The sales channel worked for payments. Software proved harder. Matt Hyman’s next company grew from that awkward gap. yespress.io/matt-hyman?utm_s… via Yespress

Brooks Tingle learned insurance by handling agent commissions. The education still matters in the CEO’s office. yespress.io/brooks-tingle?ut… via Yespress

Muddu Sudhakar keeps returning to one enterprise problem: the wait between asking for help and getting work done. Our cover story on @smuddu yespress.io/muddu-sudhakar?u… via Yespress

Timothy J. Klein built a career around a familiar frustration: a capable computer waiting for its data. yespress.io/timothy-j-klein?… via Yespress

Melanie Stricklan wrote to NASA as a girl. NASA wrote back. The career that followed ran through surveillance aircraft, Slingshot Aerospace and Vast. yespress.io/melanie-strickla… via Yespress

David Coppins finished college at 27, married with three children. The IntelyCare chapter came later. The detour is worth reading. yespress.io/david-coppins?ut… via Yespress

A shake of the phone, a change of plan: Omar Gabr’s path from Cairo University to Luciq. Our cover story on @okgabr yespress.io/omar-gabr?utm_so… via Yespress

Why would a technology founder keep a five-year-old iPhone? James Chia had a product test in his pocket. yespress.io/james-chia?utm_s… via Yespress

Imad Hammad helped guide CarSwitch’s first 40 cars from inspection to ownership transfer. A founder’s education, with paperwork. yespress.io/imad-hammad?utm_… via Yespress

Before AMRI became Curia, Thomas E. D’Ambra and Chester Opalka started with a chemistry business in Albany. yespress.io/thomas-e-dambra?… via Yespress

Sid Jha’s first Arbol transaction took nearly six months. Gross revenue: $3,000. A story about the work that happens before a business looks like a business. Our cover story on @sjha1984 yespress.io/siddhartha-jha?u… via Yespress

The hidden cost of freelance work? All the work around it. Our cover story on @workmarket yespress.io/workmarket-by-ad… via Yespress

OnSite Dealer Solutions gets cars out of limbo - with dealership crews and the software that follows their work. Our cover story on @onsiteds yespress.io/onsite-dealer-so… via Yespress

IntegriChain and the money between the medicine. A look inside the contracts, claims and data behind a drug sale. Our cover story on @IntegriChain yespress.io/integrichain?utm… via Yespress

Musico makes the lesson last. The useful part of music software may be what happens after the teacher says goodbye. yespress.io/musico?utm_sourc… via Yespress

Girish Redekar and the value of an inconvenient question. Our cover story on @grease_ yespress.io/girish-redekar?u… via Yespress

An economics graduate, an Apple education, and a computer clipped to a pair of glasses. Meet Bobak Tavangar. Our cover story on @btavangar yespress.io/bobak-tavangar?u… via Yespress

Tomy Yunus arrived in Beijing unable to speak Mandarin. The experience became the idea behind Cakap. yespress.io/tomy-yunus-tjen?… via Yespress

Peter Weijmarshausen and the factory for an audience of one. Our cover story on @weijmarshausen yespress.io/peter-weijmarsha… via Yespress

A software demo. A bug. A 5 a.m. fix. One early Vlad Shmunis story explains the distance between an idea and a working business. Our cover story on @vladshmunis yespress.io/vlad-shmunis?utm… via Yespress