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GVTC Communications: The fiber company that pays you back
In the Texas Hill Country, a member-owned telecom pairs fast fiber with a rather agreeable habit: returning money to the people who use it. Nearly $26 million went back to members and customers in 2025.
The PR Firm That Put Community on the Balance Sheet
For 20 years, dovetail solutions has sold an unfashionably human idea: a reputation is built in rooms, neighborhoods and hard conversations long before anyone writes the press release.
The customers who help fund Indigenous Business Australia
Indigenous Business Australia reported that 89% of its operating budget was self-funded in 2024–25. Its next ambition is bigger: bring billions more into Indigenous homes, businesses and community investments.
Julie Uhrman Built Angel City Like a Startup - Then Changed Seats
Julie Uhrman turned a post-World Cup conversation into a Los Angeles soccer club with a startup's appetite and a civic brief. Her 2026 move from CEO to principal advisor reveals a second act built around the hardest founder skill: knowing when to change seats.
The Credit Union That Put Saskatchewan's Money Back to Work - Then Bet Its Local Edge Could Survive a Merger
Conexus built its edge by treating banking deposits as Saskatchewan development capital. Now a three-way merger has made the co-op bigger, richer and harder to keep personal - which is exactly why its experiment matters.
The Team Natalie Portman Built to Prove Women's Soccer Was Underpriced
A women's soccer club built by Hollywood, venture capital and athletes bet that fans, sponsors and equity could sit on the same balance sheet. In 2024 the market priced that bet at $250 million.