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Getting Ahead By Screwing Up

How one entrepreneur turned an epic fail into long-standing customer loyalty.

Venus Williams Learns To Let Go

Tennis trained her to be a one-woman,hyperfocused, do-it-all yourself machine. But as she’s discovering, entrepreneurship requires more balance.

How Do You Reboot A Brand?

What happens when you have a recognizable brand but a declining business? Here’s how Sun-Maid raisins’ new CEO tackles the challenge.

TheChildhood Ideas That Stuck

As a kid, I helped my father reformat computers for a lab he started at Ontario’s University of Guelph.

From The Front Lines To Franchising With Inxpress

Chris Lopez is no stranger to being on the front lines, with ten years of military service in the United States Marine Corps and a number of professional leadership positions to his credit.

Mastering The Remote Workforce

Maintaining an all-remote workforce is no longer a fringe notion. But you have to do it thoughtfully. Meet the entrepreneurs who have gone completely remote and seen growth and productivity soar.

Maria Sharapova And The Art Of Brand Building

We’ve watched her bag five Grand Slams and an Olympic medal in tennis. But now she’s winning with her candy company, a mentorship program, and soon, hotel gyms. What’s her secret? Meet Team Maria.

A Learning Process

Neha Gupta built her fast-growing college-application business, College Shortcuts, one step at a time. But she always led with her heart.

The (Re)making Of Minted

Mariam Naficy had a vision for her company, Minted, the artists’ platform and marketplace. But the business took on a life of its own—teaching her that entrepreneurship, like design, requires a lot of iteration.

Former NBA Star AI Harrington Has A New Role: Cannabis Champ

Will major sports leagues ever embrace cannabis? Former NBA star Al Harrington believes so— and he’s actively making the case (and the plants).

The Secret To Sales: Magical Thinking?

We’re told that business is rational and logical. But what if that’s wrong? Advertising executive Rory Sutherland, vice chairman of Ogilvy Group, argues that real success comes from defying everyone else’s logic.

A Company With Soaring Sales and Global Impact

What do four actors know about ending child hunger? Back in 2013, when they started their mission-driven company, This Saves Lives, not much. But today, thanks to an entrepreneurial can-do mindset, Ryan Devlin, Ravi Patel, Kristen Bell, and Todd Grinnell (from left) are leading a company with soaring sales—and global impact.

Audrey Gelman Building A Business That Nurtures Female-led Startups

Audrey Gelman, cofounder and CEO of the women-focused coworking space The Wing, talks about building a business that nurtures female-led startups.

Inside DraftKings

DRAFTKINGS REALLY LIKES its odds. Since launching in 2012, the daily fantasy sports site has raised close to $650 million in funding, and has deftly navigated the thin legal line between skills-based games and gambling.

Partners In Marriage And Business

Husband-and-wife team Raj and Veenu Parkash knew how to run a business together. But when they became first-time franchisees with Lightbridge Academy, they realized they still had plenty of lessons to learn.

I Hired The Wrong People!

JUST cofounder Josh Tetrick wanted to build a disruptive company, so he hired disruptive employees. Then he got disrupted himself.

Sweet!

Entrepreneurs can thrive at any age. This CEO is 13and building a multimillion-dollar candy empire.

Turn Trouble Into A Lucrative Opportunity

Are you prepared for a big, unexpected cost?Saima Khan wasntand it forced her to rethinkher entire business.

Give Them What They Want

Three entrepreneurs share their smart approaches to better serving customers. (Hint: Ask what they want!).

Who's Tackling Life's Hard Stuff?

Kairosis a company that funds startups. And those companies have a mission: to identifyunsexy, overlooked, challenging industries, and then fix them like nobody else ever has.

You Did It— Now Go Do It Again

Heres the most important lesson you can learn from your past.

The Cure For Burnout

When my once-beloved business became the bane of my existence, I got out—out of the game, and out of the country.

​Imperfect Is Perfect

HelloFresh thought people wanted beautiful food. They didn’t.

Keeping SoulCycle At A Sprint

As she fights to keep her brand ahead of the boutique-fitness pack,SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan talks about perfecting the customer experience,harnessing your team’s talent, and chasing a certain former president.

You Can't Be Just One Thing

When Nick Kenner launched Just Salad, he knew exactly what his product would be. The rest? He ignored it. That is, until competition forced him to focus his brand—and get good at everything.

Why I Hit Pause

My company had grown big—the wrong kind of big. So to survive, I had to strip it all down.

Sell The Benefit

How lowering expectations and downplaying its own technology helped a cutting-edge company reach a whole new customer.

How To Build A Diverse Team

It’s not about simply making job offers. It’s about changing the way you think about recruiting.

Pool Rules

How can a franchise thrive in an industry with strict safety regulations (and nervous parents)? Goldfish Swim School’s answer: constant communication.

'How I Found My Business'

The internet seemed to destroy the once-booming travel agency industry. But the industry has evolved, and for one U.S. military veteran, it provided the perfect opportunity.