by Alexis Frith | May 20, 2026
Many founders talk about “disrupting industries.” Ilya Preston talks about eliminating the invisible decisions that quietly cost companies billions. Before co-founding PAXAFE, Ilya spent years inside complex global supply chains, first at Cummins and later in...
by Alexis Frith | May 19, 2026
Garry Cooper has spent nearly a decade building Rheaply, but the company really started long before that in research labs and conversations about problems most people simply accepted as normal. Before becoming a founder, Garry was a neuroscientist. He studied math and...
by Alexis Frith | May 18, 2026
Most startup stories are about timing. The story behind PayStandards is just as much about perspective. Todd Gershkowitz and Joe Davolio came to create the company from completely different stages of life and different careers. Todd spent more than three decades as a...
by Alexis Frith | May 15, 2026
For a long time, Frank Pica thought his life would be measured in seasons, games and goals scored. Soccer wasn’t just a hobby, it was the plan. He played at the collegiate level and planned to go pro, structuring nearly every decision around that goal. Then, during...
by Alexis Frith | May 13, 2026
Anand has never fit neatly into a single category. He’s spent his career moving between research labs and startup war rooms, publishing ideas one moment and building companies around them the next. Where most people see academia and entrepreneurship as separate...
by Alexis Frith | May 8, 2026
Long before AI started answering questions for consumers, Pete Blackshaw was thinking about what those answers should actually say. Pete’s journey to founding BrandRank didn’t emerge from a single insight. It’s the throughline of a career spent at the...
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