You're out of your mind if you're still doing an MBA in 2026. • Six figures in tuition • Two years out of the workforce • Taught by professors who've barely run a business I don’t understand how there are still people who think this is a good idea.

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Reading Rockefeller's biography Interesting line last night: "When it came to mergers, he didn't fight for the last dollar and tried to conclude matters cordially" One of the most intense business people of all time understood still having a good relationship with folks on the other side of the table is mission critical Because, once the deal is done, the real works starts. And you need the help of the other person on the other side of the table This isn't a zero sum game in SMB M&A

Entrepreneurship = firefighting. Every day you wake up, there’s a new problem to solve. A new fire to put out. You have to fall in love with the process of solving these problems. If you don’t like doing this work, you shouldn’t start a company.

‘Travel sports,’ a term that has come to encompass all sorts of private teams, leagues, and clubs, used to be for the truly exceptional young athlete. Now, they’re for anyone willing to pay — an expensive, exhausting commitment that has become popular not necessarily because millions of parents want them for their children but because it can feel like there’s no other choice. Rec programs are underfunded and struggle to compete with for-profit leagues for prime field, rink, and court times. And the level of play is diluted, often very early, as travel teams are incentivized to enroll children at young ages. Around 5 million children in the U.S. now compete on travel teams. Parents find themselves trapped. They know the benefits of sports and want that for their children, yet giving it to them often means buying into a sports ecosystem that’s inherently flawed. As the pay-to-play model increasingly takes hold, so does the idea that kids should start competing at younger and younger ages, risking their sense of self along with their shoulders and ACLs. “I never want my kids to look back and say I didn’t do everything I could to help them live their dreams,” a mother of three soccer players said. She’s hired professional photographers to take action shots for her 12- and 13-year-olds’ Instagram accounts — the platform has become a recruiting tool — and they’ve both asked her to pay for personal trainers. “I think the word isn’t ‘specialize’; you are ‘professionalizing’ your kid early. You are exposing them to everything professionals have to deal with — I’m talking injury, time, schedule, everything,” said John Van Benschoten, a former MLB player and travel-baseball coach. It makes one ask: All this for what? And for whom? Read Caitlin Moscatello’s cover story on how travel leagues have made youth sports more expensive, hypercompetitive, and all-consuming — and the investors who are making a killing: nymag.visitlink.me/1-gbZQ