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Adam Regiaba and the price of being seen
Adam Regiaba built a business around what people found online. His later writing asked a harder question: what deserves their attention?
Michael Collier and the second life of a hotel
Michael Collier built Hotel Capital around the business of giving hotels another chance. His deals reveal what happens when renovation plans, personal ambitions, and the terms of a loan all meet at the same address.
Evan Slavik and the art of taking the long way
A racing weekend with his father offers one glimpse of Evan Slavik. A 4,300-acre development in Nevada offers another: the Mark IV Capital chairman and CEO is working on a clock that runs well beyond the next deal.
Sharran Srivatsaa and the art of asking for a script
A tennis coach, a Wall Street banker, a brokerage operator. Sharran Srivatsaa’s winding route to Acquisition.com keeps returning to a simple question: how do you make what you’ve learned useful to someone else?
Sean McCloskey took the long way to the family business
Before joining the firm his father founded, Sean McCloskey built a career of his own. At Tax & Financial Group, that outside experience now meets the very personal business of helping owners decide what comes next.
David Wilson and the politics of paying attention
At 22, David Wilson built a business tracking campaign mail, sometimes from dumpsters. Today, RedDog’s president and CEO manages the people and systems that turn political messages into conversations.
Raven Grove-Taylor Has Seven Continents and One Rule: Keep the Splurge Clever
After 47 countries and all seven continents, the Newport Beach travel advisor has built a practice around an unusually practical proposition: a trip can feel indulgent without behaving irresponsibly at checkout.
The $100 Ad That Became a Content System
Column Five started with failed apparel businesses, a roughly $100 banner ad, and infographics that sent millions of visits to Mint. Sixteen years later, it sells something harder to draw: a repeatable way for complicated B2B companies to sound like themselves everywhere.
Kovach Marketing Sells the Life Around the Floor Plan
For more than three decades, a Newport Beach agency has worked a peculiar corner of persuasion: turning construction, community and a very expensive decision into a story a buyer can trust.
The Ad Agency That Made Three Menu Screens Behave Like One
For 33 years, O'Leary and Partners helped national brands sound human in local markets. Its cleverest trick was not a slogan - it was making the awkward machinery of franchises, dealers and three-screen menu boards disappear.
Why Capwell Communications Keeps Just Seven Seats at the Table
The Newport Beach PR firm built its reputation on a curious constraint: no more than seven client partnerships at once. In life sciences, where the story can take years to mature, small may be the operating system rather than the limitation.
Webloo sells the whole journey, from first impression to checkout
A basketball ticket, a football jersey, a healthcare tool: Webloo connects the creative work that gets attention with the engineering that gives people somewhere to go.
Amies Communications: A good story still needs a willing audience
From commercial-property websites to a $3 million airport communications contract, Amies Communications worked where marketing meets public persuasion. Its history offers a useful distinction between getting a message out and getting people on board.
Gateway Group and the art of making Wall Street pay attention
A factory tour, a blowtorch demonstration, a carefully chosen meeting. Gateway Group helps smaller companies turn business evidence into an investment story people can examine.
Alden Reiman Bet His Career on the Brand Side of Fame
After learning the machinery of talent at CAA and the NFL, Alden Reiman chose a less glamorous seat at the table: representing what brands actually need. An acquisition, a new firm, and a decade of creator-economy work followed.
The Kettle People Who Asked Why Your Boiling Water Touches Plastic
A Newport Beach family took a doctor's habit - remove the source of the problem, not just the symptom - and turned it into plastic-free kettles, Turkish tea makers, and samovars now brewing in nearly 20 countries.
The Newport Beach Holding Company Quietly Running Labs, Call Centers and a Mental-Health Machine
Upfront Inc doesn't pick one lane. From a Newport Beach office it runs mental-health programs, diagnostic labs, call centers and a PR shop as parts of the same growth engine.
Kajabi
Kajabi is the operating system for human expertise - helping real experts build, sell, and grow trusted businesses with clarity, momentum, and AI-powered support.
Bob's Watches
Bob's Watches is the world's largest online marketplace dedicated to pre-owned Rolex and luxury watches. Founded in 1999 and reshaped by CEO Paul Altieri after 2010, the company pioneered the transparent 'Rolex Exchange' - publishing live buy and sell prices for every model, like a stock exchange for watches. Based in Newport Beach, California, it authenticates and holds its own inventory of certified used Rolex, Patek Philippe, Omega, Tudor, Cartier, Audemars Piguet and more, letting collectors and first-time buyers transact at fair market value.
Bulzi, Inc.
Bulzi, Inc. (styled Bulzī, pronounced 'bulls-eye') is a dual-use technology company that uses edge-AI and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to deliver situational awareness, security, and safety solutions. Originally built to measure out-of-home advertising audiences by passively detecting nearby mobile devices, Bulzi adapted its RF-sensing platform for defense and public-safety missions with roughly $2M in SBIR funding from the U.S. Air Force and Army. Its products span passive C5ISR sensing (SAFER), base access control (z-BASE), and medical-grade vital-signs monitoring (BioSCOUT), serving warfighters and first responders alongside commercial advertising customers.