Lessons

Thought Leaders

5 Compelling Reasons Why All Entrepreneurs Should Play Chess

Chess is known to be strategic, analytical and intellectual. But what are the more obscure reasons that entrepreneurs should play chess?

By Sabrina Chevannes

Building a Business

Think You Missed Your Window to Start a Business? Here’s Why the Most Successful Founders Are Often Late Bloomers.

By Mike Feazel

Thought Leaders

Why Founders Keep Repeating the Same Limiting Patterns, No Matter How Smart They Are

By Mandy Morris

Thought Leaders

5 Lessons Sitting on a Board Teaches You That Running a Business Often Doesn’t

By William Louey

Thought Leaders

6 Powerful Leadership Lessons From Past U.S. Presidents That Still Hold Up Today

What can entrepreneurs learn from the leaders who shaped a nation? More than you think.

By Georgi Todorov

Building a Business

This Isn’t a Dress Rehearsal — Run Your Business Like You Only Get One Take. Here’s How.

Learn what great business leaders and performers share, and how it helps them seize opportunities instead of missing out.

By Chris Sorensen

Building a Business

Steven Spielberg Taught Me One of the Most Important Lessons of My Career — and It Can Transform Yours, Too.

I learned my golden rule of business from watching Spielberg movies. Here's why your success depends on the "wow" factor.

By Chris Sorensen

Thought Leaders

I Learned the Hardest Leadership Lessons From This Niche Industry

The hardest leadership lessons don't come from clean markets — they come from those where clarity threatens the status quo and where doing the right thing requires leaders to change incentives before growth ever follows.

By Brandon Aversano

Building a Business

7 Game-Changing Business Lessons Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From the Super Bowl

Here's what the Super Bowl can teach you about pressure, preparation and winning in business.

By Georgi Todorov

Building a Business

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Bitcoin Miners About Strategic Growth

The Bitcoin mining industry runs on long-term thinking, operational efficiency and resilience. These are exactly the qualities entrepreneurs need to build companies that last.

By Abdumalik Mirakhmedov

Building a Business

What Crypto Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Sustainable Growth and Building Products Users Can Trust

Here's why products built around real user behavior, engineering discipline and safety outperform hype-driven trends.

By Daniel H

Thought Leaders

Business Lessons From Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers’ Worst-to-First Turnaround

When the losingest team in college football history can win a national title, there are leadership lessons every business can learn.

By George Deeb

Thought Leaders

You Can’t Afford to Ignore Your Instincts. Here’s How Trusting Mine Saved Lives — and My Business

Learn how instinct can save lives and how trusting my gut once saved my business.

By Chris Sorensen

Entrepreneurs

I Asked 75,000 People About Their Biggest Regrets. These 6 Patterns Changed How I Think.

I was haunted by a business decision, so I sought out the missed opportunities and professional regrets of others.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

What 2 Young Entrepreneurs Taught Me About Building a Purpose-Driven Business From Scratch

Two young creators built a project with nothing but sketches, curiosity and purpose. Their journey revealed core lessons every founder can apply today.

By James Dooley

Building a Business

Here’s the Real Difference Between a Business That Lasts and One That Fizzles Out

Why focusing on fundamentals and profitability beats chasing ego and vanity in startup growth.

By Elle Wang

Building a Business

6 Leaders Reveal This Year’s ‘Gut Punch’ Low Moments, and What They Learned

As 2025 comes to an end, these business leaders share the hardest lessons they learned this year.

By Frances Dodds

Thought Leaders

5 Powerful Lessons to Help Leaders Navigate Disruption

Here are the five lessons I've learned guiding one of crypto's most established companies through transformation, regulation and growth.

By Lane Kasselman

Thought Leaders

5 Lessons for Leaders in the Age of Constant Change

Five timeless lessons from a career spent leading teams through constant reinvention, from law enforcement to big tech to blockchain.

By Christian Thompson

Thought Leaders

How 15 Years of Almost Failing Helped Me Find a Pathway to Success

Valuable lessons from a struggling business

By Mike Feazel

Thought Leaders

I Survived a Cancer Misdiagnosis, Plane Crash and More — These Are the Leadership Lessons Trauma Taught Me That No MBA Could

Despite the trauma I've endured, I've grown my financial services company to manage over $3 billion in assets and learned that trauma became my greatest teacher for how to navigate business.

By Randy Carver

Thought Leaders

Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? After 20 Years Running Businesses, the Truth May Surprise You

According to the researchers, the answer seems to be yes. But here's what I think.

By Gene Marks

Business Accounting

I Fell for a $1.25 Million Scam — Now MrBeast Is Helping Me Hunt Down the Scammers

I lost $1.25 million in a scam, but what I gained were lessons every entrepreneur can learn from. Learn the pitfalls and takeaways from my million-dollar mistake.

By Erik Bergman

Building a Business

What I Learned About Business Growth From 5 Successful Founders Who Started Small

Here's what successful solopreneurs taught me about business and entrepreneurship.

By Dmitry Solovyev

Building a Business

Before You Build an AI Product, Ask These 3 Questions (Most Founders Don’t)

Before launching a new product or service, this founder used three simple questions to test demand, pricing and reach — saving time, money and guesswork.

By Jeremy Gustine

Building a Business

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Launching an Ecommerce Business

These five factors may determine whether you can build a thriving ecommerce business or not.

By Tom Freiling

Building a Business

The Top 5 Mistakes Smart Entrepreneurs Keep Making

Even the most experienced founders fall into these traps — not because they aren't smart, but because intelligence alone won't save you from making the same costly mistakes.

By Roy Dekel