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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Daymond John, the 57-year-old CEO of FUBU based in Miami. It's been edited for length and clarity.

I started my entrepreneurial journey handing out flyers in my neighborhood of Hollis, Queens, for $2 an hour.

In grade school, I scraped the paint off pencils and customized them with the customer's name for a fee. I

• Consulting firms are using AI to streamline operations by reducing management layers.
• AI is helping leaders manage larger teams and improve decision-making.
• Companies like IBM and Factory are also adopting AI to reshape management structures.

For consulting firms, shredding season is coming: It's time to take AI and cut the

• As startups like SpaceX grow more valuable while staying private longer, legal disputes are expected.
• This lawsuit shows what can happen when complex deals collide with soaring valuations.
• If SpaceX IPOs before the case is resolved, both sides could face pressure to settle.

A relatively obscure lawsuit over a disputed stake in SpaceX shares could help determine

• Cal Poly student Parker Jones says his classmates use AI tools more than professors expect.
• Students use AI tools like ChatGPT for practical tasks, while professors focus on potential misuse.
• Jones urges professors to bring AI into teaching rather than leaving students to adapt on their own.

Parker Jones, a Cal Poly software engineering student

• The times are a-changin' for elite corporate law firms, under pressure to adopt new tech.
• Michael Gerstenzang, senior partner at Cleary Gottlieb, says firms must evolve their business model.
• He's seen firms adapt before. He once drove his firm to intentionally cannibalize its own business.

The billable hour has long powered Big Law's profits. Now, one law firm leader says

The daily live show, hosted by former founders John Coogan and Jordi Hays, will sit inside OpenAI’s strategy organisation and report to chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane. Terms were not disclosed. OpenAI says TBPN will keep its editorial independence. OpenAI has acquired TBPN, the Technology Business Programming Network, the Silicon Valley talk show that […]

• Simon Willison, the co-creator of Django, said juggling AI agents can feel "mentally exhausting."
• Willison said he's still bullish on AI's tools. He's just surprised at how tired they make him.
• He said he's talked to other software engineers who are losing sleep

• A former Amazon VP said "mutiny" is the best way to get a bad manager removed from their job.
• Speaking on The Peterman Pod, Ethan Evans said it's key to have more than one person speak up.
• A single

• Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against her "It Ends With Us" costar Baldoni and accused him of a smear campaign.
• A judge officially ended Baldoni's lawsuit against The New York Times, Lively, her rep, and Ryan Reynolds in November 2025.
• Lively's lawsuit heads to a May 18 trial after a judge dismissed 10 of her

Ahead of its premiere, Dave Filoni has revealed that the Star Wars animated series Maul: Shadow Lord will return for a second season. The Lucasfilm co-president revealed that season 2 is already in the works, telling Esquire that "at the end of the day, people like that character." 

Filoni didn't reveal any other details about the plot or release date for season 2. However, the news isn't a great

• Block CEO said employees are bringing prototypes rather than slide decks to meetings.
• Jack Dorsey said that prototypes have depth and can be modified in real time.
• Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas and Steve Jobs have also spoken out against the use of slide decks.

Slide decks continue to get a bad rap —