Fun little investigation by Inc.'s @sammblum on Lovette Dobson, a person whose name appears on tens of thousands of LLC documents inc.com/sam-blum/who-i…

Great story getting into the plumbing of the American business (/scam) world

The Criterion Mobile Closet probably doesn’t even to announce its presence at SXSW. It could just drive down the street and people would throw themselves off the sidewalk.

If you want to understand the failure of Forever21, I suggest you read a deep-dive about the dead mall king who bought it Eliza Ronalds-Hannon Kim Bhasin gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Is DOGE's scrutiny of universities and researchers from Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and Penn to the NIH and NSF fueled in part by a longtime grudge involving Marc Andreessen? Inc.'s Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan takes a look inc.com/christine-haug…

New episode of Computer Freaks is up at Inc.! Find out what really went down at Marc Andreessen's first job, and how that made him a big fan of DOGE. inc.com/christine-haug…

scoop: Bard College is acquiring Lapham’s Quarterly, essentially resurrecting the magazine nytimes.com/2025/03/21/bus…

There's very little good news out there right now, but this makes my heart soar. nytimes.com/2025/03/21/bus…

so excited to finally share the piece I've been reporting on the Irvine Company—the landlord that built the city of Irvine, California—and the highly secretive 92-year-old billionaire who runs it with johngitt, for Businessweek: bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

The thing no one tells you about having a 2.5 year old is how many times you’re going to have to watch Buster Keaton’s “The General.”

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

If you thought the Met Gala was the biggest thing Vogue Magazine had going on this week, THINK AGAIN. I wrote about the new natalism, which isn't new at all. vogue.com/article/dark-h…

Andrew Cuomo is the front-runner to be the next mayor of New York City—but in 2021, he resigned from the governor’s office in disgrace. Ronan Farrow, who has reported extensively on the former governor, discusses the charges of corruption that shadowed Cuomo’s administration.

I NEED THIS

Thank you, king.

Light Helmets thinks the football industry is going about player safety all wrong -- and that a monopoly has kept things from changing fast enough. Here's how its CEO, Nick Esayian, is trying to change the game. inc.com/brian-contrera…

In the past 18 months, XX-XY Athletics has become a prominent and polarizing symbol, appearing at school board meetings, youth sporting events, and the U.S. Open. Founder Jennifer Sey says critics have helped her athletic brand grow even faster. For Inc. inc.com/ali-donaldson/…

Perhaps you’ve heard of athletic wear company XX-XY. Here’s the story of how Jennifer Sey’s startup grew to more than $1 million in sales in less than a year, with a mission that a GLAAD spokesperson said is “capitalizing off the anti-trans movement.” inc.com/ali-donaldson/…