A wooden snap trap grew into 13 brands spanning ants, mosquitoes, backyard birds and electric fences. Woodstream’s real product is the machinery that keeps those narrow, useful names on shelves.

He raised the money that built landmarks, then walked away to write in an Idaho cabin. A story about second acts, second lives, and the long road from Old Town Chicago to a shelf full of medals.
Adam Ozimek is a labor economist and Chief Economist at the Economic Innovation Group (EIG), where he leads research on economic dynamism, demographics, remote work, and immigration. A former Chief Economist at Upwork and senior economist at Moody's Analytics, he became one of the most-cited voices on the future of work, repeatedly arguing that remote work is a 'general-purpose technology' that will reshape where and how Americans live and work. Known online as @ModeledBehavior, he pairs national policy influence with running a small entertainment business in his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.