Masters of Scale - Week Three

Growing a Business

Sometimes You Need to Let Go of a Bad Idea

When you go into business, especially with a new or unique idea, how do you know when to persist and when to change course?

Starting a Business

Should You Pitch Your Company as the 'Uber' of Your Space?

Editor-in-chief Jason Feifer meets with author and TV personality Nicole Lapin to discuss the pros and cons of presenting your big startup idea as the next Uber or Netflix in your space.

Starting a Business

'It Will Never Work,' They Said -- But It Did

Naysayers shouldn't stop you from forging ahead, especially if you have the the willpower as well as the research to prove them wrong.

Business Ideas

4 Ways Tristan Walker's Success Depended on Breaking from the Pack

In excerpts first on Entrepreneur from the Masters of Scale podcast series, the founder of Walker & Company shares when he went against the grain -- and what we can learn from it.

Business Ideas

The Last Laugh: Why Good Ideas Are Often Ridiculed at First

There are hundreds of businesses that, logically, sounded preposterous when they were first considered. The Pet Rock, anyone?

Business Ideas

LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman: Laughable Ideas Are Sometimes the Best Ideas

In the new episode of 'Masters of Scale,' host Reid Hoffman chats with entrepreneurs Tristan Walker and Kathryn Minshew about using early rejection to build successful businesses.