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There are a special few founders whose contributions are so prolific that they are better known as inventors. Melissa Bernstein is... more

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Mitch Reback, CFO of Sweetgreen, is one of the rising corporate financial stars who is helping to take their companies... more

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For decades, Kurt House, a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Science, has been at the forefront of climate tech. He... more

In 2006, Julia Hartz and her cofounders launched Eventbrite, the global self-service ticketing platform for live experiences. Since its start, the company... more

In 2019, serial founders Leif Abraham and Jannick Malling came together to launch Public.com, the popular investing platform that allows... more

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In 2021, Dave Rogenmoser got access to the OpenAI beta. He quickly spotted a giant opportunity: using GPT-3 to help... more

Over the course of her career, Divya Gokulnath has gone from teacher to cofounder of the world's largest edtech company.... more

John Berkowitz's default is to be in problem-solving mode. So after selling his first company Yodle for $340 million, he... more

Over lunch with a nurse friend, Heather Hasson realized that the whole experience of buying scrubs—from the shopping process to... more

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Today, Webflow is a company valued at over $4 billion. But it took Vlad and his cofounders repeated attempts to... more

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In 2009, Tim Chen found himself laid off from his Wall Street job and was trying to figure out his... more

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Nearly twenty years ago, Anthony Casalena was a student at the University of Maryland who wanted to build himself a... more