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Lessons from Katharine Graham

Katharine Graham led The Washington Post through the Pentagon Papers and Watergate after taking charge following her husband’s death, overcoming severe self-doubt while making consequential decisions under political pressure and managing a major American media institution.
Profile 9 min read

Lessons from Katalin Kariko

Katalin Karikó, a biochemist who pursued messenger RNA despite decades of institutional rejection, helped establish the scientific foundation for COVID-19 vaccines, showing how persistent collaboration with Drew Weissman and unglamorous experimental work can overturn consensus.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Karim Atiyeh

Karim Atiyeh, Ramp’s co-founder and Co-CEO, treats business as a systems-engineering problem, pursuing “self-driving finance” through automated expenses while applying asymmetric-risk thinking, AI-native workflows, and a search for outlier traits in consequential hiring decisions.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Karen Karniol-Tambour

Karen Karniol-Tambour, Bridgewater Associates Co-Chief Investment Officer, systemizes macroeconomic research while mapping the rise of “modern mercantilism,” the danger of under-diversified portfolios during inflation, and the implications for physical assets, global markets, and leadership.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Karen Hao

Karen Hao, an investigative journalist, traces the labor, data, water, and Global South burdens behind artificial intelligence, challenging the idea of immaterial innovation by showing how generative models depend on physical resources and displaced human costs.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher, a technology journalist known for bluntly questioning Silicon Valley leaders, uses accountability as an operating principle for examining concentrated power, digital media’s failures, and the personal philosophy required to resist coddling the technology industry’s wealthiest figures.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Justin McLeod

Justin McLeod, Hinge’s founder and CEO, rebuilt the dating app around being “designed to be deleted,” replacing standard swiping with slower, deliberate interactions and connecting consumer product choices to his own history and views on human connection.
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Lessons from Justin Ishbia

Justin Ishbia, Shore Capital Partners’ founding partner, uses repeatable playbooks to professionalize founder-led microcap businesses across healthcare, food, and business services, connecting disciplined company building with talent evaluation and a distinct perspective on sports investing.

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