Sarah Mitchell

It’s reckoning week for Meta employees in layoff limbo

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Reckoning Week Arrives for Meta Employees: Inside the Uncertainty of the 10% Workforce Cut Meta’s long-anticipated “performance culling” is finally here. After weeks of silence, ambiguous internal memos, and a creeping sense of dread, the reckoning week has arrived for thousands of Meta employees. On Wednesday, the company is expected to execute a sweeping layoff … Read more

I skip the Hamptons and head to a coastal town in Connecticut instead. It’s less crowded and wonderful year-round.

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From Traffic Jams to Coastal Calm: Why I Ditched the Hamptons for Madison, Connecticut As a revenue leader, you know the drill: long hours, high stakes, and the constant pressure to perform. When it’s time to unplug, the last thing you need is more gridlock. For years, I spent my weekends trading one traffic nightmare … Read more

As a landlord, I haven’t raised my tenant’s rent in 9 years. Community is more valuable than money.

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Why I Haven’t Raised My Tenant’s Rent in 9 Years: The Real ROI of Community Over Cash When my wife and I bought our first home nearly a decade ago, we weren’t thinking about community. We were thinking about equity. We were thinking about “good bones,” smart location, and a strategic real-estate play that would … Read more

I’m a mom of 3 and an interior designer. It’s OK not to give your kids the decor they’re asking for.

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The Freedom of Saying No: Why Your Kids Don’t Need the Room They’re Begging For When Lauren Behfarin became a mom 12 years ago, she didn’t just buy a new diaper bag—she built a new career. Leaving behind a decade in IT, she launched herself into the world of interior design, specializing in children’s spaces. … Read more

I used to make myself miserable creating the ‘perfect’ vacation itinerary — until a disastrous trip shifted my perspective

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The Vacation Trap: Why Overplanning Destroys Your Travel Experience (And What to Do Instead) As a B2B revenue leader, you know the power of a well-crafted strategy. You map out quarterly targets, forecast pipeline, and optimize every touchpoint. But when it comes to vacation planning, that same control-freak mindset can backfire—spectacularly. I learned this the … Read more

‘Thank God, I’m alive’: A Russian attack tore open this Ukrainian neighborhood, but residents were quick to start picking up the pieces

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The Morning After a Russian Strike: How Dnipro’s Residents Refuse to Let War Break Their Spirit H1: Inside the Rubble of Dnipro: One Neighborhood’s Fight to Rebuild After a Missile Attack The pre-dawn silence in Dnipro shattered around 4 a.m. Monday. For 70-year-old Olha Melnychenko, the routine of a late-night kitchen snack turned into a … Read more

Europe’s most outspoken airline CEO has a bumper bonus on the table

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Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary Could Pocket $300 Million in Share Options — Here’s What It Means for the Airline’s Future When you think of a CEO whose public persona is as bold as his business strategy, Michael O’Leary likely comes to mind. The outspoken Ryanair chief, famous for calling his own customers “idiots” and threatening … Read more

25 high-paying jobs that are projected to grow a lot over the next decade

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The High-Growth, High-Paying Jobs of the Next Decade: A Strategic Guide for Revenue Leaders If you’re leading a B2B SaaS or tech company, you already know the talent war isn’t cooling off. But here’s what most GTM playbooks miss: the jobs that pay the most and are growing the fastest aren’t just in engineering. They’re … Read more

I left Google to pursue an MBA. I think higher education is still worth the investment in the age of AI.

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From Google to Wharton: Why an MBA Is Still Worth It in the Age of AI The Unconventional Leap: Why a Google PM Left Big Tech for Business School When Tennessee Watt walked away from her dream role at Google in 2021, she wasn’t running from something—she was running toward something bigger. After surviving a … Read more