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FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Private Equity Firms list has shined a light on the PE outfits that support founder-led companies through both good times and, well, global [...]

STANLEY McCHRYSTAL, FOUR-STAR GENERAL; FORMER COMMANDER, JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND; FOUNDER McCHRYSTAL GROUP As the Covid-19 pandemic intensified its assault at home and abroad, retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal found [...]

Many American schools in poorer communities need textbooks and ball fields and higher teacher salaries. They also need something Popular Mechanics can help provide: furniture. The desks and tables and [...]

To be a good father is to be a gifted teacher. Whether we grow up to become movie stars, aerospace engineers, or motorcycle mechanics, we are shaped by what we [...]

The first sign that Blake Tovin and Suzanna Frosch's home is anything but your average country place appears right at the couple's front door. This Dutch split-style entryway, painted a [...]

Hundreds of feet beneath the bumper-to-bumper traffic of New York City, one of the world's most ambitious engineering projects is taking place. Thought it goes he prosaic name of City [...]

Everyone, and every golfer, defines luxury in his or her own way. Ernie Els says it's 'something you can afford but don't really need, and that gives you great enjoyment.' [...]

This was the year you were going to get better, right? And yet, as summer turns to fall, you can't help but notice that your handicap is exactly what it [...]

When, not so long from now, he gives up golf entirely, Greg Norman will just have to fall back on everything else he is: an easy-riding, high-flying, land-developing family man [...]

Twenty-four successful young women talk about their careers. They worked hard to attain what they want. Talent, discipline and peristence also played a big part in boosting their careers.

Perfectly pompous anchor Craig Kilborn and a a whipcrack team of writers make The Daily Show TV's funniest program. They will one day win an Emmy--if they don't kill one [...]

Byline: Interview by Joe Bargmann last call: Andrew Giuliani No longer the rambunctious pudgeball or the dad-dissing jock who got booted off Duke's golf team, the younger Giuliani, 23, is [...]

GOLFERS ARE A SIMPLE LOT. WHILE AStrophysicists seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe and medical researchers apply their intellectual might to fight fatal diseases, we obsess over a [...]

OUTSIDE Barbados' Grantley Adams International Airport, amid the tour groups and shabby taxis, a silver Bentley idled conspicuously by the curb. The chauffeur stood at attention, holding a sign marked […]

WHEN A MARINE SUITS UP FOR a long patrol--say, five days--batteries and drinking water account for as much as 60 of the 90-plus pounds he carries. The water is vital. [...]

STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL, FOUR-STAR GENERAL; FORMER COMMANDER, JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND; FOUNDER, MCCHRYSTAL GROUP As the Covid-19 pandemic intensified its assault at home and abroad, retired four-star general Stanley McChrystal found himself in pressing demand. After McChrystal assumed leadership of Joint Special Operations Command in 2003, he took up a forward command for five years rather than work from JSOC's headquarters at Fort Bragg in North Carolina or some other remote post. " GLO:inc/01may20:56n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): IN CHARGE General Stanley McChrystal, then commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, speaks to Afghan military officers in 2009. gl "I've always found that the people you lead are extraordinarily understanding. [Extracted from the article]

Whether compelled by tradition, keeping up with the Joneses, or the joy of spending time outdoors, 69 percent of U.S. homeowners do their own yardwork, and maintain 40,000 square miles [...]

Nissan's GT-R didn't earn its 'Godzilla' nickname for qualities that would suit a Lexus; this relentless tarmac eater would never let niceties like chassis refinements or sound deadening impede its [...]

DURING THE GOOD TIMES, the preapocalypse, you want a dog that's loyal, smart, and obedient. You also want a dog that barks like hell when a stranger walks up your [...]

Golf player Phil Mickelson's third-place finish at the British Open earned him $514,965 and made him the richest player in golf with $5.4 million in winnings, outpacing Tiger Woods by more than $2 million. Mickelson made aggressive play his trademark on the PGA Tour, and thus averaged two wins a year from 1993 to 2003.

