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Industry related topics in the realm of corporate culture, business, and the workplace.

William Dunn left wine and spirits at 50 to buy a cleaning company. Two years later it had doubled.
In early 2022, William Dunn and his leadership team pulled themselves headfirst through a mud pit on national television. The setting was CNBC's No Retreat: Business Bootcamp, a reality series hosted by Spartan Race founder Joe De Sena, and CNS Cleaning Company was one of only six businesses chosen from across the country to compete. Crawling through mud is an odd look for the president of a commercial cleaning company. Dunn signed up anyway.
By Vipan K.17 days ago in Journal
The Cheapest Genius I've Ever Used
I first heard the name DeepSeek the way I hear most tech headlines, half-scrolling past it on my phone while doing something else entirely, catching only the part where a Chinese AI startup had apparently rattled the entire industry and wiped a genuinely alarming amount of value off some very famous tech stocks in a single day. I remember thinking it sounded like exactly the kind of story that gets overblown within a week, filing it away as background noise and going back to whatever I was actually doing. Then it kept coming back. Friends mentioned it in passing. Writers I follow started comparing notes on it. And I kept nodding along in conversations about a tool I had never actually opened myself, which eventually started to feel a little ridiculous even to me.
By Zohan Khan23 days ago in Journal
Gabriel Shohet built a coffee empire on the bean the industry dismissed
The Miami office of Black Sheep Coffee is, by Gabriel Shohet's own account, close to a ghost town. Five chairs. No screens. A building so empty it echoes when he speaks. Shohet based himself here in 2024, leaving a company with more than 140 locations worldwide to go back to chasing landlords and scouting sites himself. He runs Black Sheep Coffee as joint chief executive alongside Eirik Holth, the flatmate he met at university. He went looking for the hard version anyway.
By Vipan K.25 days ago in Journal
Can Experience Be Turned Into a Conversation?
After nearly three decades in international hospitality, experience begins to work differently. Not every situation feels entirely new. Patterns start to emerge.
By Cristian Marino27 days ago in Journal
Food Delivery App Development: Features, Costs, and Key Considerations for 2026. AI-Generated.
Ordering food through a smartphone has become a normal part of everyday life. Instead of calling a restaurant, waiting for someone to take an order, and asking when it might arrive, customers can browse menus, place orders, make payments, and track deliveries from a single application.
By DeviceBee | Best Mobile App Development Company Dubai27 days ago in Journal
The Quiet Way Small Businesses Are Changing (And Why It's Not What You Think)
There's a bakery near where I live that I've watched change over the past two years, in small ways that add up to something bigger. It didn't rebrand. It didn't renovate. There was no big reopening with balloons out front. The owner just, quietly, started doing a few things differently, one at a time, in a way you'd only notice if you were paying attention.
By Kate Brownell27 days ago in Journal
What Makes a Mobile App Useful in 2026? Beyond Features and Fancy Design. AI-Generated.
There is no shortage of mobile apps today. Almost every type of business can find an app serving a similar purpose, whether it is ordering food, managing finances, booking appointments, shopping online, communicating with customers, or organizing daily tasks.
By DeviceBee | Best Mobile App Development Company Dubai29 days ago in Journal
AI Can Never Write a Breakup Song Like Someone Who's Still Bleeding
AI can rhyme "goodbye" with "cry" and stack metaphors about storms and oceans. It can study every heartbreak chart from 1999 to now and give you perfect meter.
By Zohan Khan29 days ago in Journal
Asha Bonnae Raleigh Runs Every Property She Owns. That Is Deliberate.
In 2012, Asha Bonnae Raleigh went three rounds against Alena Miwa and left with a unanimous decision. In most profiles, a detail like that would carry the whole opening.
By Vipan K.about a month ago in Journal
10 Skills That Define the Modern Executive Chef
Cristian Marino has spent much of his career moving between countries, cultures and very different hospitality environments.
By Cristian Marinoabout a month ago in Journal
Policy Clarity Drives Optimism: MAA Raises 2026 Vehicle Sales Forecast to 800,000 Units
The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has raised its 2026 total industry volume (TIV) forecast to 800,000 units , up from an earlier projection of 790,000 units, following stronger-than-expected vehicle sales in the first half of the year and improved visibility on future policy changes.
By Mark Lim about a month ago in Journal
Before You Apply for Another Work-From-Home Job
Before You Apply for Another Work-From-Home Job, Do These 10 Things Finding a legitimate work-from-home job shouldn't feel like trying to navigate a minefield.
By Timothy A Rowlandabout a month ago in Journal