At 35, I won a beauty pageant. I wanted to show my kids I could do anything.

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Kristan Vermeulen won Ms. Maine in 2025.

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I'm a solo founder with AI agents instead of employees. My 'council' of AI agents saves me 20 hours a week.

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Aaron Sneed

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I dress NBC's Olympic talent. It's a 24-hour operation that requires 7,500 outfits.

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Amy Acton is responsible for dressing many of the on-air talent during the Olympics broadcast.

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I'm training to be an elite nanny at the 'Hogwarts' for nannies. It's the confidence boost I never knew I needed.

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Roxanne Ardekani is in training to be a Norland Nanny.

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I helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook and now I'm the CEO of Philo. Here's a day in my life in San Francisco balancing work and kids.

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Andrew McCollum

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew McCollum, the 42-year-old CEO of Philo, based in San Francisco. It's been edited for length and clarity.

I canceled my flight after hearing El Paso airspace would close for 10 days. It reopened hours later, but I'd spent the night feeling helpless.

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Kiva Lucero almost got a 12-hour bus to Dallas to make his flight to Paris.

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My husband and I run a company together. We set boundaries around work talk and prioritize our relationship.

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Katie Bloomfield and her husband, Danny, started a business together in 2019.

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I'm a former Big Four consultant who trains AI to do consulting. Here's how it could change the job.

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Frank Jones
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I'm 18 and plan to study computer science in the fall. AI won't scare me away — here's my plan.

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Alex Seungyong Yang plans to attend university in the fall.

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I won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. I had to fund my dream myself, and started a GoFundMe to pay my debt.

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American Olympic fencer Monica Aksamit faces the media during a press conference

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