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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin

@lagorio.bsky.social
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Co-host of from the Ground Up. Author of many articles and one book, WE ARE THE NERDS. My reporting cauldron contains influence, misinformation, and sustainability in business. Enthusiastic about/bad at: running, native gardening.

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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The excellent @jwherrman.bsky.social on Reddit and the end of the Internet (with a few notes of context on how the hell we got here from me) nymag.com/intelligence...
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Now it's the professors using ChatGPT. Students aren't happy about it. I talked to professors. I talked to students. I read the scathing reviews on Rate My Professors. Here you go: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"‘You know what? I’m going to take back what’s mine.’ And I did that. It’s my dream, it’s my legacy, it’s something I created,” says Pinky Cole. “It was important for me as a woman, especially a Black woman, to show what resilience looks like.” (gift link) www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"‘You know what? I’m going to take back what’s mine.’ And I did that. It’s my dream, it’s my legacy, it’s something I created,” says Pinky Cole. “It was important for me as a woman, especially a Black woman, to show what resilience looks like.” www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This is not a story about letting go. These women--from Naomi Watts to Jaclyn Johnson to Pinky Cole--had fascinating, very different stories, of going through the same thing: Buying back the brand and company they'd poured love, sweat, and focus into. @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
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They Had the Ultimate Exit. Here's Why They Bought Their Companies Back
There’s no single reason or uniting circumstance behind women founders returning to resurrect the companies they built—except this.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Exclusive, and this is launching tomorrow. Pretty fascinating. @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
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A T-Shirt Was Grown, Spun, Knit, and Entirely Made in America. It Only Took 4 Years.
Imogene + Willie set out to make a "single origin" t-shirt and learned some powerful lessons about managing supply chains in a trade war.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"I’ve been predicting a deal will get done. So hopefully we see it shortly. If it doesn’t, then all bets are off. And my prediction would then be shortages, and inflation, and unemployment ..."—Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Flexport's Ryan Petersen Knows What Small Businesses Need to Do to Survive the Trade War
Deferring duties, bonded warehouses, valuation services, and other strategies to avoid pain at the ports.
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Inc. Magazine @inc.com · 09/04/2025
When companies are getting squeezed, sustainability and social benefits tend to be the first things to go. That’s a problem for the planet and sets back the conscious capital ecosystem. (📝: @lagorio.bsky.social)
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Fair Trade Founder Paul Rice on What U.S. Businesses Lose in a Trump Trade War
When companies are getting squeezed, sustainability and social benefits tend to be the first things to go. That’s a problem for the planet and sets back the conscious capital ecosystem.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Fair Trade Founder Paul Rice on What U.S. Businesses Lose in a Trump Trade War
When companies are getting squeezed, sustainability and social benefits tend to be the first things to go. That’s a problem for the planet and sets back the conscious capital ecosystem.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Oh lovely, the propagandists are "grooming" LLMs now. www.americansunlight.org/updates/new-...
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NEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models — The American Sunlight Project
Click here to read the report. Click here to read the press release. Click here to access the database. It may be tempting to consider Russian influence campaigns in the United States and ...
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Why does everything on the Internet feel so broken? Ah, it is. Here’s how and some smart predictions about the future of AI slop. www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Why Does Everyone Think They Can Fix Social Networking?
Eliminate content? Let AI moderate? Change the discourse? These entrepreneurs are on a mission to fix our social media hellscape.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Jonathan Adler had some wise thoughts about his eponymous brand's recent acquisition. And his dog is really a good girl. www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Jonathan Adler Is Grateful for Growth Capital
The home decor entrepreneur discusses the evolution of his namesake company and why he sold to private equity.
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Inc. Magazine @inc.com · 24/02/2025
He changed the way we think about startups. Now, Blank wants you to think really hard about taking that investor money. (📝: @lagorio.bsky.social)
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Steve Blank Thinks AI Can Help You Find Your Customers—and Your Next Business Model
He changed the way we think about startups. Now, Blank wants you to think really hard about taking that investor money.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
New podcast episode! Starting over after 26 years, with @jenibritton.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Jeni Britton’s Sweet Second Act
Podcast Episode · From the Ground Up · 02/03/2025 · 50m
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Inside the founding and growth Bookshop, the scrappy company (that, at a glance, looks quite a bit like a nonprofit) that's taking on Amazon at its first game: books. Now it's going up against Kindle, while slinging some mud in the eyes of Apple and Google. @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Bookshop Achieved the Impossible Against Amazon. Now It’s Coming for E-Books
The platform has made a profit while supporting brick-and-mortar bookstores. Next up, taking on Amazon’s 76 percent of the e-book market.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Here's what's up with the eggs. www.inc.com/melissa-ange...
