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1 week ago | worth.com | Eva Crouse

On the morning of Jan. 8, Darya Allen-Attar saw her home burning on CNN. The Pacific Palisades house where she had raised her three children, collected decades of family memories, and built a life in one of LA’s most coveted neighborhoods was reduced to rubble. “One of my neighbors sent me a picture—she had seen my house burning on CNN at three in the morning,” Allen-Attar recalled.

2 weeks ago | worth.com | Eva Crouse

When Ali Anderson joined a friend’s fledgling distillery project “just until he found someone else,” she didn’t expect to fall in love with the spirits industry—or end up running the show. A decade later, Anderson is now CEO of CraftCo, a growing portfolio of premium and ultra-luxury brands navigating one of the most volatile periods in recent spirits history.

2 weeks ago | worth.com | Alisa Cohn

All companies are looking for growth. That said, a company experiencing steep growth can feel chaotic and volatile. One startup I work with began the year with 200 employees and currently has more than 1,000. The employees feel enormously stretched by all the new people, the increasing demands, and the constant change. It’s not just startups. The largest division of a major public technology firm I work with changed the way it sold and its product mix last year.

3 weeks ago | worth.com | Matt Simon

The world is grappling with an energy crisis—not one of scarcity, but one created by overwhelming demand. More energy-hungry data centers and AI algorithms are coming online. Developing countries are using more energy to support their people and industries. And as the world electrifies—replacing gas cars with electric vehicles, for instance—it will use ever more power.

3 weeks ago | worth.com | Deborah Grayson |Jonathan Russo

We consider ourselves mole aficionados. Few sauces can beat them as a topping for chicken or enchiladas. Decades ago, we went so far as to make a pilgrimage to Oaxaca, not just to see the Colonial city and visit the nearby Zapotec ruins but also to sample and feast on the local moles. So, on a recent trip to Mexico City (CDMX), we searched for an authentic rendition and found it at Mux Restaurant in the revitalized hipster neighborhood of Roma Norte.