EXCLUSIVE: Olive Young Names First U.S. CEO

EXCLUSIVE: Olive Young Names First U.S. CEO

Olive Young has named a U.S. chief executive officer. And stepping up to the role at the K-beauty retailer is Gaeun Kwon, who was previously director of global business at the company. Her appointment comes as Olive Young gears up for its first U.S. brick-and-mortar foray, with a flagship slated to open in May in…

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Rimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park

Rimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park

“Godlike” is a poet’s novel, a dazzling Künstlerroman that touches on art, love, aging, and queerness, punctuated with verses by Hell (in both Vaughn’s and Wode’s voices) and his “translations,” or interpretations, of poems originally written by Frank O’Hara. The prose is dotted with allusions to the works of Joseph Conrad, Jorge Luis Borges, and…

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7 small founder habits that compound faster than funding ever will

7 small founder habits that compound faster than funding ever will

You probably spend more time thinking about runway than routines. You refresh your bank account, model out best and worst case scenarios, and quietly calculate how many months you have left if nothing changes. Funding feels like the unlock. The moment everything gets easier. But if you have been around enough early-stage founders, you start…

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