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Welcome to the Era of Premium Eggs
As egg suppliers scramble to cope with surging costs spurred on by a particularly devastating strain of bird flu, the alternative markets for plant-based and premium eggs are having a moment.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
If you need some good news today… www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Bookshop Achieved the Impossible Against Amazon. Now It’s Coming for E-Books
The platform has made a profit while supporting brick-and-mortar bookstores. Next up, taking on Amazon’s 76 percent of the e-book market.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Readers and writers will understand that this is wild! I'm reading a new book in my web browser. Not a watermarked galley. Not library. I bought it. I wrote this about how and why. It's Bookshop's latest to help indie bookstores instead of sending CEOs to space @inc.com www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Bookshop Achieved the Impossible Against Amazon. Now It’s Coming for E-Books.
The platform has made a profit while supporting brick-and-mortar bookstores. Next up, taking on Amazon’s 76 percent of the e-book market.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The latest in our series on how companies are dealing with PFAS. Excellent work by @chloeaiello.bsky.social www.inc.com/chloe-aiello...
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The Quest to Purge PFAS: How Brands Are Taking Up Arms Against the Invisible Toxins
Forever chemicals are as pervasive as they are insidious, and some brands have found opportunity in their elimination.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Ah, don't worry, Internet, he prefers the term "enlightened leader." www.inc.com/dfreedman/ma...
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Is Matt Mullenweg the Mad King of WordPress?
The WordPress co-founder's open-source empire dominates the web. His attack on competitor WP Engine may be putting it at risk.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I'm cry-laughing at the "ChicAIgo" on one truck, and hands in general. The kid drinking the pizza slice; the other holding it like it's an ice cream cone! @bensherry.bsky.social www.inc.com/ben-sherry/w...
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We Made a Fake Ad Using OpenAI's Text-to-Video App, Sora. The Results Were Mixed
Sora's video output is visually impressive but inconsistent.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Discord's founder told me what he learned from Rick Rubin (and how much gaming is done on the clock at Discord!). www.inc.com/christine-la...
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The Hiring Spree That Almost Broke Discord
During the pandemic, Discord took off—and so did headcount. CEO Jason Citron has since wrangled control and transformed company culture.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It’s the most wonderful time of the year lithub.com/the-most-sca...
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The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2024
Ho, ho, ho, hope you’ve brought an appetite for destruction, because we’ve got some choice cuts for you this holiday season. Among the books being tarred and feathered in the town squar…
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The head of ops at a national security startup has thoughts on how to manage really smart, highly motivated employees. www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Why This Exec at a National Security Startup Thrives Without a Playbook
Lori Hammer, head of operations at Vannevar Labs, explains why she likes leading through ambiguity and giving homework assignments.
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Mike Hofman @mikehofman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
What caused the toy store Kido to close down? @inc.com’s @lagorio.bsky.social takes a look at the grinch, which just might be Instagram www.inc.com/christine-la...
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A Beloved Toy Store Is Closing This Holiday Season. Are Shifting Social Media Algorithms to Blame?
Keewa Nurullah’s Kido boutique in Chicago’s South Loop found its stride online. Now, Instagram may be the Grinch.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Fake controversy! It's lovely! I need to hear if you actually hate it or love to hate it.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I spoke with Jason Citron, the founder and CEO of Discord. What's fascinating: It's not the first gaming company he built and turned into a communications platform. Also: He threw out the management books to save the company's culture. Here's my full interview: www.inc.com/christine-la... @inc.com
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The Hiring Spree That Almost Broke Discord
During the pandemic, Discord took off—and so did headcount. CEO Jason Citron has since wrangled control and transformed company culture.
