From on-again-off-again tariffs, economic uncertainty, and layoffs, fresh graduates are in one of the toughest job markets in recent history. More than half do not have a job lined up by the time they graduate, and the unemployment rate for young degr…
Gary Chapman, long-time marriage counselor and author of The Five Love Languages, created the “love languages” model when he realized that romantic partners were expressing love in ways that were unnoticeable or unintuitive to the other.
The “chang…
While no one claimed having children was going to be cheap, the cost of back-to-school shopping gives me sticker shock every year.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that the average household will spend just under $860 on back-to-schoo…
When we hear the word obsession, it tends to carry a negative charge. We think of burnout, imbalance, delusion, maybe even someone a little unhinged. But in reality, obsession, when channeled with clarity and purpose, is often the hidden engine behind…
Unless you’re at the very top of the food chain, you have to do a certain amount of managing upward, where you are trying to influence the decisions of the people above you in the org chart. This relationship can be particularly awkward when you have …
When Melanie Dulbecco became CEO of Torani Syrups 34 years ago, she stepped in as its first non-family leader with less than $1 million in annual sales and an uncertain future. What happened next defied expectations. Under her leadership, Torani has a…
Ever since Shane Devon Tamura entered the Midtown Manhattan office building housing the NFL’s headquarters with a high-powered rifle, killing four people on July 28, John Orloff’s phone has been ringing more than usual.
“I hate the fact that my pho…
“Well, Joe, I did it. I applied to all the jobs.”
That is exactly how “Sam” opened our conversation. It made me laugh out loud, in spite of myself.
Let me set this up real quick.
Sam is a former vice president of product who came up thr…
Morgan Stanley projects the space economy will hit $1.8 trillion by 2035. Yet most companies still don’t have a strategy for it. Last quarter alone, multiple space startups secured seven-figure funding rounds. NASA’s Artemis program als…
As a partner at Theory Ventures, a VC firm built around deep technology and market research, I spend my days swimming in information: academic papers, market reports, interview notes, and written analyses. Our job is to synthesize these data points in…
