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Lessons from Todd Graves

Todd Graves, founder of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, built a business empire through singular focus, resilience, simplicity, and people-first leadership, defying conventional wisdom from the earliest struggle to fund his dream through later crises.
Profile 10 min read

Lessons from Dharmesh Shah

Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO of HubSpot and author of OnStartups, treats culture as a product and business as a human problem, connecting entrepreneurship, inbound growth, and AI to the craft of building companies people love.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Greg Isenberg

Greg Isenberg, entrepreneur, community designer, and investor, champions a community-first approach to internet businesses, using the unbundling of social platforms and the power of “vibe” as a competitive moat to rethink how digital products launch.
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Lessons from James Liang

James Liang, co-founder and executive chairman of Trip.com Group and a Peking University economics professor, connects technology entrepreneurship with demographic science, examining how population vitality relates to a nation’s capacity for innovation.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Ben Francis

Ben Francis, founder and CEO of Gymshark, grew a garage screen-printing operation into a global fitness business through community, humility, and the courage to evolve with his brand, illuminating failure, leadership, and the value of long-term thinking.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Dave Morin

Dave Morin is an entrepreneur, designer, and investor whose work across Apple, Facebook, Path, and Slow Ventures joins human-centered design with long-term commitment and makes mental health an essential priority for founders and users.
Profile 9 min read

Lessons from Bhu Srinivasan

Bhu Srinivasan, an author, entrepreneur, and investor, interprets American history through economic evolution and pragmatic innovation, tracing how the pursuit of the “Next Big Thing” shaped national identity from colonial tobacco to Silicon Valley.
Profile 9 min read

Lessons from Will Manidis

Will Manidis, founder and CEO of ScienceIO, works where healthcare, artificial intelligence, and venture capital meet, asking how to build computable healthcare systems, navigate modern markets, and examine the search for meaning in a secular age.

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