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Caleb Gilbertson and the business that outgrew the spreadsheet
Two folding chairs and a Minneapolis apartment were enough to start Imprint Engine. Building a global company has meant learning which jobs to automate, which to hand over, and which still belong to him.
Dave Jangid and the business of getting things done
From last-minute accounts to connected software and a technology institute in Jodhpur, the Capsitech founder keeps returning to the work that gets stuck between people and systems.
Frederic Laluyaux and the Decision That Wouldn’t Go Away
A Paris startup taught him how quickly technology can erase a business. After SAP and Anaplan, Frederic Laluyaux built Aera around a question that kept returning: why do companies have so much information and still take so long to act?
Oleg Nesterov and the Art of Making Yourself Less Busy
Before he founded MindK, Oleg Nesterov asked developers which chores they wanted to stop doing. Seventeen years later, that small question still explains a good deal about his work.
Niels Tonsen and the fifteen-minute test
At Lamoda, Niels Tonsen helped turn a customer’s doorstep into a fitting room. His next company, turian, takes on the work waiting behind the order.
Elie Rubin and the business of staying connected
A chance reunion in a Jerusalem bank helped bring two founders together. Through Innitel, Deskforce and Squaretalk, Elie Rubin has kept working on what happens when a conversation crosses a border.
Giles Whiting Has Spent a Career Looking for the Seams
The former Air Force physicist now leads Decisions, where his job is to make sure a rush of AI agents, rules, systems and people can behave like one accountable enterprise.
Tibor Vass Wants AI to Do the Busywork - and Leave Judgment to People
The Eccentex CMO began with databases, networks and systems. Now he sells a more human idea of automation: let machines handle repetition, while people keep the decisions that matter.
The Plan Was Boston. Then History Changed the Destination.
Roman Nykulyshyn spent years turning ideas into products, campaigns and enterprise sales. In February 2022, the Ukrainian entrepreneur traded a planned move to Boston for service in his country's armed forces - and discovered that practical judgment travels farther than any job title.
He Sold His Software Company. Six Years Later, He Bought It Back.
Sam Saab built Results from a one-person consulting tool, watched an acquisition shelve it, then returned with a new platform and the old team. His four-decade career is a study in patient software, customer memory, and the uncommon art of a second beginning.
Lori Stinson Spent 24 Years Moving Freight. Now She’s Moving Small Businesses Into AI
After two decades inside the unforgiving machinery of logistics, Lori Stinson is bringing an operator’s instinct to AI - fewer shiny demos, more systems that make Monday morning work.
Giovanni Farese Is Building the Missing Layer Between Small Businesses and AI
From a law degree and a decade in ICT operations to a $25 million growth round, the Webidoo CEO has built his career around one stubborn question: how do you make sophisticated technology useful to a small business on Monday morning?
Alex Wright
He started at SEAD Software as a solutions architect in 2017. Six years later he was running it. Here is how Alex Wright turned messy data into a business.