THE RUNNER

The Wall Street Journal wanted to reinvigorate America's ambitions for accomplishing great things. While some might see politics and world events as uncertainties to wait on, we recognized that true ambition doesn't follow from the rules set forth by others. It shines brightest in times of uncertainty, and works to have its say in the circumstances others wait to abide. True ambition doesn't wait for the dust to settle. True ambition goes out and settles the dust. We told that story through the life of an ambitious woman who has never waited—from her very first day to her very first business.