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Lessons from Richard Garriott

Richard Garriott designed the Ultima series, establishing core mechanics and ethical systems for modern role-playing games, then funded a trip to the International Space Station. His work connects player agency, virtual economies, and the realities of space travel.
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Lessons from Ric Elias

Ric Elias, Red Ventures CEO and 3 Things podcast host, survived US Airways Flight 1549 and began treating time as currency. His approach joins purpose-driven leadership, character building, and funding college for undocumented students through Golden Door Scholars.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from René Lacerte

René Lacerte, a fourth-generation entrepreneur, founded BILL to automate finance for small and mid-sized businesses. Drawing on his family’s finance background, he addresses lasting leadership and the practical work of building products and running a company.
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Lessons from Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon moved from acting to founding Hello Sunshine, centering women’s stories by acquiring book rights and adapting them for film and television. Her path shows how control of creative material can reshape careers and build media businesses.
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Lessons from Ray Ozzie

Ray Ozzie, builder of Lotus Notes, founder of Groove Networks, and former Microsoft Chief Software Architect, studies how people and devices connect—and how software leaders can manage scale while recognizing when a technology model is nearing its limits.
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Lessons from Rana el Kaliouby

Rana el Kaliouby, a computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Affectiva, explores the gap created by machines’ blindness to nonverbal cues and offers a practical framework for ethical software, human-computer interaction, and company leadership.
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Lessons from Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren, a designer who grew a single necktie line into a global brand, demonstrates how a consistent aesthetic can travel across clothing, home decor, and lifestyle goods while defining an enduring and recognizable personal style.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Rachel Botsman

Rachel Botsman, an author and academic studying how technology rewires human trust, traces the shift from institutions to distributed trust and explains the trust leap required to earn confidence as systems and social norms evolve.

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