Reinvention is a word that gets used loosely in business, but Michael Polk’s career since leaving Newell Brands offers a concrete example of what it actually looks like. Rather than chasing another high-profile role at a major public corporation, Michael Polk Newell Brands moved toward something smaller, more hands-on, and by his own account, more…

What the United States looks like in 2065 depends heavily on immigration policy choices made in the coming decades. Colcom Foundation uses demographic projections to frame what is at stake environmentally, and the numbers are not reassuring. The Projected Growth Ahead According to Pew Research figures cited by the foundation, the U.S. is on track…

Known publicly for his role in ALJ’s automotive and mobility businesses, Hassan Jameel is also vice chairman of Community Jameel, the family’s international philanthropic organization. It was in that role that he took the stage at MIT to open J-PAL’s 20th anniversary celebration. The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab — J-PAL — was founded…

Earning a five-star rating from the Better Business Bureau is no small task for an oil and gas company. Gulf Coast Western has done exactly that, and the achievement stands as one of the clearest signals of how the company treats its clients, investors, and partners. Gulf Coast Western reviews point to an organization that…

Yazan Al Homsi approaches startup evaluation with a framework shaped by years of direct investment experience across technology, healthcare, clean energy, and materials sectors. His evaluation process combines traditional venture capital diligence — market size, competitive dynamics, unit economics, team quality — with the specific cross-cultural and cross-border dimensions that his international perspective adds. The…

Pest control has undergone significant scientific evolution over recent decades, driven by growing understanding of the environmental and health impacts of conventional broad-spectrum pesticide applications and by advances in integrated pest management approaches that achieve effective results with lower chemical inputs. Utah homeowners encountering common household pests today have access to treatment options that are…

Understanding what motivates an entrepreneur offers a window into the decisions they make and the businesses they build. Burak Basel has been notably consistent in his public communications about what drives him: a genuine conviction that financial services can and should serve a broader range of clients better than it currently does, combined with the…

Intellectual honesty is rarer than it should be in American public discourse. It is rarer still when it involves criticizing institutions on one’s own side of the political aisle. John Chachas is a self-described Republican who voted for Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. He also argues, in an essay published by Inkl, that…

For families managing wealth across multiple generations, the challenge is not just getting the financial plan right today. It is building systems that hold up through transitions, disagreements, and the inevitable complexity of time. Michael Gold has spent his career in Westport helping families build those systems. Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth,…

The growth story of Energy Transfer is, in many ways, a story of well-timed acquisitions. Kelcy Warren and his team built the company through a series of purchases that expanded its geographic reach and product diversity, often making moves at moments when others were pulling back. One early example came in 2004 when Energy Transfer…