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July 18, 2025

From Burnout to Breakthrough: How Ann Edwards Built a Wellness Empire

Ann Edwards transformed years of frustration in traditional healthcare into a visionary wellness brand that’s redefining how we heal—inside and out. At TherAnnu, she bridges clinical care with high-tech spa treatments, offering a powerfu…

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July 17, 2025

Elizabeth Gilbert’s 5 Rules for Creators Facing Uncertainty and Burnout

Elizabeth Gilbert is best known for her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love — but for founders and creatives, her real brilliance might lie in how she navigates purpose, fear, and boundaries. In an intimate interview on The Tim …

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July 16, 2025

How Artie Chang Built a Smarter, AI-Driven Way to Talk to Customers

After years in the tech world, Arthur “Artie” Chang saw a persistent problem—fragmented communication systems that left businesses lagging behind. Fueled by a vision to unify and elevate customer engagement, he founded PanTerra Net…

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July 15, 2025

Why Kickstarter’s Perry Chen Says the Hardest Part of Startups Isn’t the Product

When Perry Chen first pitched the idea behind Kickstarter, it wasn’t about scaling a tech company. It was about staging a concert. He was living in New Orleans and wanted to bring in the DJ duo Kruder & Dorfmeister for a show. But the ris…

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July 14, 2025

The $9M Deal That Pushed Megan Maloney to Build Her Own Business

After years of leading high-stakes tech transformations, Megan Maloney took a leap from corporate constraints to entrepreneurial freedom. A pivotal betrayal on a major project lit the spark, but it was her first independent pitch that sealed her ide…

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July 13, 2025

Why Reid Hoffman Thinks AI Could Save Humanity (And What That Means for Founders)

In a wide-ranging interview on Remarkable People, LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman opened up about the past, present, and future of entrepreneurship. From war stories at PayPal to AI's potential to uplift society, Hoffman o…

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July 12, 2025

From Teal Fellow to Tech Giant: Dylan Field’s Journey with Figma

"If this is the future of design, I'm changing careers." That’s what one early reviewer said about Figma—a real-time, collaborative design tool that Dylan Field, then just 19, dropped out of Brown University to build. In a deeply p…

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July 11, 2025

Why Dave Olsen Believes You Can Have Both Impact and Freedom

Dave Olsen’s entrepreneurial evolution began with a bold question: “Why can’t you have both?” That mindset shift sparked the creation of Nimbl, a modern accounting firm built to liberate founders from the grind of back-office…

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July 10, 2025

What It Really Takes to Raise $172M for the Undervalued: Lessons from Stacey Brown-Philpott

In a world eager to anoint its next CEO, Stacey Brown-Philpott chose something harder—and more enduring. After leading TaskRabbit through a successful acquisition by IKEA, she turned down a flurry of elite job offers and instead went silent. L…

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July 9, 2025

How Caroline Breeding Built a Business That Empowers Clinicians and Changes Lives

Caroline Breeding’s path from loyal employee to bold founder is marked by a deep commitment to both people and purpose. After nearly a decade scaling someone else’s business, she launched Intuitive Learning Solutions to revolutionize edu…

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July 8, 2025

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Rick Rubin’s Philosophy of Vibe Coding

In an episode of the a16z Podcast, music producer Rick Rubin joins Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz—not to talk about beats or bands—but about coding, AI, and ancient wisdom. Yes, that Rick Rubin—founder of Def Jam,…

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July 7, 2025

How Erik Barnett Turned “Tech Support for Mom” Into a Scalable Business Model

Erik Barnett’s journey from protecting his mom’s hacked computer to launching HomeSirens—an “internet security officer in a box”—is a masterclass in mission-driven innovation. What began as a personal problem quic…

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July 6, 2025

Thrive or Die: Arianna Huffington’s Manifesto Against Entrepreneur Burnout

In an episode of Masters of Scale hosted by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, Arianna Huffington opens up about the moment that changed her life—and the lives of countless entrepreneurs since. “I had fallen complete prey to the d…

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July 5, 2025

Why Uber’s CEO Drives for Uber—and What It Taught Him About Building a Better Product

When Dara Khosrowshahi took the reins at Uber in 2017, he wasn’t stepping into a company—it was a movement. Uber had changed how cities moved. But with growth came complexity, controversy, and a need to operationalize what founder Travis…

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July 4, 2025

Seth Godin on Strategy, Consistency, and What It Really Means to Be Remarkable

In a riveting conversation on the Remarkable People podcast, marketing legend Seth Godin shared raw, reflective insights that cut through entrepreneurial noise and zero in on what truly moves the needle — not just in business, but in…

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July 3, 2025

The Surprising Reason Duolingo Succeeded (And It’s Not Just Gamification)

When Luis von Ahn launched Duolingo in 2012, it wasn’t with a bold monetization plan or aggressive marketing playbook. In fact, the company didn’t make a single dollar until five years later. And yet, Duolingo now boasts 100 million mont…

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July 2, 2025

Leading with Heart: How Executive Coach Mitchell Schuckman Found Freedom in Uncertainty

After decades of coaching leaders inside a global powerhouse, Mitchell Schuckman faced a forced retirement date—but chose reinvention over retreat. Launching The Schuckman Group allowed him to transform his deep well of leadership expertise in…

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July 1, 2025

Think Faster, Talk Smarter: Matt Abrahams' Guide to Powerful, On-the-Spot Communication for Entrepreneurs

"Most of our communication is spontaneous. It’s impromptu. It’s in the moment," says Matt Abrahams, Stanford lecturer and author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter. In a recent interview with Guy Kawasaki on Remarkable People, …

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June 30, 2025

Rukmini Banerjee Didn’t Wait for a Solution—She Built CuroNow

When Rukmini Banerjee stepped out of her COO role last fall, she didn’t expect a casual coffee shop conversation to ignite her next mission. But hearing firsthand about the emotional toll caregiving takes on busy professionals led her to co-cr…

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June 29, 2025

What Nick Bostrom Wants Entrepreneurs to Know About the End of Work

In a world speeding toward artificial general intelligence, philosopher and futurist Nick Bostrom is asking the most provocative question of all: What happens when there’s nothing left for humans to do? Appearing on the Young and Pr…

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June 28, 2025

Brian Chesky Wants to Airbnb the World—Here’s What That Means for Founders

In a revealing episode of Decoder, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky laid out a vision for Airbnb’s future that’s as ambitious as it is unconventional. Not content with being the go-to platform for vacation rentals, Chesky is now on a mission…

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June 27, 2025

Why Thinking Like the "Anti-Peer" Helped Jack Murphy Win in Tech

From remixing Slim Shady to reshaping compliance tech, Jack Murphy brings bold energy and fresh perspective to Motion 3 Technology. What started with a leap of faith and a resignation letter has evolved into a dual-pronged VCIO/CTO and MSP firm maki…

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June 26, 2025

Jesper Brodin and the IKEA Way: How Purpose, Product, and Speed Drive a $45B Brand

For wantrepreneurs dreaming of global scale, IKEA may seem like a fantasy: a beloved household name, 900 million annual store visits, and a design philosophy that's as profitable as it is purposeful. But for Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA, the company&r…

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June 25, 2025

How One Job Seeker’s Win Turned Congxing Cai’s Startup Into a Mission

Congxing Cai’s journey from spark to solution began with a problem he couldn’t ignore: brilliant candidates losing opportunities due to interview anxiety. That frustration lit the path to founding Synco AI—an interview copilot that…

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