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September Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in September 2025

This month, I leaned hard into entrepreneurship in my September Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in September 2025. I started my September reading list with Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in His Own Words—a collection of his speeches, interviews, and emails revealing the man behind Apple’s success. Next, I read The Fish That […]

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Why Founders Must Love the Game of Business — and Rely on the Kindness of Others

“Never, never, never give up.” – Winston Churchill Churchill’s wartime words also capture the essence of entrepreneurship — a journey defined by resilience. Few founders embody this resilience better than John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods. Setbacks are inevitable in entrepreneurship — and for Whole Foods, some setbacks were outright disasters. Yet rather than feeling crushed,

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How John Mackey’s Early Business Lessons Shaped Whole Foods’ Success

He (his father) was an original investor in Whole Foods Market, a long-time board member, and my greatest mentor. There is no doubt in my mind that Whole Foods would have failed in its earliest days if not for his mentorship. – John Mackey Whole Foods founder John Mackey was especially close to his dad,

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