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Leadership

A Whole Foods Customer Told the Company's Founder: 'You're Just Not a Good CEO' — Here Was His Response

John Mackey has been doing things differently for a long time, and this is what he's learned.

Growing a Business

When Your Company Hits This 'Critical Mark,' Big Investors and Private Equity Will Come Calling

Whether you're looking to sell or bring on bigger investors, this growth benchmark will get you in the room.

Growing a Business

To Make Your First Million Dollars, Draw Up This Venn Diagram: 'You Want to Fall Right In the Middle. If You Do, I Think It'll Take 5 Years'

The hosts of 'My First Million' believe anyone can make it happen if they follow this formula.

Growing a Business

Stanford Professors On the Counterintuitive Strategy That Helps Google Hire Top Talent

We assume that the best processes are seamless, but a little friction can go a long way.

Living

5 Tech Tools That Will Impress Strangers When You're Working On the Go

Be that person who gets double-takes when they're out and about, hitting deadlines.

Growing a Business

The Brand Whiz Behind Sun Bum Is Famous For Making Boring Products Fun. Then, This One Stumped Him.

Everything Tom Rinks touched turned to gold until he took on a brand launch at Target that fizzled. Then, he found a creepy doll on Ebay, and he saw a way forward.

Starting a Business

A Side Hustle Consultant Shares the Most Lucrative Gigs Right Now

Plus, he answers the side hustle questions he gets most often from clients.

Growing a Business

She 'Reverse-Engineered' Her First Company's Failure Into a Sober-Curious Brand Making $25 Million a Year

Shizu Okusa ran her first company for eight years but never made enough money. When she founded Apothékary, she knew what she had to do differently.

Starting a Business

How to Turn Your Side Hustle Into a Full Business While Working a 9-to-5, From 3 Founders Who Did It

These founders built legitimate businesses in their off-hours. And they all did it differently.

Starting a Business

Does Your Brand Look too Corporate, or Dated? See How These Brands Leveled Up Their Design.

We live in a time when brands are more visible and visual than ever. Here, six founders explain how they created brand design that stands out.

Starting a Business

These Four Words Can Change The Way You Approach Every Impossible Task

When a door closes, this is the question that opens a window.

Growing a Business

Big Businesses Take Forever to Pay Their Small Suppliers. These Founders Did Something About It: 'Nobody Had Seen Anything Like This'

When their first company failed because major retailers took so long to pay, Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson couldn't accept the status quo. So they built NowAccount, a novel solution that lets small businesses get paid right away. Turns out, big businesses love it too.