Category: Business

Before there was a Squishmallows waiting list or a TikTok trend around soft plush characters, there was a lawyer from South Florida on a factory floor in rural China, trying to understand how toys were made. Judd Zebersky had left a career in law to start a toy company with no industry contacts and no […]

New regulations are pushing wealth management firms toward greater fee transparency, clearer data disclosures, and more explicit communication around AI-driven recommendations. Michael Gold agrees those reforms have value. He also thinks they are addressing a secondary issue. For Gold, the founder of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, the primary transparency failure in private wealth […]

Trust within the surgical community is a different standard than public reputation. Fellow surgeons evaluate outcomes with a clinical eye, and when one of their own chooses a colleague to perform their personal procedure, it signals something more substantive than celebrity endorsement. In 2018, prominent plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif selected Dr. Andrew Jacono to […]

Expanding digital access is often framed as an infrastructure problem — lay enough cable, distribute enough devices, and the gap closes. Haroldo Jacobovicz pushes back on that framing. The founder of Arlequim Technologies has spent decades working at the intersection of access and inclusion in Brazil, and his experience points to a more complicated picture. […]

Jazwares has elevated Judd Zebersky to lead its commercial operations, reflecting the company’s commitment to streamlining leadership and enhancing coordination across licensing, retail, and product development. Zebersky, a long-time executive, will supervise international teams and ensure alignment between internal operations, licensors, and retail partners. Under Judd Zebersky’s leadership, Jazwares aims to improve product development timelines, […]

British Columbia has emerged as a global leader in responsible finance innovation, and Yazan Al Homsi has played an instrumental role in advancing this movement. His work bridges Vancouver’s venture capital community with broader sustainability and ESG investing trends, positioning the province as a center for ethical investment expertise. Al Homsi’s advocacy for responsible finance […]

Building People, Not Just Infrastructure The infrastructure sector tends to be discussed in terms of materials, timelines, and technical specifications. What gets less attention is the human architecture that makes large-scale construction possible. Karl Studer, whose career spans both the field and the executive suite, has consistently argued that the latter deserves more focus than […]

Mosquito Control Strategies That Actually Work for Residential Properties Mosquitoes rank among the most complained-about warm-weather pests for homeowners across the United States, yet many standard control approaches deliver disappointing results. Understanding why requires looking at mosquito biology and the specific conditions that support large populations on residential properties. Female mosquitoes require standing water to […]

Greg Soros argues that children’s literature must serve as both mirrors and windows reflecting young readers’ own identities while opening views into lives different from their own. In a recent profile for Walker Magazine, he framed books as powerful tools for identity formation and empathy-building, urging publishers, educators and parents to prioritize representation across age, […]

Michael Polk has emerged as a case study in converting corporate adversity into strategic advantage. As the former chief executive of Newell Brands, Polk confronted a complex mix of operational disruption, portfolio fragmentation, and investor skepticism and applied disciplined management to drive measurable progress.   Polk’s tenure was marked by a methodical approach to restructuring: […]