Building a Business
The Shifts Women Entrepreneurs Can’t Ignore in 2026
From AI adoption to people-first leadership, these changes are influencing how women-led companies grow and compete.
Women Entrepreneur®
Building a Business
Here’s How She Got Her Homemade Product in 5,000 Stores, Including Costco and Target
By Sherin Shibu
Business Operations & Logistics
What Every Founder Needs to Know About Protecting Company Data in 2026
How safe is your company's data? Take these simple steps to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
By Ben Walker
Building a Business
This 30-Year-Old Left Law to Run a Side Hustle That Hit $200,000—then $13M: ‘Basically Funded With My Mom’s Lunch Allowance’
Isabella Espinosa's business idea started in the pages of her law school notebook.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
I Walked Away From Hustle Culture. Niching Down Changed My Business
Hustle had convinced me I was successful when, in reality, I had built a high-stress job with thin margins and no leverage. I wasn't running a business. I was trapped inside one.
Building a Business
This Mom Quit Corporate and Started an ‘Accidental’ 8-Figure Business Above Her Garage — Here’s Her Underrated Secret for Explosive Success
Stacey Fraser saw serious white space in the childrenswear market.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
How This Former CIA Officer Turned Her Spycraft Skills Into a Female Rucking Movement
Emily McCarthy recruited intelligence assets for the CIA. Those same tactics helped her build a fitness company.
By Jon Bier
Thought Leaders
Women Aren’t Less Ambitious — They’re Just Done Playing By Old Rules
Here are three ways I am redefining leadership on my own terms, along with so many other women.
By Mita Mallick
Building a Business
Free Webinar | January 7: 5 Steps to Get Ahead in 2026
Get a break down of the exact planning and execution framework Kim Perell uses at the start of every year to scale businesses with intention. Register now!
Side Hustle
This 63-Year-Old Started a ‘Really Fun’ Side Hustle in a Dairy Barn and Saw About $500,000 in Revenue Last Year
Susan Efthimiou's bout with Covid helped inspire her business.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
I Had to Start Over Three Times — Here’s What It Taught Me
When careers collapse or shift, entrepreneurs often discover their real strengths.
Side Hustle
She Built Airplane Wings for a Living — Now Her Surprising Side Hustle Brings In $50,000 a Month
Ginni Saraswati-Cook "always had an entrepreneurial spirit."
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
This Animal Lover’s Side Hustle Exploded Into a $10 Million Business: ‘Stars Aligned’
Kyla Sternlieb, 52, wanted to make it easier for people to care for their sick pets.
By Amanda Breen
Business Ideas
How to Turn the Pain of Loss Into Powerful Purpose
Reinvention does not always come from collapse. Sometimes it comes from a quiet knowing that life is asking you to grow in a new direction.
Building a Business
Her Business Predicted a Gen Alpha Trend and Saw $100 Million in Sales Last Year
Kimberley Ho needed her brand to appeal to tweens — and their parents.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
She’s Using 3 Revenue-Doubling Secrets to Grow Her Mother’s Decades-Old Business
Catherine Morrissey became White & Warren's president in 2018 and saw a clear path forward.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
Her $4,000-a-Month Side Hustle Landed in Home Depot: ‘Not Bad for a Niche Product’
Channon Kennedy, 47, started her business after hearing a close friend's moving story.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
Her Business Will Make $84 Million This Year — With Its Halloween Products Selling ‘Even Better’ Than Expected
Esmeralda Hernandez grew up in Mexico, where she first learned about business at the flea markets she attended with her mother.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
This Mom’s ‘Scrappy’ Side Hustle Started in Her Garage — Now It Makes $5 Million a Year
Carinne Meyrignac, 45, couldn't find the products she'd grown up with — so she created them herself.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
Friends’ Side Hustle Saw ‘Explosive Growth’ and Hit 8 Figures Fast: ‘Have to Pinch Ourselves’
Jen Menchaca, 56, and Lisa Hickey, 44, turned a "simple" idea into a successful business.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
I Turned a Side Hustle Into $20,000 a Month — Working Part-Time Without a College Degree
Kelly Rocklein was earning six figures on top of her $160,000 corporate salary in 2022.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
College Friends Started a Side Hustle With $50. It’s ‘So Fulfilling’ — and On Track for $500,000.
Presley Campbell and Alden Kramer followed their passion into business.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
I Founded a $1.7 Billion Startup for Small Businesses — Here’s the Secret Every Entrepreneur Should Know
Shanaz Hemmati, COO and co-founder of ZenBusiness, reveals what makes leaders and their companies strong.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
This Mom’s Garage Side Hustle for Kids Became a Business With $1 Billion Revenue
Sandra Oh Lin worked at eBay before she gave entrepreneurship a shot.
By Amanda Breen
Human Resources
This 29-Year-Old’s Business Helps Young People Without Work Experience Earn Tens of Thousands and Launch Their Careers: ‘You’re Not Just Your Major’
Julia Haber, co-founder of Home From College, helps college students and recent graduates bring their "whole self" to the table.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
After College, She Spent $800 to Start a Side Hustle That Became a ‘Monster’ Business Making $35 Million a Year: ‘I Set Intense Sales Targets’
Demi Marchese wanted to build a "bold, global, connected" business.
By Amanda Breen
Business News
My Business Hit $1 Million — Then a $46,000 Mistake Exposed the Biggest Bottleneck to Explosive Growth
How a costly mistake forced me to confront the real barrier to scaling and the changes that unlocked explosive growth beyond $1 million.
Building a Business
She Started a Business to Shift the Status Quo in Her Male-Dominated Industry. It Did $250,000 Revenue in Year 1 — Then Tripled That.
Marilynn Joyner, founder and CEO of Her Workplace, wanted to build the resource she couldn't find.
By Amanda Breen