How Miami Founders Are Scaling to Eight Figures Without Venture Capital

Miami founders are scaling to eight figures without venture capital by prioritizing profitability, alternative financing, and long term ownership strategy over dilution.
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Miami Startups Shine at 2026 Florida Venture Capital Conference

Twenty-two Miami-area startups were selected to present at the 2026 Florida Venture Capital Conference in Coral Gables, highlighting the region’s growing role in venture capital and startup funding.

Southwest Florida Continues Home Price Correction as Market Shifts Toward Buyers

The housing market in Southwest Florida is in the midst of an unmistakable correction, with key metro areas recording meaningful price declines even as...

D-Wave Quantum Inc. Moves Global Headquarters to Boca Raton, Establishing Major U.S. Research Hub

D-Wave Quantum Inc. announced it will relocate its global headquarters and a key U.S. research facility from California to Boca Raton by the end of 2026, anchored by a strategic partnership with Florida Atlantic University.

French Prosecutors Raid X’s Paris Offices in Expanded Cybercrime Investigation

French authorities executed a search of X’s Paris offices as part of a year‑long probe into alleged illegal content dissemination and algorithm management on the platform.

How Lee Iacocca Sold America Back to Itself

He didn’t ask America to save Chrysler. He convinced it that saving Chrysler was an act of self-respect.

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Repositioning at 59½ A Turning Point for America’s 401k Capital

Turning age 59½ removes the IRS’s additional penalty on 401(k) distributions and creates a strategic capital repositioning threshold for investors deciding how to deploy long-accumulated retirement funds.

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Power That Never Runs for Office

“Democracy is loud. Power is quiet. Moses understood that the surest way to rule was to design systems that no one thought to question.”

The Founder (2016): Control Is Written in the Margins

“Integrity does not scale. Systems do. And when contracts are silent, power speaks for itself.”

The Man Behind the Curtain of Light

“He didn’t invent machines — he invented versions of himself, polished into aluminum and glass.”

MAD MEN — The Art of Selling the Self

“They weren’t selling products — they were selling permission to want, to escape, to believe.”

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Leadership in the Eye of the Storm

“Leadership is a series of hard things done imperfectly under relentless pressure, with no guarantee that anyone will notice—except you.”

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Builders Develop Proposal for One Million Homes Amid National Affordability Strains

U.S. homebuilders are working on a proposal to develop as many as one million homes to address the affordability crisis, illustrating shifting capital priorities and structural pressures in housing supply.