YOU HEAR HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND THINK: Smart people there. They ought to know how to preserve great art. So it was baffling and a little tragic when, in the 1960s [...]

POPULAR MECHANICS: Your new book and PBS show, How We Got to Now, are about the history of various technologies, and the unintended way that one invention can spawn another-and [...]

FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. That's the amount of money regular people had removed from their bank accounts and given to crowdfunding campaigns as of the end of 2013. Five b-b-billion, a [...]

This is the thirteenth September since 9/11. Earlier this year, deep beneath the ground where the World Trade Center towers once stood, a museum chronicling the events of that day [...]

Everyone, or at least some people, has wanted to be a DJ. Not a radio jock or a sweaty guy in a vest who spins vinyl at bar mitzvahs but [...]

Don't look now but golf--long considered a refuge for the paunchy, the weak, the sadly out-of-shape--is morphing into an athletic sport. This comes as a shock to many newcomers, who [...]

MAKITA X2 LXT LITHIUM-ION CORDLESS CHAIN SAW ($360 FOR SAW ONLY) Gas-powered chain saws are the right tool for big jobs, such as felling trees or carving up logs larger [...]

The latest generation of Pathfinder trades its classic truck-based body for more space-efficient unibody construction, resulting in a handsome (though somewhat generic-looking) people mover. With the third-row seat deployed, our [...]

Driving is fun, exhilarating, and a rite of passage. It is also perilous, especially for the inexperienced: Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers in the U.S.--period--when [...]

For years I've believed that everything is better on a stick: corn dogs, ice cream bars, candied apples, shish kebab. But there's nothing that makes me lick my chops like [...]

Golfers need as much power as any other athlete for success in their game, with strong golfers hitting the ball farther than weak ones. Having a workout program that targets the muscles used in golf can go a long way towards helping a golfer attain power.

'The energy transferred by a typical lawnmower blade is equivalent to being shot ... with a .357 Magnum pistol,' according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. That explains why [...]

Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey: The engineering behind the Gyro is as simple as the singsong DIY axiom. The gyroscopic drive activates when the tool is rotated; the greater the degree of the [...]

FINAL REPORT With this third and final review, we bid a fond farewell to the Sorento as it leaves the PopMech fleet with generally positive staff reviews after almost 13,000 [...]

Thank you for the press release. We placed it in the recycling bin. We appreciate you providing the basic product information; if s helpful. But we have a job to [...]

In this article several experts across a spectrum of disciplines suggest fresh ideas for how the Masters Golf Tournament might continue its glorious march forward. Topics include an updated historic green jacket designed by style editor Matthew Hranek and fashion designer Jake Mueser, redesign of the Masters logo by Paul Crawford, the "Golf" magazine's own creative director and suggestion for Butler Cabin based on American Modernism style.

The 9-4X is Saab's first all-new model in years and a legacy of the period when GM owned the Swedish brand. Thus, the 9-4X ($34,205) rides on the same chassis [...]

The old saw about using the right tool for the job also applies to automotive choices. For example, the modestly powered Mazda2--a great short-range commuter car--did not turn out to [...]

In the 29 years since Fiat's U.S. retreat (remember the X1/9?), the company has addressed well-known quality issues and partnered with Chrysler, and now it returns with the diminutive and [...]

To confirm those firms' commitment to investing in entrepreneurled companies, we gather data on how their portfolio companies have grown and extensively interview entrepreneurs, including those who've exited, on their experiences with the firms. "It was Erik's openness to bringing in Lena's complementary strengths that attracted me to the company", Rooke says. In 2017, Rooke's San Francisco-based venture capital firm led Intabio's $3.2 million seed financing. [Extracted from the article]

People who think that the year 2000 transition problem in computers will lead to global disaster such as global food and cash shortages, and widespread blackouts are mistaken. Most governments and businesses are already preparing for it and the computers systems will not malfunction at the same time.

A personal narrative is offered which explores the author's experience of visiting the Maroma Resort and Spa on the Riviera Maya in Mexico with his wife, Nancy.