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Mike Hofman @mikehofman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
For @inc.com's #BestinBusiness list, @lagorio.bsky.social spoke with @alleycorp.bsky.social's Kevin Ryan on why he likes to bet on first-time founders: "They are more open to suggestions and help... They don’t feel like they have a playbook to lean on." www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Kevin Ryan Has Invested in More Than 180 Startups. Here's What He Says Founders Should Focus On
A founding father of New York City’s tech scene explains his unconventional investment philosophy and outlook for venture capital in 2025.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
NYC should issue “wet leaves” advisories for pedestrians the way the Midwest does for black ice
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Did you know the guys who made Phony Negroni had a real amaro business--I mean a $1M business--first? They told @jenniferconrad.bsky.social if it wasn't perfect as a mocktail, they'd just stick with the real thing. She dives into the boom of booze-free spirits @inc.com www.inc.com/jennifer-con...
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The Makers of Phony Negroni Are on Track to Sell 2 Million Bottles This Year. How the Nonalcoholic Spirits Industry Is Coming of Age
With a flood of competitors and conglomerates eyeing the market, brands are working to create a buzz in the new world of nonalcoholic adult drinks.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Customers were brutal. Press was brutal. This is an excellent study of and meditation on a founder, and brand's, course-correction. www.inc.com/amyodell/how...
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How Glossier Got Its Glow Back
The 10-year-old beauty brand is profitable, growing, and back in the zeitgeist after successfully pulling off a transition of power.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My latest! And each of these pieces is worth a read.
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Michelle Legro @michellelegro.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It's a Thanksgiving miracle to have @michaelwaters.bsky.social on @inc.com with one of my favorite business mysteries: What happened to that icon of executive striving, the company car? www.inc.com/michael-wate...
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Whatever Happened to the Company Car?
Once a cushy executive benefit, company cars turned out to be an unhelpful tax dodge and an enormous liability.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My latest, on the (hopefully, someday) six-hour tour to space.
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Diana Ransom @dianaransom.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
@lagorio.bsky.social's interview with business ethicist Michael Posner of NYU is 🔥 www.inc.com/christine-la... and thought provoking.
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Michael Posner Wants You to Lead an Ethical Company
As director of the Center for Business and Human Rights, Posner believes that entrepreneurs can both protect profits and pursue principles.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My latest for @inc.com: Inside the future of (near) space tourism. A snail's pace lift via balloon up to the stratosphere. But then--you have to get down. www.inc.com/christine-la...
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Would You Pay This Man $50,000 to Take You to the Edge of Space?
Meet the entrepreneurs providing a rarefied clientele with once-in-a-lifetime journey in a stratospheric air balloon.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
There’s a generational rift in the American workplace. On this week’s podcast, @dianaransom.bsky.social brings her recent interview with Simon Sinek. Their fascinating conversation about about relationships might just help you understand—and manage—Gen Z. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Leadership For a New Generation
Podcast Episode · From the Ground Up · 11/18/2024 · 49m
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Mike Hofman @mikehofman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Thinking about this @issielapowsky.bsky.social piece on people finding life after Twitter www.inc.com/issie-lapows...
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Laid Off From Big Tech? Here Come the Rebounder Founders
They were pushed out of cushy jobs at Google, Twitter, and Meta. Now they’re building startups and embracing the risk of entrepreneurship.
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Rebecca Deczynski @rebeccadecz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
wrote about how female-founded reproductive health brands are meeting the current moment, for @inc.com www.inc.com/rebecca-decz...
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Post-Election, Emergency Contraception Sales Are Surging. Women-Led Startups Are Meeting the Demand
Customers are stocking up on the morning-after pill—which remains legal in all 50 states—in advance of the next Trump presidency.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Have we arrived at The Good Place?
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
How did Fawn Weaver become the fifth-ever black woman to grow her own business to more than $1 billion? Great whiskey, sure. But she took some uncommon steps, by becoming a researcher, historian, author, and legacy builder first. My conversation @inc.com : www.inc.com/annabel-burb...
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Whiskey Brand Co-Founder Fawn Weaver Isn't Ready to Celebrate
Uncle Nearest is the fifth Black female-owned company to net a $1 billion valuation. But co-founder Fawn Weaver tells 'From the Ground Up' her work is far from over.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Happy Halloween once more and I see the McKibbin Lofts have continued on their natural progression nygroove.nyc/nyc-bone-mus...
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Skeletons are not so spooky scary at Brooklyn's Bone Museum
Meet the bone collector of the McKibbin lofts.
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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin @lagorio.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Happy Halloween!! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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They thought they found their dream home — so did thousands of bats
For a millennial couple buying their first home, on an island in the Puget Sound, the cost of humanely resolving the bat problem was more than they expected.
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