Building a Business
5 Ways Technology Can Boost Your Startup’s Productivity
Want to optimize your startup's operations? Here are five ways you can use technology not only to support productivity — but increase it.
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Business Funding
Yes, You Can Fundraise Amid Economic Instability. Here’s How to Do It.
By Tom Thimot
Thought Leaders
How the Founder of a Wildly Popular DTC Clothing Brand Structures Her Day for Maximum Productivity
Lunya founder Ashley Merrill shares the habits and routines behind her success.
Thought Leaders
One of America’s Richest Women Took Zero Outside Investors. Here’s How Aviator Nation Founder Paige Mycoskie Did It.
Like so many successful founders, Paige Mycoskie started her business in her garage. Here's how the Aviator Nation founder got rich selling $160 sweatpants.
Entrepreneurs
This Goldman Sachs Alum Launched an App That’s Helping Young People Manage Their Finances and Healthcare (And She’s Raising Millions of Dollars to Do It)
Genevieve Bellaire founded Realworld to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing young adults today.
By Amanda Breen
Thought Leaders
What You Need to Know About Being a Founder Before Becoming One
Beyond the glamour of being a startup founder, the reality is that starting a company is a long and isolating road with huge sacrifices and personal costs. Here's what you need to know before you take the plunge.
By Ryan Howard
Building a Business
The 5 Bald Faced Lies Told to Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Think you need to go to an elite college and follow all the rules to find success? Think again.
Thought Leaders
How This ‘Shark Tank’ Vet and Her Game-Changing Invention Are Revolutionizing Personal Safety
Raquel Graham shares what she's learned in building Roq Innovation and its Headlightz Headbands.
By Mita Mallick
Building a Business
The Founder’s Opportunity: What Do I Want My Company to Be When It Grows Up?
Here are five things to consider when building the road map for a company that is aligned with your future personal and professional objectives.
Thought Leaders
Dear Brit: ‘What Can I Do to Help My Business Grow?’
The eight steps that will get your business moving in the right direction.
By Brit Morin
Thought Leaders
This Filipino American Founder Is Disrupting the Beverage Aisle by Introducing New Flavors to the Crowded Bubbly Water Market
Here are three lessons Sandro Roco has learned in bringing Asian flavors to the industry for the first time.
By Mita Mallick
Entrepreneurs
Talking About Mental Health With Your Employees Isn’t Enough. Here’s How Six Founders Are Making a Real Difference.
It's a buzzy topic, but making a difference in your workers' lives requires more than having a conversation.
Entrepreneurs
This is What It’s Actually Like to Work a 4-Day Workweek
We talked to founders of three companies that made the leap.
By Jason Feifer
Building a Business
This Founder Wanted to Infuse a Marshmallow With Chocolate, for a Better S’More. He Had No Idea How Hard That Would Be.
Michael Tierney, the founder of Stuffed Puffs, learned that sometimes the simplest problems are the most complicated ones to solve.
By Liz Brody
Business News
Look at Yourself as a Business Rather than an Employee
Stop being a staff member and start becoming the CEO of Y-O-U.
Thought Leaders
Dear Founders: Let Your Spouse Into Your Work Life
For founders, the lines between work and home are consistently blurred. But there are ways to effectively manage the challenges of the founder-spouse dynamic and keep your loved ones in the loop.
By Noa Matz
Thought Leaders
This Founder is Starting a Breakfast Revolution by Reinventing One of America’s Favorite Foods
Here are three lessons Aimee Yang is learning as she builds BetterBrand.
By Mita Mallick
Thought Leaders
Elon Musk, Richard Branson & Jeff Bezos’ Best Advice for Ensuring Your Startup Doesn’t Fail
Stop fearing your business will fail.
Thought Leaders
7 Tips for Startup Founders From an Entrepreneur Who Turned VC
Pitching to venture capitalists, understanding their motivation and the main "don'ts" that make an entrepreneur's path smoother.
Thought Leaders
5 Lessons on Life as an Entrepreneur That You Don’t Learn in School
Success might mean unlearning everything you were taught as a kid.
Thought Leaders
How This First-Generation American Founder Is Taking on Fast-Food Giants
The three most important lessons Ayeshah Abuelhiga has learned in building Mason Dixie Foods.
By Mita Mallick
Thought Leaders
50 Years Into Running a Business, Jazzercise Founder Judi Sheppard Missett Doesn’t Believe in Productivity for Productivity’s Sake: ‘I Focus More on Intention’
The founder reveals the routines and habits that have been formative to her success.
Thought Leaders
These Two Female Fitness Instructors Were Dismissed by Investors. Now, the Joke’s on Them.
Their success came from leaning into their background, not shying away from it.
By Mita Mallick
Thought Leaders
3 Publicity Lessons Women Founders Can Learn From Spanx’s Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely didn't become one of the most admired CEOs without taking her public image seriously. Blakely credits her publicity-savvy approach to her grass-roots success that launched a billion-dollar exit.
By Tara Coomans
Thought Leaders
Starting a Business Empowered Jing Gao to Reclaim Her Name
Fly By Jing isn't just a business success story for Gao, but a personal one too.
Thought Leaders
Jane Poynter Wants to Take You to Space — and She’s Not Doing It Like the Billionaire Boys’ Rocket Club
Poynter sat down with Entrepreneur to discuss 30 years in the male-dominated aerospace sector and her latest endeavor, Space Perspective, the company striving to send more people to space than ever before.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
Six Founders on the Scariest Business Decisions They Ever Made
Growth often requires doing something a little dangerous. These entrepreneurs share the calculus behind their biggest risks.
Building a Business
Founder Exiting the Business? Here Are 5 Tips for a Smooth Transition.
These five steps will help ensure the change in leadership is as straightforward and easy as possible for everyone on the team.