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Leadership

Kara DioGuardi Knows How Songwriters and the Music Industry Can Survive

The former 'American Idol' judge and Grammy-nominated songwriter's boutique music-publishing company, Arthouse Entertainment, continues finding innovative ways to incubate young talent. Because as DioGuardi assures us, "the paradigm has shifted."

Leadership

Tony Khan Helps Run an NFL Franchise, Premier League Football Team and All Elite Wrestling. And He Trusts Himself Now More Than Ever.

A candid Q&A with the billionaire sports exec and pro-wrestling fanatic about wins, losses and knowing when to let go.

Starting a Business

Why Owning Your Own Business Is Everything

The smallest businesses have the biggest potential, and there's nothing like helping them realize it.

Science & Technology

Slauson & Co. Paves Way for Overdue Inclusion in Funding Entrepreneurs

The upstart VC founders discuss how economic empowerment and inclusion will help build a new generation of tech-enabled companies whose values are aligned with the customers they serve.

Thought Leaders

She Gamed Groupon to Make $300,000 Doing Massage Therapy. Now She Runs a Million-Dollar Business Helping Black Spa Owners Do the Same.

Candace Holyfield is empowering Black spa owners to build bigger brands, and creating spaces to celebrate their accomplishments.

Thought Leaders

I Built Apron Brand Hedley & Bennett Into a Fast Success. Our Lack of Structure Almost Brought Us to a Halt.

My business barely survived its first few years, and I nearly crumbled under the stress. Then I learned the greatest lesson of my career, which transformed our company into the go-to apron brand for restaurants everywhere: Without process, we are nothing.

Thought Leaders

How Success Happened for WebMD and Sharecare Founder Jeff Arnold

Jeff Arnold found success starting WebMD and, most recently, Sharecare.

Thought Leaders

3 Stories That Put Failure in Its Place, and Led to My Success

Don't let the fear of failure deter you from your rightful progress. Your path to success isn't going to be perfect, but you'll get there with enough drive.

Thought Leaders

How Danity Kane Alum Shannon Bex and Her Branding-Guru Brother Created a Dynamic Platform to Stream Children's Books

The former pop star and her co-conspirators shared a passion for bridging the gap between physical kids books and the online world. The result is Vooks, and it could be a model for literacy in the digital age.

Thought Leaders

10 Stories That Will Revolutionize the Way You Lead Your Life

Become a change-maker in your industry with inspiration from ten powerful women who weren't afraid to challenge a world stacked against them.

Operations & Logistics

Long Beach Beer Lab Could Have Closed; Instead, They Became Essential

The story of how one small brewery and gastropub semi-pivoted on the fly and has been busier than ever.

Leadership

This Craft-Beer Founder Gave Herself 6 Months to Succeed. Five Years Later, She's Flourishing.

Sufferfest CEO Caitlin Landesberg left a comfortable job, took a risk, and it paid off. Here's how she did it and what she learned.

Science & Technology

'So Many Lightbulbs Went Off': How This Couple's Stress-Soothing Invention Blew Up During the Pandemic

The Apollo Neuro is a new anxiety-reducing wearable backed by powerful research, and the powerhouse couple behind it has high hopes for combating the mental health crisis.

Thought Leaders

How to Think Like a Successful Entrepreneur

Successful entrepreneurs think about their business in value terms, and they recognize that they do not themselves determine the value of their offering -- the consumer of the final good does.