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“Zillow research finds that buyers pay 2% more for listings that look good online – and that’s an extra $9,000 on a typical home,” said Amanda Pendleton, Zillow’s home trends expert. But why is that online impression so important, and what does it take to create an online presentation that’s visually-appealing? Read more: https://lnkd.in/eD5a-GPd

The dorm-room startup Skunk Skin, maker of an odor-preventing sock featured on the Amazon Prime show Buy It Now, has been acquired by Western Wearhouse, a retailer in Atlanta that specializes in Western-style clothing, according to Matthew Tesvich, founder and CEO of Skunk Skin. Tesvich, 25, says the retailer wanted to add the socks to its product lineup as a complement to the boots it sells. “In the Western industry, there is a huge need for anti-odor products,” he said. Read more about the deal here: https://lnkd.in/eknxES-E 📸: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios

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The inside story of how Missouri farm boy Robert Low dropped out of college, survived a criminal assault trial thanks to temporary insanity, and went on to build one of the nation’s biggest trucking empires. Read more about the billionaire behind Kentucky Derby favorite Renegade: https://lnkd.in/e5uJ9FcW 📸: Charlie Riedel via Associated Press

See inside the Under 30 Summit—from Dwyane Wade, Bill Gurley and young changemakers 'hijacking' their industries. https://lnkd.in/exV_V6M5 (Photo: Jamel Toppin for Forbes)

My latest investigation for Forbes charts the rise of Missouri MAGA megadonor Robert Low, owner of Kentucky Derby favorite Renegade and founder of trucking giant Prime. Low's life story is an American classic. An Ozark farm boy who dropped out of college in 1970 to drive a long hauler, he built a 300-truck outfit that got crushed by rising rates in 1980. Then in 1983 he was charged with criminal assault in Colorado after he stabbed his friend/driver with an 8-inch hunting knife, nearly killing him, before he got acquitted on a temporary insanity plea that was later overruled by Colorado's Supreme Court. Undeterred, Low reinvented his struggling trucking company by embracing Reagan-era deregulation and pushing it to its limit. Unlike most mega-carriers, 90% of Prime's truckers are independent contractors, despite hauling loads organized by Prime. The model has been challenged in federal court, but largely survived in tact. The business has been extraordinarily profitable for Low, who lives in a 70,000-square-foot custom-built mansion on a 300-acre property, just down the road from his elite horse breeding operation. Read about Low's wild life story exclusively at Forbes https://lnkd.in/egw4CuRm

The Pentagon on Friday announced agreements with seven tech firms, including OpenAI, Alphabet and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to use their AI tools on classified military networks, following a fallout between the Trump administration and Anthropic. The agreements “accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force,” the Pentagon said. Read the full story to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gmjN3hHx (Photo: Alex Wong via Getty Images)

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Walt Disney didn't just inherit a dream; he worked for it as a paperboy and child factory worker after his father’s business failures. From selling sketches to neighbors at age seven to driving an ambulance in post-war Europe, his early life was a masterclass in perseverance and hustle. Disney leveraged his passion for drawing to land a role as an advertising cartoonist and eventually pioneered new methods in live-action and animation. It's landed him a spot on the #Forbes250 list of greatest, historic self-made Americans. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gjthmASd Photo: Getty Images

April was a strong month to be a billionaire. As markets surged, the world’s ten richest added $260 billion, bringing their combined wealth to $2.7 trillion. There was movement across the rankings. Sergey Brin climbed to #3 (up from #4), while Michael Dell rose to #7 (up from #8). Jim Walton also entered the top 10 for the first time in years, joining his brother Rob Walton on the list. Not everyone moved up: Jeff Bezos slipped to #4 despite a $49 billion gain, while Elon Musk remains #1. One standout: Google cofounder Larry Page added $76 billion—becoming just the third person ever worth more than $300 billion. Read more about this elite group: https://lnkd.in/gtf_usxc