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The Big Read
The Second Act: What Happens When Founders Step Aside, and Stay
Handing over the CEO title is one of the hardest transitions in business. The companies that manage it well tend to share a few unglamorous habits.
Leadership
The Quiet Advantage: Why the Best Leaders Are Getting Better at Saying No
Focus has become the scarcest resource in business. The executives who protect it are changing how their companies decide what matters, and what can wait.
Money
Cash Flow Habits That Separate Durable Businesses From Fragile Ones
Profit is an opinion; cash is a fact. The routines that keep companies solvent are rarely the exciting ones.
Innovation
Building Products People Trust in the Age of Automation
As software makes more decisions on our behalf, trust becomes a design problem, not just a marketing one.
Small Business
Your First Ten Customers Are a Research Project
Early sales are less about revenue than about learning who you are really for. Treat them that way.
Careers
Negotiating a Raise When Budgets Are Tight
A tight budget changes the conversation, not the case. How to make it about value instead of timing.
Lifestyle
Designing a Workday Around Energy, Not Hours
The most productive people plan their calendars around when they think best, and protect those hours fiercely.
Series
Pinnacle Originals
Recurring series from our desks, built for readers who want depth over noise.
The Pinnacle Interview
Long-form conversations with the people building what comes next.
Founder Files
How companies really get started: the false starts, the first hires and the near misses.
The Money Memo
A plain-English read on markets, capital and personal finance.
Leadership Lab
Practical tools and field-tested ideas for managers at every level.
Opinion
The Best Strategy Document Is One Page Long
If a plan cannot be explained on a single page, it probably cannot be executed by a whole company either.
Profit and Purpose Were Never Opposites
The false choice between doing well and doing good has cost businesses more than it has saved them.
Stop Calling It Disruption
Most companies that win are not breaking things. They are fixing them, patiently, one customer at a time.