Business
Entrepreneur
How Michael Dubin Sold Dollar Shave Club For A Cool $1 Billion
In five years, Michael Dubin turned a warehouse full of surplus razors into an industry-changing phenomenon. For the first time since selling his company for $1 billion, he talks in detail about how it happened—and why he’s only getting started.
10+ min |
April 2017
Entrepreneur
The Business Of Business Books
Every entrepreneur today seems to have written a book. But here’s what they might not tell you: The book wasn’t really written to be read. And they didn’t always do any writing.
10+ min |
April 2017
Entrepreneur
The Company Car Is About to Change
It might steer itself. It might fly. It might, well, not be a thing you own anymore. But if the experts are right, one prediction will definitely hold true: The future of fleets is awesome.
3 min |
October 2016
Entrepreneur
Mind-Reading Marketing
Knowing these secrets of the human brain will help you reach your audiences more effectively.
4 min |
September 2015
Entrepreneur
Brewing Better Together
Dont beat em, join em. That's the cooperative thinking among craft brewers who work together to ensure one anothers success. In fostering a spirit of collaboration, they've created a powerful bloc that is showing steady growth and challenging established beer giants. It's a lucrative model - one that other producers of artisan or locally sourced goods would be wise to follow.
10 min |
September 2015
Entrepreneur
An Electric Scooter Revolution
An electric-charged plan to drive an eco-revolution in Asia - with scooters
4 min |
October 2015
Entrepreneur
New Year, New Goals
Your marketing action checklist for 2016.
4 min |
December 2015
Entrepreneur
The Entrepreneurs Who Shaped 2015
The entrepreneurs who shaped 2015.
10+ min |
December 2015
Entrepreneur
A Storied Winery Runs Toward Tech, Reaps the Rewards
While its lush cabernets adhere to classical traditions, Silver Oak Cellars is pushing winemaking into the 21st century by embracing breakthrough technology, sustainability and data insights. Here's a toast to the Napa Valley mainstay that's fomenting - and fermenting - a wine revolution.
10+ min |
November 2015
Entrepreneur
2016's Women to Watch
Champions of entrepreneurship and advocates of diversity, sexual equality and work force empowerment, these groundbreaking women are making a big difference in business today. Here are their stories.
10+ min |
January 2016
Entrepreneur
5 Tips for Maintaining Work-Life Balance, From People Who've Been There
Work-life balance is a constant struggle for entrepreneurs with a passion for business. We’ve got five tips that can help you maintain a personal and professional middle ground.
7 min |
January 2016
Entrepreneur
The Tools You Need to Manage a Far-Flung Workforce
How do you maintain productivity, communication and morale when your staffers are all over the map? There are many benefits and challenges to having a remote work force, but the right tech tools and leadership tactics can connect far-flung individuals into a cohesive, efficient team.
6 min |
January 2016
Entrepreneur
How & How Not To Help A Colleague In Need
How and how not to help a colleague in need...
4 min |
February 2016
Entrepreneur
Politics Pays. But Does Civics?
Most Americans agree that government is broken. But only a few brave entrepreneurs have tried to fix it—and their efforts rarely go well. Brigade’s experienced leaders think they can do better. And this election year, they’ll become an object lesson in taking on the greatest business challenges.
10 min |
February 2016
Entrepreneur
How Franchises Grow Fast
Quick over expansion is easy. But preparing for strong, lasting growth? That’s harder.
5 min |
February 2016
Entrepreneur
How To Ask For A Favor
Shreedutta Chidanada takes a look at limited overs cricket’s five best spinners since the start of 2015.
3 min |
March 2016
Entrepreneur
The Girl Scouts' Woman
Sylvia Acevedo is a former entrepreneur and NASA rocket scientist. Now, as CEO of the Girl Scouts, the lifelong member wants every girl to know how to access—and create—opportunity.
6 min |
May 2018
Entrepreneur
The $20,000 Motivation
The Splurge is our monthly column about entrepreneurs’ first big gift to themselves—because hard work deserves its rewards. This month: a watch that tells more than time.
2 min |
May 2018
Entrepreneur
The Future Of Fitness Will Be Franchised
Only one in five Americans belongs to a gym. But with aggressive expansion strategies and low membership costs, clubs like Planet Fitness, Crunch, and Anytime Fitness think they can double (or even triple) that, and franchisees are lining up to get in on the action.
10+ min |
October 2017
Entrepreneur
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.
5 min |
September 2018
Entrepreneur
Meet The New Bosses
Where will the next wave of innovation come from? Trick question: It’s already here. Meet nine entrepreneurs aged 20 and under who are making gains in giant industries.
10+ min |
September 2018
Entrepreneur
The Solutions Factory
KAIROS is a company that makes companies. And those companies have a mission: Identify unsexy, overlooked, challenging industries, and then fix them like nobody else ever has.
10+ min |
September 2018
Entrepreneur
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.
10+ min |
December 2018
Entrepreneur
Leadership With A Twist
What happens when a company outgrows its founders? Painting with a Twist is in the process of finding out. The women who launched the business, which popularized the paint-and-sip concept (wine + paint = fun!), no longer felt they could lead it. So they set out to find someone who could.
10+ min |
July - August 2019
Entrepreneur
Leaving Corporate Life
Lisa Locker built a high-powered corporate career. But when she ditched the suits and became a CycleBar franchisee, she found a whole new challenge.
3 min |
July - August 2019
Entrepreneur
The Reinvention 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, leading to unforeseen challenges—and profit.
6 min |
Startups Summer 2019
Entrepreneur
'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.
10 min |
Startups Spring 2019
Entrepreneur
From Football Star To Franchisee
After retiring from the NFL, Jason Avant set out to build a new career in franchising that would bring him (and his customers) plenty of joy.
3 min |
April - May 2019
Entrepreneur
My Instant Hit Was A Total Failure
I had a great product. An immediate financial winner. But you know that gut feeling? Here’s what I found out. (Trust me, it was painful.)
3 min |
June 2019
Entrepreneur
What VCs Want
Kirsten Green, the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures— whose portfolio includes Glossier, Hims, and Away—details what makes her want to invest in a brand, today’s biggest opportunities, and how the tech world is about so much more than technology.
2 min |