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It's Hard Being A Hands-On Guy In A Growing Empire

That’s Why Bobby Flay Is Embracing Two Visions At Once: He’s At His Restaurants Cooking And Tasting And Giving Directions, And He’s About To Fling Open The Gates With An IPO That Will Let Virtually Anyone Invest. 

Words To Live (And Work) By

Words To Live (And Work) By

Wing Zone Wunderkinds

As young Wing Zone franchisees, sisters Jessica and Andrea Perez are getting a crash course in the restaurant business, and fearlessly climbing the steep learning curve.

Prepare For The Worst

The stronger your business is, the more you stand to lose. Here’s how to spot hidden weaknesses within your operation and steel yourself for unexpected battles.

Are You Your Company?

As Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman found, this can be a thorny question— especially when you end up in an unexpected industry.

Know Why They Love You

Ready to scale? Take care not to lose sight of what attracted people to your brand in the first place.

'I Wish I'd Fired More People'

It took the founder of Panera Bread three decades to perfect his recipe for a well-run business. Now, after stepping down as CEO in January, he looks back on what he wishes he’d done differently.

Clearing the High Bar

A self-serve beer company becomes a lesson in perseverance. 

Staffing Smarter

An entrepreneur in need of new employees worries about making a bad choice.

Master Mentor

What four entrepreneurs learned from working side by side with JeffBezos.

How To Learn The Most From Your Customers

LET’S SAY YOU wake up one day and decide the world needs a better mop, and you’re just the person to make it.

When 'Doing Good' Isn't Good Enough

A social entrepreneur’s product flops, so he finds a new way to keep his cause alive.

Why Are You Special?

It’s a weirdly hard question to answer, especially when pitching your company. This VC turned entrepreneur learned that the hard way.

Competition Is Everywhere And It's Not Always Sweet

PERFECT THE PRODUCT, YES , BUT GO ALL-IN ON WHAT NOBODY ELSE CAN REPLICATE : THE EXPERIENCE. THAT’S HOW DYLAN LAUREN BUILTDYLAN’S CANDY BAR.

The Good General

With his latest opus due out this month and a half-dozen more films on the way, the director and historian Ken Burns has learned a lot about how to manage big teams through even bigger projects.

Hustle And Grow

What can budding entrepreneurs learn from hip-hop? As a new Philadelphia program has shown students: quite a lot.

​You Can't Serve Everyone

By trying to create a luxe water bottle for the masses, Grayl built a product no audience wanted. So the brand hit reset.

The People's Gloss

How did a blogger named Emily Weiss build Glossier, a beauty brand so instantly beloved that its waiting list grew 10,000 people deep? By doing what her competitors wouldn’t: She listened. To everyone.

A World–Class Yarn

In 2012, two tourists, Matt Scanlan and Diederik Rijsemus, got stranded in the Mongolian desert. When they left a month later, they had a wild story, lifelong friends, and the seed of an idea that in a few short years would turn the cashmere business upside down. 

No Products? No Problem

How Fridababy went from a three-person team with $10,000 in the bank to a baby-care empire sold in 30,000 stores.

A Brand Where Less Is More

Amazing Lash Studio founders Jessica and Edward Le are building a powerhouse business in the notoriously tough beauty industry. How? By saving customers time and money.

Family Affairs

Faced with diminished job prospects, millennials are increasingly partnering with their parents in the franchising world. The result? Wholly new family businesses— and stronger family ties.

Fresh Delivery

A young immigrant rises rapidly in the pizza business.

Experience Wanted

Their first businesses went bust. Their second ones turned into  smashing successes. Why? Credit the lessons learned from those first go-arounds. 

What Inspires Me - The Gift Of A Lifetime

Ben Clymer, founder and CEO, Hodinkee

Entrepreneur, Author, Or Both?

There’s a lot of pressure on entrepreneurs to be not just great business owners but also great business minds. Writing a book seems like a logical path to influencer status. But is it?

When Brands Are Better Together

Dippin’ Dots and Doc Popcorn are opening an increasing number of joint locations— and sales are soaring.

Can A Free Product Make Money?

Offering “freemium” products can be a smart way to acquire customers and build a lucrative business. But it’s not the right move for every company. 

Can Entrepreneurship Save Us?

After Hurricane Maria savaged PUERTO RICO, a man named JESSE LEVIN dropped in with a bold vision: He’d use what he’d learned as an entrepreneur and apply it to disaster relief. And it worked.

Why You Need To Take A Workcation?

Entrepreneurs are escaping for days of intense focus, isolation, and brutal feedback from their peers. Then they come back feeling refreshed. Ready to go?