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WSJ Global Food Forum 2025 Chicago: Exclusive Industry Leader Insights on Ultra-Processed Foods, Climate Change, and the Future of Healthy Eating | Complete Conference Coverage

EXCLUSIVE: I attended the WSJ Global Food Forum 2025 in Chicago and learned shocking truths about ultra-processed foods from NIH's Dr. Kevin Hall, witnessed Chobani CEO's urgent immigration warning, and discovered how climate change is forcing farms to close. Here's what Hormel, Corteva, and California policymakers revealed about the future of food that will affect every American family. Plus: the game-changing cultivated meat technology that could feed 10 billion people sustainably.

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Stop Thinking Small: How Leaders Create Abundance in Resource-Constrained Environments

Most leaders think they need more money, time, or people to achieve big results. But research shows 93% of companies that grew during the 2008 recession didn't increase their budgets—they just used what they had differently. Abundance-minded leaders are 67% more likely to find creative solutions and achieve 2.3x better financial results than their scarcity-focused peers. This comprehensive guide reveals the data-driven strategies successful leaders use to multiply their impact without burning out. Learn the "coffee tree method" for seeing unlimited possibilities in limited resources, plus get a practical 4-week action plan to transform your leadership approach. Whether you're managing a team or building your personal brand, these evidence-based insights will help you create extraordinary results with ordinary resources.

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8 Leadership Lessons from the 2025 Puerto Rican Day Parade: Plantando Bandera in Business and Life

The 2025 Puerto Rican Day Parade brought over one million people to NYC's Fifth Avenue under the powerful theme "Plantando Bandera" (Planting the Flag). This 68th annual celebration offers profound insights for leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking authentic success. From the parade's emphasis on cultural pride to its $200,000 scholarship program supporting the next generation, this year's event demonstrates how authentic identity becomes a competitive advantage in business and leadership. Discover eight transformative lessons including how to build sustainable community impact, leverage heritage as a leadership asset, and create lasting legacy through consistent action. Learn why the most successful leaders don't hide their unique backgrounds—they plant their flag in authenticity and watch their influence spread globally. Whether you're building a team, developing your career, or leading an organization, the principles of Plantando Bandera provide a roadmap for creating meaningful impact while honoring your authentic self.

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The Infinity System: The Revolutionary Business Framework That Scaled 787 Coffee Across 4 States

When Brandon Pena scaled 787 Coffee from a single location to operations across four states, he didn't just expand—he revolutionized how businesses achieve infinite scalability. The Infinity System, Brandon's proprietary business framework, has become the gold standard for entrepreneurs seeking sustainable growth without compromising quality or culture.

This proven methodology combines Systems Integration, Perpetual Optimization, and Leadership Multiplication to create self-reinforcing growth loops that compound exponentially. Unlike traditional business scaling approaches that often hit plateau points, the Infinity System creates infinite possibilities for expansion.

Now, Brandon Pena shares the complete framework that transformed 787 Coffee into a multi-state success story. Whether you're a small business owner, entrepreneur, or business leader, discover how the Infinity System can unlock your organization's infinite potential and establish the systematic approach to scaling that industry experts are calling revolutionary.

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Building Systems That Actually Work Without You

Stop being the bottleneck in your own business. After working with hundreds of small business owners, anti-guru expert Brandon Ivan Peña has identified the exact pattern that separates businesses that scale from those that plateau: systems that actually work without the owner.

In this comprehensive guide, Brandon reveals his battle-tested 4-step framework that transformed Apollo Services from unprofitable chaos to systematic expansion across two states, helped Learning with Experts achieve 94% revenue growth in five months, and freed countless business owners from 60-hour work weeks.

You'll discover why 74% of organizations are increasing automation investment but most small businesses are automating chaos instead of systematizing first. Using a simple coffee shop analogy that even a 10-year-old can understand, Brandon breaks down exactly how to document what's really happening, standardize before you automate, implement strategic automation that solves real problems, and delegate with systems instead of hope.

This isn't theoretical advice from someone who's never run a real business. Brandon works daily in the trenches with small businesses facing the same challenges you are.

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Laborit's Law: The Science Behind Why We Procrastinate (And How to Beat It)

Discover Laborit's Law - why your brain chooses easy tasks over important ones. Learn 3 practical strategies successful entrepreneurs use to beat procrastination.

Every morning, you walk into your business with big plans. But somehow, you end up organizing your desk instead of making that important client call. Sound familiar? Meet Laborit's Law - the scientific reason why entrepreneurs choose easy tasks over game-changing ones. Discover the coffee shop framework that's helping business leaders flip this script and tackle their biggest challenges first.

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