Good morning, friends!
For my birthday, my husband and I walked the entire length of Manhattan — from the very top to the very bottom. With a few stops along the way, we walked 16 miles in just under five hours.
It was extremely fun. I highly recommend it (even if you have to spend the next day
Here’s a short video of how it went:
DOLLY PARTON: American icon Dolly Parton passed away earlier this week. I wrote a Profile Dossier on Dolly back in 2021, and this story really demonstrates how she lived her life.
In 1967, Porter Wagoner introduced Dolly on his popular television show. She was only 21 years old, and this was her big break. But Parton had bigger plans for her career, so she left the show on seemingly good terms.
Wagoner took it hard, and he went on to badmouth her and ultimately sue her for $3 million, alleging breach of contract. The suit was settled out of court, with Parton later saying, “It took me a while to pay it off, but he got the first million dollars I ever made.”
When Wagoner hit financial trouble later in his life, Parton bought his production company — only to gift it back to him. “Forgiveness is all there is,” she says.
Read the full Dossier here:
The Profile Dossier: Dolly Parton, The Queen of Country Music
Dolly Parton is many things — a singer, songwriter, movie star, philanthropist, and business powerhouse. But most of all, Dolly Parton is herself.
THE PROFILES.
— The AI titans locked in an arms race [**HIGHLY RECOMMEND**]
— The VC whose bet turned into a billion-dollar exit
— The private leagues that made youth sports cost a fortune
— The startup that raised $8 billion to solve crimes
THE PEOPLE.
The AI titans locked in an arms race: After losing ground to Anthropic, OpenAI is racing toward AGI while simultaneously hitting the brakes on research after an unreleased AI model escaped & hacked another company. How do you win the AI race without losing control of the AI? (TIME)
The VC whose bet turned into a billion-dollar exit: David Tisch turned a $750,000 bet on AI coding startup Cursor into approximately $1 billion. But what’s interesting is how he did it. His strategy is to just bet on exceptional people before anyone else realizes they’re exceptional. Easy to say, hard to do. (FORTUNE; reply to this email if you can’t access the article)
The private leagues that made youth sports cost a fortune: For millions of American families today, youth sports increasingly mean $5,000 club fees, year-round practices, out-of-state tournaments, private coaches, and a fear that if your kid doesn’t start competing seriously by elementary school, they’ll be left behind. This profile examines how private capital has helped turn youth sports into a roughly $40 billion industry.
THE COMPANIES.
The startup that raised $8 billion to solve crimes: Flock Safety has become an $8 billion surveillance giant by installing license-plate-reading cameras across more than 5,000 communities, helping police solve crimes while creating what critics fear is one of the most powerful tracking networks in America. Its cameras can potentially reconstruct where people drive, work, sleep, and worship. How much privacy are Americans willing to trade for safety? (FORTUNE; reply to this email if you can’t access the article)
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