Business
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WISDOM OF WOMEN
THE WOMEN OF THIS YEAR’S FEMALE FOUNDERS 100 SHARE THE LESSONS THEY’VE LEARNED FROM BEING FIRST, FEARLESS, AND FORMIDABLE.
10+ min |
October - November 2020
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Kabir Barday – Cookie Monster
Kabir Barday, founder of OneTrust, is a first-generation American entrepreneur— and was early to realize that online privacy laws are creating a massive new market.
10+ min |
September 2020
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Instacanvas – Living The Dream
Matt Munson faced down entrepreneurship’s hidden demons— loneliness, depression, and a crippling fear of failure—and emerged as a great leader and a better person. Now, he wants to help you do the same.
10+ min |
September 2020
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Best Parts – Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Founder?
In 1971, I founded a payroll-processing company—Paychex.
4 min |
September 2020
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Outer Aisle – The Matriarch
How I converted my husband and four sons into my business partners.
4 min |
September 2020
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The Google Whisperer
Matt Wursta’s startup helps founders make the most of Google cloud tools. When Covid-19 hit, his service was critical to companies that could no longer afford it. He helped them anyway.
3 min |
September 2020
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THE POWER PLAYER
How I leveled the playing field to give women and minorities more opportunities in the energy industry.
3 min |
September 2020
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THE MAVERIC
How I restarted after my mentor died.
4 min |
September 2020
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THE DESIGNATED SURVIVOR
How I stepped up to guide my daughter’s company in the middle of a pandemic.
4 min |
September 2020
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THE MERCHANT OF EVERYTHING
How I failed and failed and failed until finding a product retailers love
5 min |
September 2020
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THE CLOSER
How I learned to outsell the sexists in auto showrooms and leveraged the experience to sell ad programs to dealerships.
4 min |
September 2020
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OPENING THE WAREHOUSE DOORS: Cloud Computing and Distributed Warehousing
How logistics is leveling the playing field for small and midsize businesses
3 min |
September 2020
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Place & Purpose
So much for the onsite gym and the free lunch. They’ll return someday. But, as the 389 firms on our fourth annual Best Workplaces list show, how you work together is more important than the place you call work. Meet six of the companies rising to the new challenge.
3 min |
May - June 2020
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DTC Isn't Dead— It's Everywhere
Rumors abound of the end of direct-to consumer e-commerce. So why are DTC sales expected to grow almost 25 percent this year?
5 min |
May - June 2020
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Exit Interview – Andy Dunn
CLOTHES MADE THE MAN – Dunn co-founded menswear retailer Bonobos with Brian Spaly in 2007. (He is seen here at the Madison Avenue store in New York City.)
2 min |
May - June 2020
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Alertmedia – Don't Start a Business Unless You Have a Mission To Build It On
Brian Cruver was a cocky, 29-year-old, freshly minted MBA who thought he had landed in the big leagues when he took a job in 2001 — at Enron.
4 min |
May - June 2020
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Lead With Purpose
Inc. tapped three masters of team management—Stanley McChrystal, Raj Kumar, and Daniel Coyle—for advice on sharpening your leadership skills in good times and bad.
8 min |
May - June 2020
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They Helped Save Their Co-Founder While Building a Company
Every founder knows that the culture they create can ensure their company’s survival. Rarely, though, does it save an actual life. But that’s exactly what happened at MX, a Lehi, Utah-based fintech company co-founded by Ryan Caldwell and Brandon Dewitt in 2010.
2 min |
May - June 2020
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Build a Better Bottle— From Paper
Seeking an eco-friendly detergent bottle, California mom Julie Corbett created her own.
3 min |
May - June 2020
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Hustle and Heart
Monica Peraza O’Quigley loves the challenge of creating new companies. With her latest, the Etho, she’s zeroing in on her goal to empower women worldwide.
3 min |
May - June 2020
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How SMBs Can Build Growth-Ready Teams
Planning for the long term should continue despite short-term challenges in other areas.
4 min |
May - June 2020
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HOW I GOT COVID-19 TESTS TO MARKET IN TWO WEEKS
Everlywell founder Julia Cheek created a lab test game-changer. Then she took on the Covid-19 crisis—and found herself in the eye of a storm.
10+ min |
May - June 2020
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Founders Project: Sure, you lead. But the right hire leads to success.
Daniel Lubetzky, founder of multibillion-dollar snack company Kind, talks navigating financial uncertainty and staffing for next-level growth with fellow Mexican-born entrepreneur Fany Gerson, founder of sweets company La Newyorkina.
8 min |
May - June 2020
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The number of Latinx startups is rocketing. Their funding is not. And the U.S. economy suffers
Unless we solve the “scaling gap,” we’re missing out on the opportunity to grow employment and GDP.
4 min |
March - April 2020
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Chart Busters
Hal Leonard still making sheet music and beating the digital band.
2 min |
March - April 2020
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The Real Workforce Impact of HR Technology
From automating basic administrative tasks to attracting more talented employees, HR technology has a lot to offer small and midsize businesses.
7 min |
March - April 2020
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Waco Then the World
How Chip and Joanna Gaines turned a modest Waco, Texas, house-flipping operation into one of the most powerful new brands in entertainment, publishing, and retail.
10+ min |
March - April 2020
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How I Did It – Survive and Shine
AMBER LEONG CIRCADIAN OPTICS – She spent 20 days in the hospital fighting for her life, months after emigrating alone from Malaysia. Her experience gave her the courage to start a company. Her story made her a Shark Tank darling.
5 min |
March - April 2020
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THE END OF OWNERSHIP
Two years ago, Joymode was hot off a big funding round, and carving out a spot for itself in the booming sharing economy. But the startup is now backed into a corner and wondering: Is there such a thing as oversharing?
5 min |
March - April 2020
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Scandinavian Minimalist
VIKING RIVER CRUISES By dimming the glitz and emphasizing culture, the company reinvigorated an industry.
5 min |