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  • What a Stroke Taught a Fortune 500 Executive About Performing Under Pressure

    In his debut book, Nir Peled maps the recovery framework he built across seven
    catastrophic events -- and what it reveals about leadership, identity, and the limits
    of the analytical mind
    SACRAMENTO, CA, April 14, 2026—Nir Peled was on a Teams call, managing the end of a meeting about AI integration across multiple departments, when he realized he could no longer speak. He made an excuse

  • Abroad & Away Launches Specialist Editorial Studio for Luxury Travel, Hospitality, and Maritime Brands

    Founded by two British editorial directors based in Miami and Monaco—the world’s two maritime capitals—the studio brings more than 50 years of combined experience to brands where the quality of content shapes the quality of the guest experience
    MIAMI & MONACO, April 13, 2026 — Abroad & Away, a specialist editorial and content studio for travel, hospitality, and maritime brands, today an

  • From the Court to the Auction Room: The NBA Figures Behind Tomorrow Night's Most Anticipated Art Event in Chicago

    Swain's inaugural live auction brings together museum-collected artists, three works already sold, and a wine sponsor with a parallel story: McCollum Heritage 91, built by NBA All-Star CJ McCollum on 318 Oregon acres as a generational legacy. Swain's co-founder David Vanterpool, NBA assistant coach, is building one too—just in a different market.
    CHICAGO, April 9, 2026 — Tomorrow evening at Cit

  • He Saw a Broken Market. He Built the Fix. Now He's Opening an Auction House.

    Ian Swain, founder of Swain’s, used conversational AI and no-code tools to build
    six operational AI systems and the largest structured database of African
    diaspora art market data in existence. His inaugural live auction opens Friday at
    EXPO CHICAGO.
    WASHINGTON, DC, April 8, 2026 — Ian Swain is not a software engineer. He is a collector who
    learned early—from a mentor who told him a