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Chemical Recycling and the Business of Scaling Clean Technology

Plastic waste has become a defining industrial challenge, and chemical recycling is one of the approaches being explored to address it. Unlike mechanical methods, it aims to break materials down at a molecular level so they can be reused. For investors, the field raises a familiar question about how a promising process moves from laboratory work to commercial operation, a theme that Yazan Al Homsi has engaged with through Aduro.Aduro Clean...

Payments Technology Beyond the Checkout Counter

When most people think of payments, they picture a card reader at a store counter. The reality is wider. Stadiums, concession stands, ticketing systems and enterprise platforms all depend on payment technology, and coverage featuring Thomas Priore has drawn attention to how that technology supports professional sports and commerce at scale.Why do these environments matter? Because they compress the demands of commerce into a few intense moments....

Settling In for Fall: Preparing the Home as Temperatures Dip

When the evenings cool, households move through the house differently. Windows close, blankets come out and the garage becomes a stopover for seasonal boxes. It is also the moment many homeowners think about the less glamorous side of upkeep, and a little planning goes a long way toward a calm autumn.A wellness-oriented outlook helps keep that planning in perspective. Coverage of Mira Home describes a way of thinking about the household as a...

JP Morgan’s Justin Nelson Says College Major Matters Little

Finance firms have traditionally recruited from economics and business programs. Justin Nelson, a Managing Director at JP Morgan, has stopped paying much attention to that pipeline. Nelson leads the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, where his group of 20 oversees more than $15 billion in assets. After close to 30 years in the business, he has concluded that reading people well...

Reading Burak Basel’s Writing on Medium

Founders who publish their own writing give the public something unusual: unfiltered material that sits outside corporate communications. The Medium account run by Burak Basel is a place where he shares personal commentary, and it offers a different register from the more formal statements found on the Basel Holding website. For a sense of the wider public record, the group's press-room feature on entrepreneurship and a Dato Capital listing from...