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Shortly after earning my Bachelor’s degree, I did what any confused 21-year-old would do: I moved to be with a partner. The decision surprised a lot of people in my life. My dad raised his eyebrows at my choice to move for love and to make Texas my home.After all,…
Deborah Carrillo made a classic lawyer pivot. After a decade at a white-shoe firm, she left to join one of her clients, the venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.What came next is far less common. Menlo has elevated Carrillo, its general counsel and only in-house lawyer, to partner after nearly six…
AI-generated video is here. What will happen to your TikTok feed?OpenAI’s launch of Sora 2 sent shockwaves through the social media economy. AI slop was already rampant, and now there was a more realistic form of video with even narrower tailoring. Then came the lifelike images of Google’s Nano Banana.How…
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Amanda Luther, a managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group, based in Austin. Luther has been with the firm for almost two decades, focusing on AI strategy and implementation for clients across various industries, particularly in the restaurant…
I have always struggled with stillness. When I was young, my right leg would bounce uncontrollably, rustling the sheets at night.I was in high school when I first heard a starting gun: It rang, I moved. I traded Long Island for California; after graduation, I raced back to New York…
As a happily married amateur matchmaker who has helped fix up 30 marriages and was set up with my own miraculous mate, I have rooted for Taylor and Travis’s inspiring relationship from the start.Whether they’re confirming their mutual support for each other’s work, showing kindness to their doormen and drivers,…
Meena Lakdawala-Flynn knew what it meant to perform under pressure years before becoming a partner at one of the country’s top banks.Lakdawala-Flynn, cohead of Global Private Wealth Management and One Goldman Sachs, started doing gymnastics when she was two years old. By the time she was eight, Lakdawala-Flynn said she…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Deepa Purushothaman, a 51-year-old founder and author in Los Angeles who previously worked at Deloitte. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I joined Deloitte after graduate school in 1999 as a senior consultant. I’d been recruited out of the…
