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The growth story of Priority Commerce under Thomas Priore’s leadership is one of the more instructive case studies in how a payments company can expand from a focused regional operation to a nationally recognized commerce technology platform. The company’s development has involved organic growth in its core merchant services businesses, strategic expansion into adjacent payment […]
In American sports, we expect the referee to be neutral. The game makes no sense otherwise. The scoreboard does not take sides. The rules apply equally. John Chachas argues in Inkl that American television journalism has abandoned that neutrality, and the consequences for democracy are harder to reverse than a bad call in the fourth […]
How Glenn Lurie’s Synchronoss Tenure Shapes His Approach to AI Investment at Stormbreaker Ventures When Glenn Lurie stepped into the role of CEO at Synchronoss Technologies, he inherited a company at a pivotal moment in the mobile technology landscape. The experience he accumulated during that tenure — navigating enterprise software challenges, managing complex carrier relationships, […]
Not many companies in the oil and gas sector can point to more than 50 years of continuous operation and a client base that keeps coming back. Gulf Coast Western can. Founded in 1970 by Thomas Fleeger, the firm has grown from a Texas-focused operation into a multi-state exploration company while holding onto the principles […]
The concept of the player-coach is familiar in sports, but it translates to business in meaningful ways. Michael Polk uses that framing to describe what senior executives must become when they move from large public companies to smaller private ones. As CEO of Implus LLC, a fitness accessories portfolio company, Polk found that the role […]
The conventional wisdom about top-tier executives is that bigger is always better bigger company, bigger title, bigger platform. Michael Polk’s career in recent years pushes back on that notion. After leading Newell Brands as CEO through a period of significant expansion, Polk transitioned into a role at Implus LLC, a private fitness accessories company. He […]
In 2020, Greg Soros made a decision that surprised some of his peers in the media industry. He left a stable senior producer role, moved his work to a converted garage in Austin, Texas, and built a podcast production company around an idea that runs against the grain of the modern content economy: that doing […]
Running an oil and gas company demands more than technical knowledge. It requires steady decision-making, the ability to manage complex partnerships, and a long-range view of how markets move. Matthew Fleeger, president and CEO of Gulf Coast Western, has applied all three throughout his tenure at the Dallas-based company. The Gulf Coast Western reviews that […]
Michael Gold Westport has emerged as a prominent figure in the regional wealth-management landscape, heading Gold Family Wealth, a firm that emphasizes fiduciary responsibility and tailored financial stewardship. According to the firm’s public profile, Michael Gold serves as the principal leader, guiding a team focused on comprehensive planning, investment management, and family-office services for high-net-worth […]
Greg Soros advocates for a measured synthesis of technological tools and human-centered storytelling as media organizations navigate an increasingly automated landscape. In conversations with industry peers, he argues that artificial intelligence can amplify creative capacity without supplanting the emotional intelligence that underpins memorable narratives. Soros frames AI as a set of capabilities best applied […]
