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Entrepreneur
How This Car Drives A CEO
The Splurge is our monthly column about an entrepreneur's first gift to themselves— because hard work deserves its rewards. This month: the little car that could.
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September 2018
Entrepreneur
How Do I Make Employees Stay?
Finding good talent is hard. Making them stick around when the competition comes calling can be even tougher.
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September 2018
Entrepreneur
Apprentices? Interns? Assistants? No. They Are... Strikeforce
Futurist Peter Diamandis offers a deal to young, bright entrepreneurs: Help him for two years, and maybe build the next billion-dollar company at the same time. Inside Silicon Valley’s most curious residency.
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September 2018
Entrepreneur
Make The Most Of A Young Staff
At their Tropical Smoothie Cafe stores, Dennis and Nicole Drake know that most young employees are temporary. But they invest in their future anyway.
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September 2018
Entrepreneur
The New Con Job
Eight years ago, Ally and Scott Svenson started hiring felons to staff MOD Pizza. That turned out to be one of the best business decisions they ever made.
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September 2018
Entrepreneur
How To Fight Back
After Jersey Mike’s came dangerously close to bankruptcy, CEO Peter Cancro learned to prepare for the worst— which set him up for lasting success.
3 min |
September 2018
Entrepreneur
Lilly Singh Aims Beyond Youtube
Social media stardom has a downside: Few who achieve it can transcend the digital platform and build a lasting brand. But with her new production studio, Lilly Singh intends to do just that.
6 min |
March 2019
Entrepreneur
Break The Rules! These 11 Founders Did
What happens when you blow off the traditional wisdom of starting a business? Take it from these 11 entrepreneurs: Things can work out even better.
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March 2019
Entrepreneur
Million-Dollar Maid
Christina Clark started working as a cleaner for Molly Maid 23 years ago. Today, she owns two franchise territories in Florida that earn a combined $1 million annually.
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Startups Spring 2019
Entrepreneur
Make It Happen
A failing business can sometimes lead to a winning idea. It happened to this grooming products leader.
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Startups Spring 2019
Entrepreneur
Yes,You You Can Do It All
Think you’re busy? Take a look at Guy Fieri’s calendar. Or the schedule of a U.S. Army general. Or a film producer. Or the CEO of a global organization. On the following pages, some of the busiest people on the planet explain how they get it all done.
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Startups Spring 2019
Entrepreneur
Imagine The Possibilities
When you think like an entrepreneur, you see everything around you differently.
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Startups Spring 2019
Entrepreneur
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.
9 min |
Startups Fall 2016
Entrepreneur
Fresh Delivery
A young immigrant rises rapidly in the pizza business.
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Startups Fall 2016
Entrepreneur
Experience Wanted
Their first businesses went bust. Their second ones turned into smashing successes. Why? Credit the lessons learned from those first go-arounds.
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Startups Fall 2016
Entrepreneur
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.
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September 2017
Entrepreneur
Hustle And Grow
What can budding entrepreneurs learn from hip-hop? As a new Philadelphia program has shown students: quite a lot.
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September 2017
Entrepreneur
​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.
3 min |
September 2017
Entrepreneur
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.
10+ min |
September 2017
Entrepreneur
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.
10 min |
September 2017
Entrepreneur
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.
3 min |
May 2018
Entrepreneur
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.
2 min |
May 2018
Entrepreneur
Mr. Clean Comes Clean
Pat Swisher was a brash young franchise titan until a stretch in federal prison changed the way he thought about business.
7 min |
May 2017
Entrepreneur
Fill In the Blank: “My Company Does _______.”
It’s not as easy as it sounds. And you’d better get it right.
5 min |
Spring 2017 Startups Issue
Entrepreneur
It's A Whole Network Of Advisers
Need help with your business but have nobody to ask? Many entrepreneurs are tapping into a curated group of mentors— by signing up for online MBAs.
5 min |
October 2016
Entrepreneur
Glacial To Gangbuster
Sarah Kauss slowly, patiently persuad the world to buy her $35 fashion-forwad water bottles. Now sales are at $100 million.
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Startups Summer 2017
Entrepreneur
Do You Need A Franchise Broker?
You want to buy a franchise but don’t know which one. A booming industry of franchise brokers wants to help—but first, you need to tell the difference between a true expert and someone just trying to make a buck.
9 min |
Startups Summer 2017
Entrepreneur
Business As A Second Language
Two deaf brothers, eager to work together, find few barriers in franchising.
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Startups Summer 2017
Entrepreneur
The Riskiest People In Franchising
You want to buy a franchise, but you don’t know which one. A booming industry of franchise brokers are profiting from just that problem—but if you’re not careful, they could deal you even more trouble.
8 min |
April 2017
Entrepreneur
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.
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