Category: Business

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…

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…

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…

Children’s author Greg Soros has spent more than fifteen years thinking carefully about what makes fictional characters resonate with young readers. His conclusion is both simple and demanding characters must feel like they are genuinely learning something, not just moving through the motions of a plot. Growth Over Action For Soros, the foundational question of…

Something is shifting in how families choose wealth managers. Ultra-high-net-worth clients are asking harder questions, demanding more accountability, and scrutinizing advisory relationships with greater care than in prior generations. Michael Gold, founder of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, says this increased selectivity is reshaping the industry. Gold has observed the change across his more…

Five years after founding Podcraft Media Lab, Greg Soros has assembled a client list that most podcast producers would envy without following the strategies most of them use. The Austin-based podcaster built his company on a simple premise: clients who need the best will pay for the best, and will tell others about it. Specialization…