Inc.
How One Founder Went From Laid Off to Project Management Pack Leader
When the founder of L'Renee & Associates lost her corporate job, she bet on herself-and built one of the country's fastest-growing private companies.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Get Better at Predicting Cash Flow
As a fractional CFO, I can say with confidence that knowing your business's cash flow is essential to making informed decisions and ensuring financial stability. The following are five steps I tell my clients to take so they can forecast cash flow effectively, enabling them to hire key employees, secure millions in additional funding ahead of critical growth phases, and make strategic cuts before financial challenges escalate.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Great Leaders Build More Leaders
Every founder who finds traction with their business faces an inevitable evolution in how they spend their time, from being the person who does everything (sales, tech support, emptying the garbage) to being primarily a people manager. And as the business grows larger and more complex, it becomes time to transition again to a next-level role that is trickier but more profound. Entrepreneur and author Jay Shetty recently put it this way: “The best leaders don’t create more followers, they create more leaders.” (He credited the insight to motivational author Roy T. Bennett.)
5 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Welcome to Zero-Click SEARCH
The shift to AI search is worrying online businesses—and creating a new cottage industry for AEO.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Base44 Found a Buyer Four Months After Launching
Serial entrepreneur Maor Shlomo attracted an eight-figure offer for his vibe-coding startup before hiring a single employee.
4 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
How to Prepare for Volatility Everywhere
Three founders of fast-growing companies share their strategies for navigating unpredictable markets.
7 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
EVERY FOUNDER'S FIRST RESORT
Entrepreneurs who want to get away from it allbut still network and hang out with like-minded CEOShave found their preferred destination at Palm Heights.
9 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
PLAYING TO WIN
How three Aussie founders built Canva, a $42 billion software business, by being relentless on Al—and ruthless about hiring.
9 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
SEAN EVANS'S MARKETABLE FEAST
The Hot Ones host and chief creative officer of First We Feast has parlayed 15 million YouTube subscribers into an $80 million company. As the business model for late-night crumbles, does Evans embody a financially viable future for the format?
7 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
IT'S A BEAR MARKET
Grüns founder and CEO Chad Janis reveals the company's impressive revenue, a new retail partner, and what's next for the $500 million business.
4 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
This Agency Found the Key to Growth in One Simple Question
The founders of digital agency Awestruck are helping their clients and expanding their business by being problem-solvers.
3 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Inside the Fast-Growing Firm Blending AI and Human Expertise for National Security
A team-first mentality at Catalyst Operations & Analytics yields superior solutions that set this fast-growing government contractor apart.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
How One Founder Turned a Temporary Surge Into Long-Term Growth
The Functionary's pandemic boom could have been temporary. Instead, the company turned crisis work into a foundation for sustainable growth.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian was a brash avatar of Web 2.0. Today, he's funding everything from one-time rival Digg to women's sports. Has he mellowed—or is he more competitive than ever?
10+ min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
White-Glove Service Powers Insurance Firm's Rise
Driven by the founder's personal experience, Guru of Insurance helps small-business owners secure employee benefits and insurance.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
How a Founder Let Go and Helped His Company Soar
After building KUOG with empathy and grit, Paul L. Gunn Jr. brought in a CEO to scale the company's mission-driven growth.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
TASK MASTER
Netic's Melisa Tokmak uses AI to help service businesses be on time— and make more money.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
The Founder's Are Back, and They MEAN BUSINESS
In 2025, many entrepreneurs who left—or were pushed out of—their companies are buying them back with a vengeance.
3 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Marina Khidekel | It's never too early to think about a future exit. Here are six ways to prepare your startup for a sale.
Selling your business can feel like a topic for the distant future when you're busy pouring all your energy into your startup. But when it happens, many founders discover that selling isn’t the clean ending they’d imagined.
5 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
PERFECTING THE RECIPE
Todd Graves, the founder and owner of Raising Cane's, is seeing just how far the company can go by doing one thing well. This year, it's on track to exceed $5 billion in sales—and he's just getting started.
10 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
This Digital Marketing Agency's Success Is Driven by Niches—And Family
The Garen Group—where all employees are related— is a successful family business in every sense of the term.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
This Government Contracting Company Created a Can-Do Culture
Aalis Management Consulting and its mostly military staff help government run. Its secrets are preparation, persistence, and perseverance.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
From Breaking News to Breakthrough Event Production
With Emmy®-winning roots, Alongi Media has engineered a solar-powered mobile unit that saves clients money while transforming live-event production.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
BOTTLE ROCKETS
Smash Kitchen, an organic condiment brand co-founded by two startup vets and a Hollywood star, has surpassed $10 million in sales in six months.
4 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Go Bid or Go Home
How The Bid Lab team is helping business owners change their lives-one RFP at a time.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Shuman Ghosemajumder | Half of Gen-Z workers say email 'stresses them out.' Can AI teach them to communicate better?
Email is strange. It’s a slow, clunky technology that predates the web and hasn't really changed since it was invented over 50 years ago.
5 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
Everyone's Buying Into ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship through acquisition is becoming a trendy shortcut to the business world for MBA grads and other would-be business leaders.
3 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
The CEO Who Stopped Chasing Critics and Started Growing Faster
Mahsam Raza built The Dua Brand into a multimillion-dollar fragrance company by focusing on customers who mattered most.
2 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
PARTI GIRLS
How Palantir alums Shreya Murthy and Joy Tao created Partiful, Gen-Z's buzziest, most chaotic invite platform.
5 min |
Winter 2025
Inc.
America's REBUILDERS
What does it really mean for a business to survive after a fire, flood, tornado, or hurricane? The long, slow road to building back tests the strongest founders and the communities they serve.
10+ min |