A book that helps a child feel seen is valuable. A book that also helps that child understand someone very different from themselves is exceptional. Children's author Greg Soros has spent more than 16 years trying to write the second kind, guided by what he describes as the mirrors and windows philosophy. In a recent Walker Magazine profile, he positioned that duality as central to how educators, parents and publishers approach early reading.Why...
Dr. Andrew Jacono operates in multiple spheres simultaneously. He sees private patients in Manhattan and Great Neck, trains the next generation of surgeons at two institutions, produces peer-reviewed research, and travels internationally to share findings at conferences. That range distinguishes him from surgeons who excel only in one area.Teaching and Research as Core PracticeAt Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Jacono holds the...
One of the most commonly misunderstood aspects of New York private equity firm 3G Capital management philosophy is the relationship between cost discipline and growth investment. Critics often characterize 3G's zero-based budgeting approach as purely extractive — a mechanism for cutting costs to boost short-term margins. The reality is more nuanced and more interesting.At every company 3G Capital has owned, the cost savings generated through...
Squishmallows may be the product most people associate with Jazwares today, but the company had been building for more than two decades before the brand became a cultural phenomenon. Judd Zebersky, who founded Jazwares in the late 1990s after leaving a law career, set the operational groundwork that made it possible to scale Squishmallows when the timing was right.The acquisition of Kellytoy in 2020 brought Squishmallows into the Jazwares...
Long before energy security became a mainstream concern in the United States and Europe, Kelcy Warren was building the infrastructure to support it. The head of Energy Transfer understood that America's growing production of natural gas needed a pathway to global markets and he began creating one years ahead of the demand.Anticipating the Export EraIn 2014, Warren acquired Lake Charles, a Gulf Coast LNG terminal that had originally been built...
The wealth management industry has spent considerable energy on compliance in recent years. Fee transparency mandates, AI disclosure requirements, and cybersecurity protocols have all moved to the forefront of how firms communicate with clients. Michael Gold, the Westport-based founder of Gold Family Wealth, believes the industry is focusing on the wrong problem.Disclosures describe what advisors are doing. They do not tell clients whether those...
When Greg Soros, podcaster and audio producer, looks at the podcasting world, he sees enormous creative potential alongside a persistent gap in professional development. His answer has been a mentorship model that links industry connections, technical training, and business education in one structured program.A Program Built on More Than Creative SupportSoros founded Podcraft Media Lab in Austin after leaving a senior producer role at a major...
The word transparency gets used constantly in financial services, but Michael Gold believes the industry has settled for a shallow version of it. For the Westport, Connecticut-based founder of Gold Family Wealth, transparent advising is not about disclosure forms. It is about giving clients a clear view of how every piece of their financial life connects.Gold has spent 25 years watching affluent families lose value not because of bad advice, but...
Building a business that operates simultaneously across the United Kingdom, Malta, Lithuania, and the UAE is not a task that suits conventional corporate thinking. Burak Basel has spent years developing the frameworks and relationships that make this kind of multi-jurisdictional entrepreneurship workable rather than chaotic.The challenge is regulatory: each jurisdiction carries its own compliance requirements, tax treatment, and legal...
Government AI deployments face a challenge that private-sector pilots often don't: they have to keep working when the project champion leaves, when the budget gets cut, and when the vendor relationship changes. Justin Fulcher has argued that designing for those realities rather than for the ideal conditions of a controlled pilot is what determines whether a deployment actually delivers value.Fulcher's experience running RingMD across more than...