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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 lets small businesses get paid right away. Turns out, big businesses love it too.

Starting a Business

15 Weird and Wonderful Side Hustles You Never Knew Existed

Turns out there are all kinds of wacky ways to make extra cash. We found 15 people bringing in thousands of dollars on unexpected ventures, and they're happy to share the wealth.

Science & Technology

5 Tech Tools That'll Wow Your Inner Circle in 2024

These items help you hit deadlines while being easy on the eyes.

Growing a Business

The Biggest Threat to Your Boundaries Isn't Your Boss or Family — There's Someone Else You Need to Face First

It's hard to draw a line in the sand, but it doesn't have to be.

Business Ideas

3 Things Your Business Idea Must Have To Succeed — as Proven By Famous Harvard Business School Startups

There are different ways to come up with business ideas, but the successful ones share these factors.

Leadership

This Billionaire Investor Says Most Founders Focus on the Wrong Question — Which Can Be Deadly

Thomas Tull wants founders to move with "velocity," and says too many of them let one preoccupation slow them down.

Growing a Business

This Couple Ignored the Common Wisdom of the Jewelry Industry, And Started Making $100 Million a Year

Aditi and Agkur Daga were told that their founding concept would never work, and at first, they listened. But they took a risk, and reversed course.

Leadership

5 Disasterous Situations You Could Face As a Leader In 2024 — And How to Survive Them, According to Experts

From toxic remote workplaces to economic insecurity and global disasters, there's a lot to worry about. But you can be prepared.

Growing a Business

What to Do When You Fail to Live Up to Your Own Expectations

My product launch was a failure. But here's why that became a good thing.