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Meet the Founder Behind 26 of Last Year’s Inc. 5000 Companies

Meet the Founder Behind 26 of Last Year’s Inc. 5000 Companies

Meet the Founder Behind 26 of Last Year’s Inc. 5000 Companies

January 21, 2025

Greg Muzzillo founded franchising powerhouse Proforma nearly half a century ago. Here are four of his best...

How this oddly shaped couch became the ‘it’ sofa of the music industry, 50 years after it was designed

How this oddly shaped couch became the ‘it’ sofa of the music industry, 50 years after it was designed

How this oddly shaped couch became the ‘it’ sofa of the music industry, 50 years after it was designed

January 21, 2025

While it’s technically a sofa, the Dune by the late French designer Pierre Paulin is, like its...

Forget shapewear. Spanx just created sculpting jeans

Forget shapewear. Spanx just created sculpting jeans

Forget shapewear. Spanx just created sculpting jeans

January 21, 2025

In 2000, when Sara Blakely founded Spanx, she revolutionized the apparel world by creating a modern version...

This Houston suburb is swapping out driveways for shared front lawns

This Houston suburb is swapping out driveways for shared front lawns

This Houston suburb is swapping out driveways for shared front lawns

January 21, 2025

The suburbs of Houston haven’t traditionally been viewed as a haven for progressive urbanism and car-free real...

‘I won the Pulitzer Prize and I’m busking on a corner’: 3 top artists on the uncertain future of political cartooning

‘I won the Pulitzer Prize and I’m busking on a corner’: 3 top artists on the uncertain future of political cartooning

‘I won the Pulitzer Prize and I’m busking on a corner’: 3 top artists on the uncertain future of political cartooning

January 21, 2025

Editorial cartoons and illustration are fairly niche topics—or so I once thought. On Jan. 3, cartoonist Ann Telnaes...

Here’s the No. 1 Thing to Know About Starbucks and Bathrooms

Here’s the No. 1 Thing to Know About Starbucks and Bathrooms

Here’s the No. 1 Thing to Know About Starbucks and Bathrooms

January 21, 2025

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Generational bias is tearing the workplace apart. Practicing openness can help

Generational bias is tearing the workplace apart. Practicing openness can help

Generational bias is tearing the workplace apart. Practicing openness can help

January 21, 2025

Sustaining a happy, healthy, and high-performing culture hinges on its capacity to integrate diverse viewpoints. Today’s multigenerational...

One small and powerful thing you can do to be a more inspiring leader

One small and powerful thing you can do to be a more inspiring leader

One small and powerful thing you can do to be a more inspiring leader

January 21, 2025

When my niece Fiona was four, she began to resist getting dressed and rejected any outfit her...

The L.A. fires left many immigrant workers jobless. Some may get hired for cleanup—but it’s a dangerous job

The L.A. fires left many immigrant workers jobless. Some may get hired for cleanup—but it’s a dangerous job

The L.A. fires left many immigrant workers jobless. Some may get hired for cleanup—but it’s a dangerous job

January 21, 2025

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for its newsletters. Anabel Garcia’s eyes burned and...

These are the defining traits of the most fulfilling relationships, according to the longest scientific study of happiness

These are the defining traits of the most fulfilling relationships, according to the longest scientific study of happiness

These are the defining traits of the most fulfilling relationships, according to the longest scientific study of happiness

January 21, 2025

In The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, Dr. Robert Waldinger and...