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Look at the biggest businesses in tech: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Tesla. How did they get there? While the usual story—visionary leaders, big ideas, great execution, favorable market timing—is ...

Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He possesses over a decade of experience in the Nuclear and National Defense sectors resolving issues on platforms as varied as stealth bombers to UAVs.