Category: Business

The conventional career arc for a successful Fortune 500 CEO does not usually include a voluntary step down in scale. Michael Polk broke with that pattern, and he would argue the departure from convention was one of the better professional decisions he has made. Trading Scale for Depth After leading Newell Brands through a period […]

Few voices in the midstream energy sector carry more weight than Kelcy Warren‘s, and at the Hart Energy LIVE event in December 2023, he made sure that weight was felt. Warren, inducted into the Hart Energy Hall of Fame, delivered a message that was part gratitude and part industry advocacy, leaning hard on his belief […]

Kelcy Warren, executive chairman of Energy Transfer, made a bold declaration at the Hart Energy LIVE event in December 2023: the notion of transitioning away from fossil fuels is not just unlikely, it is, in his words, impossible. Warren, who was honored as part of the Hart Energy Hall of Fame class, used the occasion […]

On March 20, 2026, Judd Zebersky formally stepped down as CEO of Jazwares, closing a chapter he opened in the late 1990s when he left a law career to learn toy manufacturing in Chinese factories. Chief Operating Officer David Neustein, who had served in that role for 14 years, assumed the top position on March […]

Culture in industrial companies faces challenges that office-based organizations don’t encounter. Workers are distributed across project sites, not concentrated in a single facility. Supervision is intermittent rather than constant. Physical conditions vary dramatically, and the work itself creates pressures that can push against cultural standards when the choice is between safety and speed, or between […]

Strategic partnerships succeed when both parties bring complementary strengths that combine to create more value than either could generate independently. The Aptive Environmental and Grit Marketing partnership is a clear example of this dynamic in action. Aptive Environmental brings a pest control service that is genuinely effective, professionally delivered, and focused on customer satisfaction. Grit […]

Many professionals look back on their direct sales experience as one of the most valuable periods of their career — not because of the specific skills they learned, but because of the character it built. Grit Marketing has observed this pattern across hundreds of alumni and has leaned into it as a core part of […]

Looking at the trajectory of Basel Holding over the past decade, the direction of future growth seems clear: deeper presence in existing markets, continued evaluation of adjacent geographic opportunities, and a sustained focus on building the operational infrastructure that supports a larger and more complex portfolio. Burak Basel has been thoughtful about the risks of […]

The distinction between investors who provide capital and investors who provide genuine support to their portfolio companies is one that founders evaluate carefully when choosing their investors. Yazan Al Homsi has built a reputation as an investor who engages substantively with the companies he backs — providing market intelligence, network access, strategic perspectives, and the […]

Many families begin their wealth manager search by requesting performance records. Past returns feel like concrete evidence in a process that can otherwise feel subjective. But Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, says this approach systematically leads families to the wrong advisors. Past performance is backward-looking, narrowly focused on investment […]