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It's in the apps, it's in your phone, it's less about the information than the container around it.

How Evan Armstrong turned a single trusted point of view into a newsletter, an ad business, and a consulting arm.

Teen girls remain culture's most reliable leading indicator. Government bans threaten to push that signal out of public view.

Jerome Aceti spent 18 years turning distribution into ownership — and started winding down at his peak.

Meet Cutes NYC asks strangers how they met — and turned it into a community of 6 million, a book, and a photobooth.

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It's in the apps, it's in your phone, it's less about the information than the container around it.

Teen girls remain culture's most reliable leading indicator. Government bans threaten to push that signal out of public view.

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How Evan Armstrong turned a single trusted point of view into a newsletter, an ad business, and a consulting arm.

Jerome Aceti spent 18 years turning distribution into ownership — and started winding down at his peak.

Meet Cutes NYC asks strangers how they met — and turned it into a community of 6 million, a book, and a photobooth.