In this issue

Touchland
A buzzy Miami brand that is reinventing a drugstore staple.

Soapbox
A D.C. soap-for-a-cause brand on the perils of poor packaging.

Well Coached, Well Played

Tip Sheet

3 mins

I WAS WRONG CHASING THE ILLUSION OF "SUCCESS"

Amber Venz Box was a designer and personal shopper-turned blogger when, in 2011, at the age of 23, she founded the influencer-commission network RewardStyle. By 2021, the Dallas-based company had expanded into a global influencer-marketing platform, rebranded as LTK (short for LikeToKnowlt), and earned a valuation of $2 billion. As the company morphed, so did the founder's sense of its purpose.

2 mins

HR Tech Helps SMBs Navigate the “Great Resignation

As the employer-employee paradigm goes through a period of turbulent change, HR technology provides a lifeline for small and midsize businesses

3 mins

FIELDS OF SCHEMES

When naming rights go wrong, they put a startup's calamities in bright lights and an entrepreneur's legacy in the hall of shame.

4 mins

She Wants to Turn Her Brand Into a Following... And Her Mentor Knows How It's Done.

Emma Grede, co-founder of fashion brands Skims and Good American, shares business advice with KIN Apparel founder Philomina Kane.

7 mins

The Fastest Growing Companies Coast to Coast

To browse all 923 companies in the 2022 inc. Regionals, go to inc.Com/2022-regionals. These homegrown powerhouses are racking up the revenue, and poised to make this year's inc. 5000. They're also rich with hard-earned local knowledge about how to generate and manage growth that's off the charts.

10+ mins

BETHENNY FRANKEL IS NOT WHO YOU THINK SHE IS

The former reality star is brash, ambitious, and most definitely underestimated. And that's precisely why she's such a brutally effective entrepreneur. Here's how she built her empire.

10+ mins

The Power of 2

Conventional wisdom says that starting a fast-growth business with your spouse is too risky, too intense, too fraught with potential drama. But these couples have turned their partnerships into their superpowers.

10+ mins

A Killing in Cannabis

Tushar Atre was a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur when, in 2017, lured by the promise of a growing market, he launched a startup aimed at revolutionizing the extraction of cannabis. Within two years, he was dead and trailed by a cloud of questions about the true nature of America's newest gold rush.

10+ mins

Let's Click on It

Selling a company is complicated. Get advice from the founders of companies such as Qualtrics, Bonobos, and Chewy at inc.com/ exit-interview.

2 mins

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