what it’s like to seek investment capital as a startup founder, and

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Jill Carlson breaks down blockchain and how it relates to cryptocurrencies, and explains the true purpose of crypto beyond the speculation fad.

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