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Sometimes, love is all you need. Sometimes a good work ethic is needed to get across the finish line. It’s just the way it works sometimes. We all have ideas, boy does it help to have a network for them. Be an example for yourself, when you need it!

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About Us

Sometimes, love is all you need. Sometimes a good work ethic is needed to get across the finish line. It’s just the way it works sometimes. We all have ideas, boy does it help to have a network for them. Be an example for yourself, when you need it!

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Jazwares Cares The Giving Program Judd Zebersky Built Over 29 Years

Jazwares Cares was not built after Jazwares became successful. Judd Zebersky created it at the company’s founding in 1997, embedding philanthropy into a startup that had no guarantee of commercial survival. The program has grown alongside the business, operating today across multiple countries with programs that go beyond toy donations into school partnerships and employee volunteerism. What the Program Actually […]

Kelcy Warren Joins Hart Energy Hall of Fame as Energy Transfer Leader

Hart Energy announced Kelcy Warren among the honorees of its inaugural 2023 Hall of Fame class, a group assembled to coincide with the organization’s 50th anniversary. Warren, who founded Energy Transfer and currently serves as its executive chairman, was selected for a career that traces the growth of American pipeline infrastructure over more than four decades. The honor placed him […]

Kelcy Warren’s 2023 Recognition Caps Decades of Energy Leadership

Three industry awards in a single year would be notable for any executive. For Kelcy Warren, 2023 brought the Hart Energy Hall of Fame induction, the D CEO Energy Legacy Award, and the Texas Oil & Gas Association’s Distinguished Service Award simultaneously. The combination reflected a broad consensus across the energy industry about the durability of Warren’s contributions. The Scale […]

Bradley Mundt: The Entrepreneur Behind PLAN B NET ZERO

The story of PLAN B NET ZERO is inseparable from the story of its founder, Bradley Mundt. A technology entrepreneur who made the deliberate choice to move into energy, Mundt brought to the German electricity market a set of skills, perspectives, and convictions that are genuinely unusual in a sector defined by engineering expertise and regulatory navigation rather than product […]

How Mira Home Approaches Pest Control as a Community Partner

Most pest control companies define their responsibility narrowly: eliminate the pests, satisfy the customer, move on to the next job. Utah-based Mira Home has built a different model — one that treats pest management as part of a broader commitment to community health and residential wellbeing. This orientation shapes both the company’s service philosophy and its engagement with the Utah […]

Greg Soros on Keeping Podcasting Human in an Automated Age

Artificial intelligence has reshaped audio production in ways that would have been difficult to predict five years ago. For Greg Soros, a podcaster and founder of Podcraft Media Lab, that shift demanded a deliberate response not a wholesale embrace, and not resistance. Soros came to podcast production through a path that included technical training at Berklee College of Music and […]

Kelcy Warren Connects Business Success to Community Investment

For Kelcy Warren, the connection between building a major energy company and investing in the surrounding community is not incidental. It appears to be central to how he understands leadership. As founder and Executive Chairman of Energy Transfer, Warren has channeled resources back into the communities where his company operates in ways that go well beyond standard corporate giving. Energy […]

How Michael Polk Found a New Purpose Leading a Private Company

Retirement rarely sticks for executives who have spent their careers driving consequential work. Michael Polk discovered as much after stepping down from Newell Brands in 2019. He had spent years at the center of major consumer goods operations, first at Unilever, then at Kraft Foods, and finally at Newell Brands, where he served as CEO for seven years. The idea […]

Michael Polk on Why Private Companies Unlock Better Leadership

Most executives at the peak of their careers return to familiar territory when they step back into the workforce. Michael Polk took a different path. After retiring from Newell Brands in 2019 following a decade at the helm, he chose to lead Implus LLC, a fitness accessories company owned by private equity firm Berkshire Partners. The move raised eyebrows among […]