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Kaustuva Das and the work before the headline
At Thermal, Kaustuva Das helps scientists and founders become understood in public. His career offers a view of the preparation, judgment, and relationships behind a story that travels.
Nick Williams and the business that outgrew the farm
Nick Williams co-founded IFX on his family’s farm, raced powerboats in its colours and led its move beyond currency brokerage. Then came a different kind of decision: handing over the controls.
James G. Scott and the art of making room
He learned to draft the words, then built a business around what happens next. In Alexandria, James G. Scott has made a career of connecting institutions - and giving other people a place in the conversation.
Gerry Gualtieri’s Long Game Started at Six
Before he co-founded ClearCourse, Gerry Gualtieri was a six-year-old learning judo. A career in investment software, an acquisition-built business and a move into aviation intelligence followed. The judo stayed.
Bobby Reddy Jr. and the Value of Changing Your Mind
He wanted to start a company before he knew what it should do. Building Prenosis taught the electrical engineer how much ambition depends on finding a problem worth staying with.
Jeremy Zimmer and the art of being useful
Before he co-founded United Talent Agency, Jeremy Zimmer fixed an interviewer’s broken chair. Decades later, the former CEO is taking career questions on Twitch - still looking for something he can help put right.
Lisa Hu and the business of paying attention
A Houston Lyft ride helped Lisa Hu test the idea behind Roo. After building a marketplace for flexible work, she turned to another everyday exchange: asking people how they feel.
Tom Whicher and the art of changing course
He studied ships, worked on factory floors and co-founded DrDoctor in 2012. Tom Whicher’s working life has become an extended lesson in knowing what to change - including himself.
After 27 Years, Kelly Simpson-Angelini Changed the Brief
She built a communications agency around understanding other people. After completing her Simpson chapter, Kelly Simpson-Angelini made room for learning, creative work, and a new interest in what students need to thrive.
Ovais Tariq and the art of making storage uneventful
After nearly six years building storage at Uber, Ovais Tariq co-founded Tigris Data. His next challenge is to make global storage feel simple, even when the work underneath reaches all the way down to the hardware.
Rachel Blank and the $20 question
Before Rachel Blank raised millions for Allara, she offered strangers $20 to tell her what they needed. Her career has become an extended exercise in taking the answers seriously.
Samantha Citro Alexander and the usefulness of a wrong turn
A drama graduate took a detour through a hedge fund and the beauty business. At FoodHealth Co, Samantha Citro Alexander is putting that unlikely education to work - and learning when to change the plan.
Geoff Nudd and the Trouble with a Good Idea
ClearCare began with a family’s unanswered questions. Geoff Nudd built it by listening to the objections - from customers, competitors, and eventually the numbers themselves.
Bret Voith and the Work Between the Wins
Before he founded Tenure Health, Bret Voith captained Harvard’s water-polo team through wins, losses and a coaching change. His next chapters lead through an acquisition, NCD’s leadership team and a return to his school community.
Daniel Julien and the ten lines that went around the world
His childhood hero was Marco Polo. With ten telephone lines in Paris, Daniel Julien began a business that would take him across the world - and keep him at TP for nearly five decades.
Cynthia Perazzo and the work between the breakthroughs
Before co-founding Sovato, Cynthia Perazzo spent years working on the decisions that turn new technology into everyday practice. Her career offers a view of company building from the place where strategy meets the people expected to make it work.
Yevhen Donets and the business of taking your time
Before he became HELSI’s CEO, Yevhen Donets chaired a student parliament. His next education involved stubborn software, a payroll gap, and learning when an ordinary piece of paper could beat a digital campaign.
Anas Nader learned to put the phone away
The Patchwork Health co-founder built a business around giving people more control over their working lives. Becoming a father made him take a closer look at his own.
Mike Collette’s lesson in sharing the ice
He built PatientPoint from its print-era beginnings into a digital business. Away from the office, a winter club in Ohio tells a more personal story about getting people together - and giving them room to grow.
Hannes Wallin’s case for leaving things out
A mouse mat paid for an early advertisement. A snowflake helped inspire a brand. Hannes Wallin built Fractal Design by paying attention to small things, then handed over the CEO role to focus on the company’s future.
Zach Epstein Would Like to See the Control Group
At Google, Zach Epstein helped advertisers test what their money actually changed. With Haus, he is trying to make that habit available far beyond the companies that could afford their own team of economists.
Max Braden Wants to Put the Checkout in Your Pocket
He started selling heating and cooling equipment at twenty. Now the Ottawa founder of CPOS is building payment tools for small businesses, with a family tradition of sales and some hard-earned hiring lessons behind him.
Dimitri Dadiomov and the meeting that wouldn’t end
A weekly gathering with yellow-highlighted bank statements helped send Dimitri Dadiomov into business. The Modern Treasury co-founder has spent the years since trying to make money easier to follow - and recently changed his own job to keep building.
Michael Lahyani and the art of buying back your future
He sold control of a property business, bought it back after the crash, and kept building. Two decades into Property Finder, Michael Lahyani is still choosing his own timetable.
The Lesson Ends. Leon Rutten Wants It to Stay.
An equestrian coaching heritage, three decades in technology, and a small clip for a saddle. Leon Rutten’s work at Equestic follows a persistent question: how much of a good ride do we actually remember?
Heidi E. Morin Had a Poster. Then She Had a Company.
Before she founded Parity Healthcare Analytics, Heidi E. Morin was trying to solve a problem at work. A conference poster, an unexpected reunion and a fondness for budgets trace the route from department leader to software CEO.
Ted Ross and the Short Life of a Stolen Password
The SpyCloud co-founder built a business around the time between a theft and its payoff. After a career connecting networks and tracking threats, he wants to make stolen access expire before criminals can cash in.
Shahid Hanif and the week it took to prove he existed
A slow bank identity check gave Shahid Hanif a problem to solve. Years after co-founding Shufti, the engineer turned CEO is still balancing the demands of security with the patience of the person waiting.
Dane Hague and the business of bringing soil back to life
A startup lawyer helped build MyLand around living microalgae. His next challenge is making a farm-by-farm service work at a much larger scale.
Andy Yin and the Three-Day Problem
A software fault once took Andy Yin three days to find. The Cloudwise founder has spent the years since trying to give that time back - first to programmers, then to the businesses depending on them.