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I was probably doing a terrible job of seeing the sights of Bangkok.I didn’t even get to the famed Wat Pho until 3 p.m. because I’d slept in and took a leisurely post-lunch detour to find mango sticky rice.I arrived just in time to admire the Temple of the Reclining…
When Brandon Sardi launched Poorboy Coffee in San Francisco in February 2024, his setup was about as bare-bones as it gets: a five-gallon cold-brew bucket, a Coleman cooler loaded with ice, and a spot outside a wine bar that served breakfast burritos on weekends.”I didn’t know if it was going…
“Do you think we should get a work divorce?” I asked Cody, furiously scribbling in my notebook about a client meeting.”What do you mean?” he said as he flushed and looked up at me. “Honey, we literally just got the LLC paperwork filed with the IRS. We can’t quit now.”It…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brian Winch, the founder of Clean Lots. The following has been edited for length and clarity.As a young kid, I watched my parents work hard to keep food on the table. What is now called picking up a few side hustles…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lee Rhodes, founder of Glassybaby. It has been edited for length and clarity.When my youngest child was born in 1991, my chest would cramp in the oddest way when I was nursing him. I was only 32 and had three children…
By the time DOGE quietly disbanded in late November, Elon Musk had returned his attention to his companies. President Donald Trump was focused on his immigration crackdown.For Alex Zhu, though, the impact of those months of frenzied job cuts lingered.Zhu’s friends and neighbors were among the more than 260,000 federal…
Steven Spielberg, 79, said he only agreed to start DreamWorks if it would be a 9-to-5 job.Speaking to Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson on the latest episode of the “IMO” podcast, Spielberg said that balancing family life with filmmaking was difficult.”One of the biggest challenges is just running out of…
