Community

Entrepreneurs

Community: Let it supercharge your entrepreneurial journey

For entrepreneurs, community is everything. It's your hub for support, resource-sharing, and building invaluable connections.

Growing a Business

This Miami Business Took a Bold Risk By Offering a New Type of Service — Here's How It Paid Off

Though it started as a fine-dining restaurant and art gallery concept, R House pivoted to offer something new – and it earned the establishment loyal fans.

Women Entrepreneur®

From Hairdressing to High-Tech

Uncover how one passionate entrepreneur creates opportunities for growth and change

Growing a Business

She Was Unhappy in Her Job as a Lawyer, So She Started a Business Serving a Comfort Food Staple — And Made Millions

Erin Wade transformed from a dissatisfied attorney to a celebrated chef, author and entrepreneur.

Franchise

She Was a Regular at a Struggling Coffee Shop. Then She Bought It, and 4X the Annual Revenue to $1.8 Million.

Kristen Haseotes bought a failing location of Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii, and then slammed the gas on growth. Here's how she became the franchise's top performer.

Growing a Business

She Imagined a Specific Type of Culture Before Starting Her Business — Then Grew It From 1 Cart to Cult Status: 'Magical Things Happening'

When Salt & Straw CEO and co-founder Kim Malek dreamed up a Portland-based ice cream shop in 1996, she wanted to prioritize community in more ways than one.

Growing a Business

Want to Build a Business For the Long Haul? Follow These Steps to Become a Good Corporate Neighbor

Companies that listen to the local community and respect its needs are laying the foundations for long-term success

Innovation

3 Ways to Create Community in Experience-Driven Retail

Agile tech platforms that work in the background are the key to scaling while maintaining brand quality.

Franchise

Her Son Struggled In School. After Helping Him Become an 'A' Student, She Started a Business to Replicate Their Success.

Maria Washington and her husband Aaron realized they were on to something.

Buying / Investing in Business

Why Impact Investing Should Require a Framework for Measuring Success

As impact investors, we have an obligation to see beyond short-term profits. Measuring meaningful impact extends outside the walls of any particular investment in a portfolio.

Growing a Business

5 Lessons I've Learned While Building a Thriving Online Community

In a digital world controlled by algorithms that demand your attention and fight to trigger a jerk-knee reaction, communities bring order to chaos and — most importantly — quality.

Growing a Business

Why We Need to Harness the Power of Community to Overcome Entrepreneurship Challenges

When founders flounder, the best way forward is often to seek support from a community of like-minded people — and in the modern age of global commerce, this has become a global issue.

Leadership

This Artist Answered a Businessman's 'Powerful' Question — Then His Work Became 'the Poster Child for Juneteenth': 'Your Network Really Becomes Your Net Worth'

Reginald Adams was the executive director of a Houston-based art museum for more than a decade before he decided to launch his own public art and design firm.

Growing a Business

How an Annoying Backbreaking Chore Sparked the Idea for This Entrepreneur's Thriving Business

Find out how City Tree Delivery in Chicago brings the holiday spirit directly to urban doorsteps.