Mike Feinberg has been in American education for more than three decades — first as a classroom teacher, then as co-founder of one of the country’s most prominent charter networks, and now as co-founder of a Houston workforce training program that puts students on job sites instead of lecture hall seats. He documents parts of…
WarGames Was Not Fiction: Why One Banker Takes AI Seriously
In 1983, a teenage hacker nearly started World War III when he broke into a military supercomputer and triggered an automated missile launch sequence. The film was called WarGames, and it scared a lot of people, including President Reagan, who signed one of the first presidential directives on computer security shortly after watching a private…
Justin Nelson Redefines Wealth Management Success at JP Morgan
After nearly three decades in finance, Justin Nelson has arrived at a conclusion that runs counter to much of the industry: quarterly numbers are not the whole story. The Managing Director and Head of the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut oversees more than $15 billion in…
What Justin Fulcher’s RingMD Taught About Institutional Trust
When Justin Fulcher describes what made RingMD work, he does not lead with technology. He leads with trust. The tech entrepreneur has argued that telehealth platforms earn institutional credibility the way most durable things do: through accountability sustained across time, not through demonstrations at launch. That insight, accumulated during years of operating in some of…
What Michael Gold of Westport Looks for Before Taking On a Client
The conversation around wealth management tends to focus on what clients should look for in an advisor. Less discussed is what a rigorous, client-centered advisor looks for in a prospective client relationship. Michael Gold, who leads Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, has developed a diagnostic-first philosophy that shapes both how he evaluates clients and…
Justin Fulcher’s Work Reflects a Focus on Durable, Scalable Systems
Justin Fulcher has moved through a range of contexts since stepping back from RingMD in January 2025: workforce development initiatives in South Carolina, advisory work in defense technology, and public service roles that included serving as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense. The contexts differ. The underlying orientation does not. What the Palmetto Initiative…
Gulf Coast Western’s Rise as a Domestic Oil and Gas Leader
Few energy companies can trace their roots back more than five decades while still maintaining a reputation for growth and investor confidence. Gulf Coast Western, the Dallas-based oil and gas exploration and development firm, has done exactly that. Founded in 1970 by Thomas H. Fleeger, the company has steadily expanded its footprint across the American…
How Colcom Foundation Connects Immigration Policy to U.S. Conservation Goals
Colcom Foundation traces the arc of U.S. population growth since 1970 through a specific and data-driven lens. After American women gained broader reproductive autonomy in the early 1970s, the total fertility rate dropped below the 2.1 replacement level by 1972 and has remained there ever since. That milestone should have put the country on a…
Chris Rapczynski Argues That Construction Longevity Is Built on Process Discipline, Not Materials Alone
Chris Rapczynski Argues That Construction Longevity Is Built on Process Discipline, Not Materials Alone In the construction industry, the instinct to attribute building failures to inferior materials is common and often misleading. Chris Rapczynski, founder of Sleeping Dog Properties, has spent years challenging that assumption, making the case that the durability of a structure depends…
JP Morgan’s Justin Nelson on Why Psychology Majors Excel in Finance
The finance industry has long operated on the assumption that economics and business degrees are the clearest pathways into wealth management. Justin Nelson, a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank who oversees more than $15 billion in assets, has spent decades challenging that assumption. Among the candidates Justin Nelson JP Morgan finds most compelling…