Alexandra Dimitropoulou

Risepoint, an education technology company, partners with more than 100 regional universities across 40 states and five countries to help them build and run online degree programs. The organization’s model accounts for roughly one-third of all such partnerships in the U.S. While the segment of the edtech industry built around these kinds of university partnerships has gone through a period of consolidation, Risepoint has continued to expand. Its expansion through that period is worth examining, as it highlights which choices in the sector have produced durable value for universities and students, and which have not.

Many nonprofit organizations are founded around a clear mission. Their resources and leadership are often directed toward serving communities and expanding programs that address real-world needs. Yet as organizations grow, operational complexity grows alongside them. According to George Contos, that reality is where long-term sustainability is often determined.

Experienced international founder and CEO shares insights on trust, transparency, and personalization as the new foundations of customer loyalty and long-term business success.

Packaging is easy to dismiss as a routine expense. But when a business is sending out hundreds or thousands of orders, what it pays for bags, boxes, and other supplies starts to matter.

For Tampa-based real estate investor Jamie Rand, adaptive reuse is more than a preservation strategy. It is a disciplined investment approach capable of generating economic activity, strengthening communities, and restoring confidence in downtown districts that have been overlooked or written off.

Daniel Nadler is best known to the business press as a billionaire entrepreneur, founder of Kensho Technologies, sold to S&P Global for $550 million, and now of OpenEvidence, an AI platform for physicians valued at $12 billion. But before spreadsheets and valuations entered the picture, Nadler trained as a poet, and it is Lacunae, his debut body of works, that perhaps far more than his other achievements, offer greater insight into who he is.

Every entrepreneur has a starting point. For Quentin Fischer, that story did not begin with launching a company or closing a major deal. It began on youth sports fields in South Riding, Virginia, where showing up, learning from mistakes, and working with a team became habits long before he entered the workforce.

Football has always been part of Aneesh Sharma ‘s life. What began as a love for sports grew into a career built on data, preparation, and leadership. Today, Sharma serves as Director of Game Management & Analytics for the Dartmouth football team while studying Quantitative Social Science at Dartmouth College.

Fortune 500 CEOs and senior executives face intense, sustained psychological strain, yet mental health remains a largely unspoken risk factor in boardrooms. This feature explores why that silence persists—and how it is starting to damage enterprise value.

Alfred Patterson can point to six generations of experience.