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Business Accounting

This Military Pilot Pivoted From Fighting Wars to Creating Financial Tools for Struggling Americans

Mark Greene started flying combat missions in Afghanistan soon after 9/11. Now, he's director of an innovation lab serving consumers who feel forgotten by their financial institutions.

By Hayden Field

Business Branding

Old Company. Troubled Industry. Inside the Effort to Reboot Century 21, the Real Estate Giant.

By Emily Nonko

Building a Business

Why I Shut Down a Multi-Million Dollar Business to Solve the ‘Entrepreneur’s Dilemma’

Building a Business

When to Pivot Your Business — and When You Should Just Quit

By Miles Jennings

Business News

How to Escape the Trap of the Career Dead End — Without Going Back to School

Not sure what to do next in your career? Read this first.

By Skillcrush

Business Branding

The Female Founders Behind a Period Products Startup Leaned on Their Mentor as They Rebranded and Pivoted

Bunny and Taran Ghatrora looked outside their network and industry to connect with a mentor who could help take them from point A to B.

By Stephanie Schomer

Building a Business

Her Company Was Growing, So Why Was It Failing?

Here's the difficult truth about growing a business: Not all growth is equal.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

His Company Is Growing 300 Percent a Year — Because He Took Jobs He Wasn’t Fully Prepared For

If you're willing, agile, attuned to the market and ready to learn, there's never a wrong time to change your business plan.

By Joe Keohane

Building a Business

4 Things I Learned From Pivoting My Entire Business Toward Marketing ICOs

An Entrepreneur contributor talks about risk and reward, which don't always come as a pair.

By Han-Gwon Lung

Building a Business

This Entrepreneur Shares How She Survived When the Money Ran Out

When a change in the tax law nearly wiped out Saima Khan's company, she was forced to reconsider exactly what kind of business she was running.

By Jason Feifer

Thought Leaders

Why This Intimate Apparel Founder Walked Away From a Wholesale Business That Was 700 Stores Strong

Knix founder Joanna Griffiths built a company to serve women -- all women. When her wholesale partners were failing her customers, she made a drastic pivot.

By Stephanie Schomer

Buying a Franchise

How to Run a Thriving Auto Shop (Without Knowing Much About Cars)

Jonita White knows a lot about people. And that's what matters.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

This Founder Explains Why He Had to Start Telling Retailers ‘No’ — and How It Helped His Business Succeed

Greg Steltenpohl set out to make plant-based milk. But when his product became too popular, he had to make some tough decisions.

By Jason Feifer

Human Resources

Successful Leaders Know They Can Learn From Everyone at Their Company

Smart leaders ditch the top-down, mentor-mentee mindset, creating a culture driven by ideas -- wherever on the organizational chart they happen to come from.

By Aviva Leebow Wolmer

Thought Leaders

I Learned Everything Important About Succeeding as an Entrepreneur Washing Dishes for My First Boss

There are no unimportant jobs and no unimportant customers.

By Tor Constantino

Building a Business

Randi Zuckerberg Explains Why You Should Embrace Your Reinvention

Most entrepreneurs have faced failure. It's how you respond to that failure that defines you.

By Randi Zuckerberg

Building a Business

Can We Stop Pivoting Already?

Odds are if you need to 'pivot,' either you made a major miscalculation or you're just growing and adapting, not pivoting.

By Ben Lamm

Buying a Franchise

What Do NFL Players Do When They Leave the Game? Increasingly, They Open a Franchise. Here’s Why.

Franchisees thrive on the same skills pro athletes learn: speed, versatility and great coaching.

By Jon Marcus

Building a Business

People Love Your Idea, But It Doesn’t Make Money. Now What?

The founder of Shift shares how he was forced to get rid of a feature everyone loved.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

To Move Quickly and Solve the Right Problems, Leaders Need to Ask Better Questions

Asking better questions doesn't just drive innovations, it can also build expertise in your team by setting an important expectation.

By Linda Lacina

Entrepreneurs

Why the Ability to Change Gears Is an Entrepreneur’s Most Valuable Skill

Today's million-dollar idea might be tomorrow's flop, so you need to be ready to adapt.

By David Kleinhandler

Thought Leaders

10 Interesting Things We’ve Learned About Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian

The entrepreneur and investor is all about making the biggest impact.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Spring Into Action With These 11 Books About Reinvention

Itching for change? These books will help you make the jump.

By Rose Leadem

Building a Business

When His Business Model Didn’t Work, This Entrepreneur Had to Change Things Up

After his early customers weren't paying their invoices, the founder of pizza app Slice began the long process of figuring out what (and how) people were willing to pay.

By Jason Feifer