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Building a Business

This Entrepreneur Shares How He Sold the Product That Everyone Said Was Impossible

When Eric Korman told everyone he wanted to sell perfume online, everyone thought he was crazy. He ended up proving them wrong.

By Joe Keohane

Building a Business

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

By Jason Feifer

Business Ideas

Creatively Blocked? These 32 Founders Share Their Most Effective Strategies.

By Nina Zipkin

Business Branding

How This Entrepreneur Turned a Lowbrow Product Into a Luxurious One

By Joe Keohane

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

Entrepreneurs

3 Rules I Use to Stay Productive and Not Overwhelmed

I get 1,000 emails a week, but I only work 40 hours. Here's how I do it.

By Ted Serbinski

Building a Business

The Curse of the Problem Solver: You Can’t Solve It All

Sometimes, you have to let some problems go unsolved.

By Jason Feifer

Thought Leaders

How This Food Entrepreneur Avoids Getting Burned By Bad Decisions

Prioritization and big-picture focus are vital to finding success.

By Dan Bova

Building a Business

Don’t Go Looking for Problems: Curing Your Own Pain Points Is a Good Way to Develop a New Product

Instead of looking outward to identify problems to solve and markets to serve, entrepreneurs should focus on their own frustrations. The unique solutions they come up with will have a natural market filled with customers just like them.

By Ali Beheshti

Thought Leaders

This Young Entrepreneur Shares the 3-Step Strategy She Uses to Banish Self-Doubt

BOXFOX co-founder and COO Sabena Suri wants to help other young women find their confidence.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Figuring Out What Can Sink Your Business — and How You Can Save It

Here's how to spot hidden weaknesses within your operation and steel yourself for unexpected battles.

By Adam Bornstein

Building a Business

How 3 Entrepreneurs Started on the Fast Track

From finding the right customers to creating an apparel brand in a few weeks, founders share their first-time challenges.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

Post-it Will Introduce Extreme Notes, and It’s a Textbook Lesson in How to Solve a Customer Problem

The handy yellow sticky note is getting an upgrade for non-office settings.

By Liz Webber

Business Ideas

Tosca Musk, the Youngest Sibling of the Famous Family, Talks Romance, Problem-Solving and Growing Up Musk

The filmmaker wants to empower women with her latest venture.

By Nina Zipkin

Entrepreneurs

Elon Musk Admits He Was Wrong, But His Confidence Is Still Intact

Tesla suffered production line delays throughout 2017.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

This Entrepreneur Said Yes Too Many Times. Then He Learned to Say No

The founder of Crown & Caliber needed help, and discovered that 'no' is the secret to success.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

How to Win in a Ruthless Industry? Try Being Nice.

When an entrepreneur entered a vicious, grueling industry, she approached it differently than her competitors.

By Joe Keohane

Thought Leaders

4 Tactics to Transform Obstacles into Opportunities

Really difficult problems often demand an entirely fresh examination of the business.

By Tor Constantino

Business Accounting

This Entrepreneur Explains How He Survived 150 Rejections From Investors

When funding fell apart for Sam Sisakhti, he embarked on 18 months of brutal rejections and learned invaluable lessons about himself, his business and the nature of entrepreneurship.

By Joe Keohane