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Founder, Strike Fire Productions

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Jonathan Small is a bestselling author, journalist, producer, and podcast host. For 25 years, he has worked as a sought-after storyteller for top media companies such as The New York Times, Hearst, Entrepreneur, and Condé Nast. He has held executive roles at Glamour, Fitness, and Entrepreneur and re

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For 11 Years Chick-fil-A Ruled the Roost In Customer Satisfaction. Jersey Mike’s Just Dethroned It.

The New Jersey sandwich chain edged Chick-fil-A by a single point, ending an 11-year reign just as it races toward a $12 billion IPO.

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Mars Is Spending Millions to Make M&M’s Without Synthetic Dyes. These Two Colors Didn’t Make the Cut.

Candy maker Mars is responding to pressure to remove synthetic dyes from its candy coating. It's easier said than done.

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Summer Bummer — Why Teen Hiring Is on Track for Its Worst Year Since 1948

A new forecast projects a paltry 790,000 teen jobs this summer. Inflation, older workers and AI are all to blame.

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Hollywood Was Supposed to Be Dead. ‘Toy Story 5’ Just Powered Its Best Summer in Seven Years.

"Toy Story 5" opened to $160 million, making it the biggest debut of 2026. The audience driving its success is the one everyone wrote off.

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McDonald’s Is Bringing Back a 30-Year-Old Menu Item. And Is Building a 35-Foot-Long One to Promote It.

The fried apple pie last appeared on menus in 1992. It returns June 23 for America's 250th birthday, complete with a giant roadside monument.

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Snap Has Lost Money Every Year It’s Been Public. Now the Company’s Betting on Specs, Its New $2,195 ‘Wearable Computer.’

CEO Evan Spiegel thinks people are so sick of staring at phones they'll pay $2,195 for AR glasses. Wall Street isn't convinced.

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The Next iPhone Pro Could Cost $1,299 — Here’s Why Tim Cook Says It’s ‘Unavoidable’

Tim Cook says the AI boom has made memory chips so scarce and expensive that jacking up the prices has become necessary for Apple.

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Allbirds Used to Make Viral Wool Sneakers. Now It’s an AI Company Called ‘Smartbird.’

The company behind the once-viral wool sneaker sold off the shoe brand entirely, changed its name and has become an AI service.

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Apple Is Developing AirPods With Cameras — But They Won’t Take a Single Photo

According to Bloomberg, the cameras will act as eyes for Siri, letting the AI assistant understand the world around you.

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This Retailer Shut Its Fitting Rooms and Angered Customers. It Might Boost Sales Anyway.

The teen retailer has quietly shut its fitting rooms across its 55-plus US stores. Customers are furious, but sales are up.

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SpaceX’s First Big Move After Its Record IPO: Buying a $60 Billion AI Coding Startup

xAI has struggled to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI on AI coding tools. Cursor is Musk's answer.

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The Investor Who Turned Arby’s Into a $20 Billion Empire Just Bought Pizza Hut for $1.5 Billion

Yum Brands has agreed to sell Pizza Hut to LongRange Capital, which engineered Arby's comeback and now wants to do the same for pizza.

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This 25-Year-Old’s Sleep Problems Gave Him Vertigo. His Response? An AI Mattress Cover That Hit Eight Figures Within Three Months of Launch

Harry Gestetner of Orion wants to make better sleep available and affordable to all. Will his smart mattress cover be the solution?

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A SpongeBob Menu Boosted Burger King’s Traffic 19%. Now Every Chain Wants a Piece of Hollywood.

This summer alone, KFC, Papa Johns, Dunkin, Wendy's and Subway all have major film promotions launching.

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He Built a Knicks Championship Team Out of NBA Players Others Overlooked — Here’s the Lesson for Any Leader

Knicks President Leon Rose bet on undervalued players others passed over. The strategy ended the team's 53-year title drought.

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SpaceX Hits $2.8 Trillion. Retail Investors Bought as Much of It as the Entire Stock Market.

Elon Musk is now worth more than three times the world's second-richest person.

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Fox Had the Content But Not the Platform. Now It’s Buying Roku for $22 Billion.

The deal pairs Fox's live sports and news with Roku's 100 million-plus streaming households.

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How a Free Cookie Became This Hotel Brand’s Most Valuable Asset

DoubleTree's 700-plus hotels hand out more than 20 million chocolate chip cookies a year. The cookie has even been baked in space.

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He Spent 15 Years Quietly Buying SpaceX Shares. Now His Stake Is Worth $20 Billion.

Justin Fishner-Wolfson's firm, 137 Ventures, made its first SpaceX investment in 2011. He never looked back

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She Turned Celebrity Gossip Into a $22 Billion Company — Here’s How Kalshi’s Co-Founder Did It

At 29, Luana Lopes Lara is the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Her road to riches started with celebrity gossip.

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Mark Zuckerberg Admits Meta ‘Made Mistakes’ as AI Reshapes 20% of Its Workforce

In a leaked internal memo, the Meta CEO owned up to the chaos caused by May's layoffs, but says there will be no more this year.

