Reinventing a legacy business starts with figuring out what people actually loved about it. When David Rawlinson took over Qurate Retail in 2021, he inherited QVC and HSN, two brands built around television shopping just as consumers were moving to…
A warm introduction can move an investor email from an overcrowded inbox to the top of the stack. But lacking a venture-capital network is not the same thing as having no route to capital. For Black entrepreneurs, that distinction matters.…
Most leaders treat investment as a numbers game: more capital in, mission accomplished. Otis Rolley asked a different question: Who actually benefits? As president of the Rockefeller Foundation’s U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity initiative, he built an approach that tied…
Most executives climb by mastering one thing. Not Womack. After joining Southern Company in 1988, he bounced through government affairs, communications, HR, power generation. Along the way, he developed an unusually broad view of how the energy business actually works.…
Credit gives a business room to breathe. It lets you buy inventory, cover a rough patch in cash flow, or fund growth without draining your own savings. But here’s the thing nobody tells you: business credit doesn’t just show up…
