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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Spencer Penn, the 33-year-old founder of LightSource, who lives in San Francisco. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I moved to California 10 years ago, back when Tesla was a boutique car business. We were making 1,000 vehicles a week.My friends…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gigi Principe, 26, who has been working for Same Ole Line Dudes, a line-sitting company, since 2023 and is now a manager. Business Insider has verified her employment. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Life after graduating college in 2019 meant…
When CEO Doug McMillon and other Walmart execs visit stores, they’ll collect stray shopping carts from the parking lot or pick up trash.The idea is to model servant leadership and being “willing to do what we want anybody else to do,” McMillon told a business school audience at Stanford in…
If you want to be a high-mileage CEO like Warren Buffett, it pays to be humble.That’s the advice from the Oracle of Omaha, in his final Thanksgiving letter to shareholders as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, released Monday.Buffett detailed a range of thoughts on the virtues of stewardship, honesty, and what…
I just turned 40 years old, and like many at this milestone, I’ve been reflecting on the lessons I wish I had understood sooner — specifically when it comes to work.My career has taken me from newsrooms at some of the biggest broadcasters to launching my own business. I’ve achieved…
Sophia Amoruso learned the hard way that founders who tap venture capital and chase ever-higher valuations can get into trouble. She shared five lessons from the rise and fall of her company, Nasty Gal, on the latest episode of “The Burnouts” podcast.Amoruso started selling vintage clothing from her bedroom and…
