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Amy Cosper

Amy Cosper

Bellvue, co

Journalist, editor, and storyteller. I cover entrepreneurs and the strange, brilliant ways people build things. I was Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur. Now I do other things in media, podcasts, film, and digital platforms. Sometimes on a motorcycle.

Starr Hall never learned to sit still

Starr Hall never learned to sit still

Starr Hall has this formula and it repeats like clockwork: She builds things. She makes a shit ton of money. She exits. She gets bored. She moves on. “I know after two years, I’m out,” she says. “I’ve done what I can do. I need something new.”

Wing Lam hanging out in San Clemente. Doing what he does best, spreading love, peace, and tacos.

Living the Wahoo Way

Before Wahoo’s Fish Taco became a global brand, Wing Lam was handing out tacos to starving surfers in Costa Mesa parking lots.

Drink the fucking wine

Drink the fucking wine

Scott Halford on leadership, clarity, the human brain, and how great founders learn to slow down and question assumptions.

David Granger, Amy Cosper, a pile of raw fish and some edamame. The red velvet couch makes us look glamorous.

Lunch With David Granger

The machinery of media looks very different now. But, we both agree, editorial judgment still has a place. Maybe now more than ever.

The Ducati didn't make it

The Ducati didn't make it

The city of Fort Collins mailed the ticket to my husband’s ex-wife, who does not live in Fort Collins, nor does she ride a Ducati. She was furious. To this day, none of us understands how that happened. But who cares? It was fantastic and she’s still pissed. I call that a win.

Barbara Brooks, founder of SecondActWomen in her Cherry Creek office. To women over 40, she has this to say, “We’re not done,” she said. “We’re just getting started.”

Barbara Brooks is not invisible

Up until that point, she hadn’t thought much about her age. It wasn’t part of how she moved through the world or how she understood her value. But as the rejections accumulated, it became clear that it was part of someone else’s calculation she could no longer control.

The Sparrow in the Razor Wire

The Sparrow in the Razor Wire

Inside prison he devoured books on entrepreneurship, spirituality, mindfulness, and personal development. One idea kept circling in his mind. What if prison was not the end of his life? “I asked myself why do I have to view prison as punishment. Why can’t this be a place where I remake myself.”