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I have always known how to get an idea off the ground.As the founder of East End Taste, a Hamptons-based events company, I had built my career through relationships, creativity, instinct, and determination.For a long time, I believed those strengths were enough to move my small business forward, but then…
Some kids mow lawns for pocket money and move on. Cody Kuebler kept at it, turning the childhood gig into a multimillion-dollar business.Now 25, Kuebler said he spent his summers growing up cutting his neighbors’ grass for around $25 a job, first with an aging push mower, and later with…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tim Allen, whose family opened Holy Tacos in Rayville, Louisiana, in April 2025. Construction for Meta’s largest-ever AI data center is underway in Holly Ridge, an unincorporated community about 10 miles from Rayville.Rayville has been a small community my whole life,…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced a one-year ban on AI in schools, which he said could affect 600,000 public school students. And the tech world has a lot to say.On Wednesday, Mamdani proposed a moratorium that would ban the use of AI in schools for children from 2-K…
Qatar Airways’ Qsuite is legendary, with double beds and quad seating options that have made it one of the most coveted business-class seats in the sky. But the QSuite varies plane to plane, and the subtle yet meaningful differences can change the experience.When flying Qsuite to or from the US,…
Google escapes again.A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Google doesn’t have to break up its adtech business — which was the nuclear option sought by the Justice Department after the tech company was found to have operated an illegal monopoly in certain online advertising markets.It’s the second time in recent…
Los Angeles County and Sheridan County, Wyoming, don’t share many similarities, except for one main area: a high volume of business applications.That’s one of several findings from the US Census Bureau’s most recent business application data release in June. The data track applications for Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) submitted to…
Stew Leonard Jr. is greeted like a celebrity as he makes his way through his family’s business. Known as Connecticut’s “Disneyland of grocery stores,” Leonard’s locations come complete with animatronics, petting zoos, and costumed mascots. Every few feet, a customer does a double-take and rushes over. Mostly, they want to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Allen Cooley, photographer, director, and founder of Allen Cooley Photography, a commercial, beauty, and portrait studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been working professionally as a photographer since about 2006, and for most…
In what world does a young, sequined country singer with just a handful of chart-toppers to her name turn down a special request from the King of Rock?In Dollywood, of course.Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday, was less than a decade into her career when she released the twangy torch…
