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Truff's Founders Want to Be the Ciroq of Hot Sauce. Daniel Lubetzky Advises:- The founder of the multibillion-dollar snack company Kind is helping Truff co-founder Nick Ajluni turn his condiment brand into a market leader.

Nick Ajluni's first company was fueled by partying 20-somethings. As a college student, he launched a line of powdered beverages meant to be mixers and chasers for alcohol. The product never took off, but after graduating, Ajluni teamed up with a former classmate who was claiming Instagram handles that might come in handy for businesses. One of them, @sauce, amassed tens of thousands of followers, prompting the pair to start their own sauce company. They drew inspiration from Ciroq vodka, a wildly popular brand thanks in part to its promotion by hip-hop artists.

Chip Conley Human wisdom is more valuable than ever. But true wisdom requires these six skills- When management theorist Peter Drucker coined the term knowledge workers in 1959, most people had no idea what he was talking about.

When management theorist Peter Drucker coined the term knowledge workers in 1959, most people had no idea what he was talking about. Since then, knowledge workers have come to rule the world. Today, seven of the world's 10 most valuable companies are tech companies, the ultimate workplace for knowledge workers.

Karen Dillon Congratulations on Your Company's Big Success. So Now, Let Me Ask- Are You Happy? - Happiness is actually contagious. The Framingham Heart Study-the longest ongoing study of heart health in the world, which has tracked aspects of participants' lives for more than 75 years-found that being in the presence of someone who is happy is likely to spur happiness in yourself.

For Jeremy Kasler, founder and CEO of CaskX, the pandemic offered an unexpected opportunity to reset his life. Having sold his previous company, Hong Kong-based Art Futures Group, which paired midcareer artists with investors, the native Brit planned to spend some time reconnecting with family in Australia as he got his new startup off the ground. The new business, which helps individual investors purchase barrels (or casks) of bourbon and Scotch from distilleries in the U.S. and Scotland, was still in its early days when Kasler arrived in Sydney just a day before the country went into lockdown. I kind of got stuck there, he recalls. But in hindsight, it was one of the best things that could have happened to him-and his new company.

Kittie - Guitarists Morgan Lander and Tara Mcleod discuss the canadian metal powerhouse's unexpected rebirth — by fire!

Guitarists Morgan Lander and Tara McLeod explain that making new music was “not on their bingo card” when the band regrouped in 2022 for a few festival appearances, preferring to think of the sets as more of a “final lap” than a new beginning. But drilling into old favorites — whether the nu-flavored teenage slams of 1999’s Spit or the more venomously groove-thrashed tunes of their late-’00s period — revealed that despite not having raged together in years, there was something undeniably special about Kittie’s musical connection. “Playing with these girls is like putting on an old pair of pants,” Lander says. “It’s very comfortable — and it looks good too.”

McKinley James - Why all you really need is a guitar, a drummer and some serious low-end six-string skills

Nashville-based blues rocker McKinley James came flying out of the gate in 2022 with his Dan Auerbachproduced EP, Still Standing By. His momentum screeched to a halt, however, when his keyboardist split, leaving only him and his drummer, Jason Smay (who also happens to be his father). “For a moment, I was like, ‘What are we going to do?” James says. “But then I thought, ‘Well, other bands have succeeded as a duo. Maybe we can, too.”

CUT FROM A DIFFERENT CLOTH

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HOW YOUR OFFICE SALAD CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

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WHEN THE MINNOW SWALLOWS THE WHALE

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CRAFTING THEIR OWN CAREERS

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WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER

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KICK STARTERS

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BURSTING AT THE SEAMS

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My Brand's Facials Are Great. Our Real Estate Strategy Is Even Better

There is no shortage of competition in the $144 billion skin care industry.

How I Found a Way to Ease the Pain of Health Insurance Costs

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How I Scaled My Pup's Raw Food Diet Into a Healthy Brand

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SUN IS SHINING

Jamaican reggae singer Lila Iké shares a musical itinerary through Kingston

THE PAST IS PRESENT

Beguilingly complex Istanbul has done a lot of soul-searching in recent years. Lale Arikoglu digs into the city's modern identity - while tracing the roots of her own

Bare Bones

Elsa Peretti's candlesticks, a nod to simple, organic forms, still light our fire

gather round

The secret ingredient in Philadelphia's lauded food scene? The empathy of the locals behind it

Travel Log

Banana Republic's updated Manhattan flagship celebrates the wider world

Bread of Life

Throughout Armenia, chefs and restaurateurs are celebrating the country's culinary heritage and history

NARRATIVE VOICE

At England's historic Houghton Hall, a major commission marks an artistic departure for Dame Magdalene Odundo

Calm, Cool, Collected

Designer Julie Hillman transforms her workspace in a Manhattan brownstone into a creative crucible

easy does it

Beyond the bubble of Queenstown, New Zealand's majestic Otago region offers the kinds of adventures you can truly appreciate only by slowing down

Managing the Future of Work Isn't an Easy Job

Hirings and firings, layoffs and resignations. The workforce is experiencing never-ending upheaval, and HR professionals are pivoting fast.

AMERICAN FURY

For years, experts have warned of a wave of political violence. We should prepare for things to get worse before they get better.

Root Source

Dating back hundreds or thousands of years, old-growth trees are more than just specimens of majesty and mystery.

Pity the Bad Man

A bold new novel invites the reader to consider the plight of the bullies and the boors.

DRAMA QUEEN

Studio Shamshiri conjures an unapologetically lavish, multifunctional Greenwich Village town house for a theatrical producer and patron of the arts