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Elon Musk Is Now the World’s First Trillionaire After SpaceX’s Record IPO

The biggest public debut in Wall Street history pushed the world's richest person across a milestone with 13 digits.

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Missed the SpaceX IPO? You May Already Be an Investor.

Missed Friday's record debut? You may already own a piece through your index funds — here's how to find out.

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KFC Asked a Bold Question: What Would the Colonel Build Today? Here’s the Surpising Answer.

This summer the chain opens a completely reimagined restaurant in Texas to test what the brand's next decade looks like.

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The Real Winner of the NBA Finals? A Sneaker Brand You’d Never Expect.

OG Anunoby's game-winning play in Game 4 was made in Skechers — a brand that launched its first technical basketball shoe three years ago.

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A Price War Is Brewing Between OpenAI and Anthropic — And It Could Make AI a Lot Cheaper for Your Business

OpenAI is weighing drastic cuts to what it charges for AI tokens. It expects Anthropic to do the same.

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They Just Opened Their 1,700th Cafe and Have 900 More Signed. Here’s the Strategy Fueling This $1.5 Billion Franchise.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe's secret is getting smoothie customers to also eat there.

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She Paid Under $100 for a Thrift Store Painting. Google Gemini Helped It Sell for $254,000.

Helene Plotkin bought the painting in 1966 and loved it for decades. Her son's five-minute experiment with Google Gemini changed everything.

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Forget Learning to Code. Meta Just Launched a $115 Million Program to Train Electricians and Plumbers.

The company is starting a “workforce academy” to train workers to build the infrastructure of its data centers.

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One Is a Poet. One Pleaded Guilty to a Felony. Here’s How the Second Wave of AI Billionaires Is Worth $59 Billion.

The latest wave of AI wealth isn't coming from chips or data centers. It's coming from founders who applied AI to old industries.

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For 11 Years Chick-fil-A Ruled the Roost In Customer Satisfaction. Jersey Mike’s Just Dethroned It.

Mars Is Spending Millions to Make M&M’s Without Synthetic Dyes. These Two Colors Didn’t Make the Cut.

Summer Bummer — Why Teen Hiring Is on Track for Its Worst Year Since 1948

Hollywood Was Supposed to Be Dead. ‘Toy Story 5’ Just Powered Its Best Summer in Seven Years.

McDonald’s Is Bringing Back a 30-Year-Old Menu Item. And Is Building a 35-Foot-Long One to Promote It.

Snap Has Lost Money Every Year It’s Been Public. Now the Company’s Betting on Specs, Its New $2,195 ‘Wearable Computer.’

The Next iPhone Pro Could Cost $1,299 — Here’s Why Tim Cook Says It’s ‘Unavoidable’

Allbirds Used to Make Viral Wool Sneakers. Now It’s an AI Company Called ‘Smartbird.’

Apple Is Developing AirPods With Cameras — But They Won’t Take a Single Photo

This Retailer Shut Its Fitting Rooms and Angered Customers. It Might Boost Sales Anyway.

SpaceX’s First Big Move After Its Record IPO: Buying a $60 Billion AI Coding Startup

The Investor Who Turned Arby’s Into a $20 Billion Empire Just Bought Pizza Hut for $1.5 Billion

This 25-Year-Old’s Sleep Problems Gave Him Vertigo. His Response? An AI Mattress Cover That Hit Eight Figures Within Three Months of Launch

A SpongeBob Menu Boosted Burger King’s Traffic 19%. Now Every Chain Wants a Piece of Hollywood.

He Built a Knicks Championship Team Out of NBA Players Others Overlooked — Here’s the Lesson for Any Leader

SpaceX Hits $2.8 Trillion. Retail Investors Bought as Much of It as the Entire Stock Market.

Fox Had the Content But Not the Platform. Now It’s Buying Roku for $22 Billion.

How a Free Cookie Became This Hotel Brand’s Most Valuable Asset

He Spent 15 Years Quietly Buying SpaceX Shares. Now His Stake Is Worth $20 Billion.

She Turned Celebrity Gossip Into a $22 Billion Company — Here’s How Kalshi’s Co-Founder Did It

Mark Zuckerberg Admits Meta ‘Made Mistakes’ as AI Reshapes 20% of Its Workforce

Elon Musk Is Now the World’s First Trillionaire After SpaceX’s Record IPO

Missed the SpaceX IPO? You May Already Be an Investor.

KFC Asked a Bold Question: What Would the Colonel Build Today? Here’s the Surpising Answer.

The Real Winner of the NBA Finals? A Sneaker Brand You’d Never Expect.

A Price War Is Brewing Between OpenAI and Anthropic — And It Could Make AI a Lot Cheaper for Your Business

They Just Opened Their 1,700th Cafe and Have 900 More Signed. Here’s the Strategy Fueling This $1.5 Billion Franchise.

She Paid Under $100 for a Thrift Store Painting. Google Gemini Helped It Sell for $254,000.

Forget Learning to Code. Meta Just Launched a $115 Million Program to Train Electricians and Plumbers.

One Is a Poet. One Pleaded Guilty to a Felony. Here’s How the Second Wave of AI Billionaires Is Worth $59 Billion.

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