SmartcutsEntrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow (Wired, Fast Company, The New Yorker, and cofounder of Contently) analyzes the lives of people and companies that do incredible things in implausibly short time. How do some startups go from zero to billions in mere months? How did Alexander the Great, YouTube tycoon Michelle Phan, and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon climb to the top in less time than it takes most of us to get a promotion? What do high growth

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Marta finds comfort with a kind British diplomat

Meditations for profoundly reshaping our focus

can a handful of teenagers really turn the tide of war

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