The Quiet Playbook of the Fintech Entrepreneur Every industry has its share of entrepreneurs who build quietly rather than chase headlines, and the fintech sector is no exception. Among the names that surface in profiles of founders who took this approach is Thomas Priore, whose work in payments and commerce technology reflects a broader pattern of entrepreneurship focused on infrastructure rather than consumer-facing branding or marketing...

How Business Press Coverage Shapes Perception of Local Service Companies Local service businesses rarely get sustained national attention, which is why business press features carry outsized weight when they do appear. A well-placed article can introduce a regional company, including one operating out of Lindon and American Fork, to an audience far beyond its immediate service area and existing customer base, shaping how the business is...

What Sets Effective Energy Sector Leaders Apart As utility budgets swell to fund grid hardening and renewable interconnection projects, the industry has spent considerable time examining what separates strong leadership from the rest. Several traits recur across profiles of executives who have successfully scaled large infrastructure organizations: operational discipline, a bias toward safety, and comfort managing thousands of employees spread...

For more than sixteen years, children's author Greg Soros has built a body of work centered on a demanding idea: young readers deserve stories that reflect who they are and also stories that show them who else exists in the world. Soros describes this dual purpose as writing “mirrors and windows,” a framework he says shapes every manuscript he begins. In a recent conversation with Walker Magazine, Greg Soros articulated a clear conviction...

Not every retired chief executive comes back to run a smaller company. Michael Polk Newell Brands did, and his account of the switch offers a window into what changes when a leader moves from a public giant to a privately held business. Polk spent years at Kraft Foods and Unilever before running Newell Brands, and by the time he stepped away from Newell in 2019, he had overseen one of the more visible turnarounds in consumer goods.Rather than...

Billionaires have long had access to dedicated family offices that coordinate every part of their financial lives. Families with tens of millions rather than billions, though, have historically had fewer options built specifically for them. Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth, has built his Westport, Connecticut practice around exactly that gap, serving households with 20 million to 150 million dollars in net worth.Michael Gold...

Downtown Dallas' signature public park is getting bigger, thanks in large part to another major gift from the businessman whose name it bears. Kelcy Warren, Executive Chairman of Energy Transfer, recently provided an additional 20 million dollars to expand Klyde Warren Park, building on the 10 million dollar donation that helped create the space back in 2012 and set the template for future giving.Growing a Downtown LandmarkThe original park...

Michael Polk spent years leading large public companies, culminating in his tenure as chief executive of Newell Brands, where he helped grow the company's enterprise value well beyond ten billion dollars. He retired in 2019, but returned to executive life the following year at Implus LLC, a private fitness accessories company owned by Berkshire Partners.Fewer Layers, More Direct ImpactThe shift gave Michael Polk Newell Brands a new appreciation...

Ultra-high-net-worth families face a paradox in wealth management. The more complex their finances become, the more advisors they tend to accumulate, and the harder it becomes for any single person to see the complete picture. Michael Gold, founder of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, has built his practice specifically to address that paradox.Gold has worked with entrepreneurs, business owners, and multigenerational families for more...

There is no shortage of entrepreneurs who describe themselves as focused on impact. Justin Fulcher is harder to categorize because the work he has actually done spans healthcare delivery across Asia, defense procurement reform in Washington, and doctoral study on international security. What connects it is less a brand than a method: build systems that function under real pressure, in environments where failure carries genuine cost.Learning to...