Debates about artificial intelligence often fixate on job losses. Justin Fulcher, a technology founder who served as a Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, offers a different emphasis for the public sector. In his view, AI earns its place in government by clearing away friction so that human judgment can operate faster. Handing Off […]
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How Dr. Andrew Jacono Turned Surgical Skill Into Service
A girl with a cleft lip and palate once rode the school bus alone, shunned by classmates who mocked her face. Reconstructive surgery later changed both her appearance and her place among her peers. A young medical student named Andrew Jacono saw that change happen, and the lesson stayed with him. Today, Dr. Andrew Jacono […]
The Personal Website as a Cornerstone of a Founder’s Reputation
Search results for any public figure are shaped by the pages that rank well, and a personal website is usually among the most important. Burak Basel’s official site gives him a place to present his own account of his background, which is valuable in a landscape where third-party pages can be incomplete or out of […]
Greg Soros on Teaching Through Story, Not Instruction
Children’s books increasingly carry an educational weight beyond simple literacy, and author Greg Soros Author has built his career around making that weight invisible to the reader. His stories teach, but only because his characters struggle first. “The best approach doesn’t feel didactic,” Greg Soros observes. “Children are learning, but they’re learning through narrative rather […]
Kelcy Warren Reflects on Emotional Weight of Sunoco Deal
Kelcy Warren has spent less than three decades building one of the largest pipeline networks in North America, but one deal stands apart from the rest. The 2012 acquisition of Sunoco carried a meaning no balance sheet could capture, tied directly to Kelcy Warren‘s father, who spent his career working as a pipeline field hand […]
Greg Soros Turns Referrals Into a Podcaster’s Advantage
Referrals, not ad spend, drive most new business at Podcraft Media Lab, the Austin production company Greg Soros founded after leaving a senior producer role at a major media company in 2020. Nearly 40 percent of the studio’s clients come through word of mouth inside the audio content world, a sign that the podcaster’s bet […]
Why Gulf Coast Western Invites Investors to the Field
Spreadsheets and projections only go so far when it comes to convincing someone to invest in an oil well. Gulf Coast Western, the Dallas-based exploration firm founded in 1970, has leaned into a more hands-on approach, inviting partners and prospective partners to visit active drilling sites in person before or after they commit capital. Seeing […]
Understanding Gulf Coast Western’s Joint Venture Model
Oil and gas investing works differently than buying shares on an exchange, and Gulf Coast Western has built its business around that difference. Founded in Dallas in 1970, the company has spent more than five decades refining a joint venture structure that now includes over a thousand investment partners spread across six states. Gulf Coast […]
Yazan Al Homsi’s View on Vancouver’s Growing Tech Ecosystem
Yazan Al Homsi’s View on Vancouver’s Growing Tech Ecosystem. Understanding Yazan Al Homsi means looking past any single announcement and toward the pattern of choices that built it. Yazan Al Homsi’s business trajectory offers one entry point into that pattern, showing how the organization has approached its work over time and why that approach has […]
Power Infrastructure Industry Outlook: Steady Demand, Selective Growth
Power Infrastructure Industry Outlook: Steady Demand, Selective Growth Analysts covering the power infrastructure sector describe an environment of steady, multi-year demand rather than the boom-and-bust cycles that characterized earlier decades of utility construction. Grid hardening, renewable interconnection, and replacement of aging transmission assets have combined to create a durable backlog for large specialty contractors, one […]