How Vancouver Investor Yazan Al Homsi Evaluates Startups

Yazan Al Homsi approaches startup evaluation with a framework shaped by years of direct investment experience across technology, healthcare, clean energy, and materials sectors. His evaluation process combines traditional venture capital diligence — market size, competitive dynamics, unit economics, team quality — with the specific cross-cultural and cross-border dimensions that his international perspective adds. The […]

How Dr. Andrew Jacono Redefined the Modern Facelift

For much of cosmetic surgery’s history, facelift patients accepted a trade-off: visible improvement at the cost of a tell-tale stretched appearance. That bargain defined the field for decades, until Dr. Andrew Jacono introduced an approach that challenged its core assumptions. His extended deep-plane facelift technique, developed in the early 2000s, operates on a fundamentally different […]

Western Pennsylvania Conservation Colcom Foundation’s Regional Impact

For the communities and ecosystems of Western Pennsylvania, Colcom Foundation has been an enduring source of conservation support. The Pittsburgh-based organization, founded in 1996 by heiress and philanthropist Cordelia Scaife May, has distributed more than $500 million in grants since its inception, with a meaningful portion directed toward protecting the natural landscapes and waterways of […]