In private lending, a lender’s reputation often decides who gets the next deal. Michael Iuculano has built his reputation over more than two decades. He is the founder and president of MJI Capital, a Scottsdale, Arizona, lending firm that funds loans nationwide. Thousands of investors, brokers, and business owners
A campaign for three shows on Amazon Prime generated tens of millions of views in its first two weeks, according to Atreyu Amis. For the 18-year-old founder of Clipstar, the project illustrates the opportunity that led him into business: applying the short-form distribution methods used by creators to campaigns
A career across newsrooms, network control rooms, documentary projects, and publishing suggests a professional life less concerned with the medium than with the responsibility of telling a story. Reporter Who Kept Moving His early work established a pattern that would persist: moving toward stories where institutions meet individual lives.
By: Cami Caldwell There’s a moment in almost every great rock-and-roll story when the dream collides with reality. The band has been together long enough to understand that success isn’t ensured. The equipment has been loaded and unloaded a thousand times. The bills keep coming. Life moves forward, whether
Disney influencer marketing now involves more than 6,000 creators in 2026, according to figures the Burbank company shared with the Los Angeles Times. The expansion links studio events, short-form video and entertainment partnerships.
By: Kate Sarmiento Black Friday 2025 brought in $11.8 billion in US online sales (Source: Adobe, 2026). Online apparel discounts that season peaked at 25.1 percent off list price, up from 23.2 percent
Most small businesses that use alternative financing never speak to a funder directly. They work through a broker. That choice shapes everything that follows: which funders see the file, which offers come back,
Many education charities operate outside schools, using methods like training, mentoring, and work experience to help people overcome employment challenges. Their efforts can take on increased significance among young people who are neither enrolled in education nor employed or undergoing formal training. In the UK, the Office for National
Nearly two decades in media, public relations, and entertainment. A career in Russian national television, original radio shows, a glossy magazine, prestigious
By: Dr. Tamara Patzer October 12, 2026 In Brief: A California filer needs close to $1 million of adjusted gross income to
By: Amarachukwu Jacinta Abosi Long before I understood what it would mean for my own manufacturing business, I completed an industrial training
Travel agencies are usually associated with practical services such as arranging transport, accommodation, package holidays, insurance, and other travel requirements. However, their
By: Cameron Blake Los Angeles has always understood the seductive power of reinvention. Come west, change your name, rewrite your story, find
Underwriting has traditionally been the slowest, most opaque part of getting a business loan. Fundivi rebuilt that process from the ground up
After a homeowner accepts a HomeWise offer, the purchase agreement goes out for signature, the earnest money moves to the title company,
By: Jay Kt Three words are often used interchangeably but represent very different types of books: autobiography, memoir, and biography. An autobiography
Finding the right ad management partner is one of the most critical decisions a digital publisher can make. Between shifting privacy regulations,
By: Jay Kt Long before Jeffrey Loria became known as a collector and private art dealer, a Picasso at Yale University taught
Entravision has launched Reyna 103.1 FM in Los Angeles as the flagship station for Reyna, a creator-led multimedia platform serving Latina audiences.
Some of the most complicated real estate transactions do not look complicated at first. A house may initially appear to need a
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