May 2026 – Teachers For Tanzania

Greg Soros, Author, on Why Empathy Starts With the Right Book

Before a child can practice empathy in the world, they often encounter it first in a story. That belief sits at the center of Greg Soros‘s work. The children’s author, with more than 16 years of writing experience, has developed a clear philosophy about what books owe young readers and it goes well beyond entertainment.…

From Childhood Inspiration to Top-Ranked Facial Surgeon

Some careers emerge from curiosity. Others grow from conviction. Dr. Andrew Jacono belongs to the second category. As a child, he watched a girl with a cleft lip and palate endure the cruelty of classmates on a school bus. After she had reconstructive surgery, the teasing stopped and the acceptance began. That sequence deformity, isolation,…

Thomas Priore on the Future of Embedded Finance and Commerce

The embedded finance movement — the integration of financial services capabilities into non-financial software products — is one of the most significant structural shifts in the history of payments and commerce technology. Thomas Priore has been tracking this shift closely and building Priority Commerce’s capabilities in anticipation of the market structure it is creating. The…

Burak Basel’s View on Talent Acquisition in Competitive Markets

Every entrepreneur and investor will tell you that talent is the most important factor in business success. Burak Basel has gone further, building organizational systems at Basel Holding specifically designed to attract, develop, and retain the caliber of people that the firm’s multi-market strategy requires. The challenge of talent acquisition is particularly acute for a…

Grit Marketing’s Commitment to Ethical Sales Practices

The direct sales industry has a complicated reputation, earned in part through the practices of organizations that prioritize short-term transaction volume over customer outcomes and long-term relationships. Grit Marketing’s Aptive Environmental partnership is built on a different foundation — one where the quality and appropriateness of each sale matters as much as its occurrence, because…

Dr. Andrew Jacono Transforms Lives Through Reconstructive Humanitarian Surgery

When Dr. Andrew Jacono travels abroad on a surgical mission, he brings with him instruments and skills developed over decades of performing some of the most complex facial procedures in his field. The patients waiting in those makeshift surgical suites are not seeking cosmetic refinement. They are children born with deformities that mark them as…

Mira Home and the $2.5 Million Community Investment

When a pest control company commits $2.5 million to community investment, it is making a statement about its values that goes well beyond marketing. Mira Home’s $2.5 million charitable commitment is exactly this kind of statement — a concrete, financially significant expression of the company’s belief that operating responsibly in a community means contributing to…