Browsing: Entrepreneurs
This Gen Zer built a software company in his bedroom that’s about to make $1 million. But he’s still committed to getting his college degree
Elijah Khasabo starts his mornings answering emails, checking metrics, and debugging his software—a routine not all too uncommon among aspiring…
The Deadhead who became a $38 billion CEO: What HubSpot founder Brian Halligan learned from Jerry Garcia and passed on to his MIT students
On one hot June day in 1985, a 17-year-old Brian Halligan walked out to a Cape Cod road, scrawled “Saratoga…
Founder of $100 million company never unplugs from work, but encourages her team to have work-life balance: ‘They didn’t sign up to be entrepreneurs’
Founders can find it hard to step away from work when their company rests on their shoulders. The concept of…
This 26-year-old was laid off from his ‘dream job’ at PwC building AI agents. He’s worried the tech he built has led to more job cuts
Titans of industry like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Intel have all been slashing staff, and employees are hand-wringing about being next…
This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living—and her company now rakes in $20 million a year
Happy Meal toys like Transformer figurines and Hot Wheels cars have sparked joy with little kids for decades—and now, one…
The uncomfortable secret of successful people: Forget work-life balance, you have to be ‘obsessed’, ex-Wall Streeter and business coach says
While casual side hustles can sometimes pay off, the most successful people prioritize their passion to turn it into profit. …
The CEOs of Apple, Airbnb, and PepsiCo agree on one thing: life as a business leader is incredibly lonely
Being CEO has its many perks: Business leaders get to command the world’s most powerful companies, shape their legacies as…
Reddit cofounder walked away with $10 million after his dog died and his mom was diagnosed with brain cancer—but he’d be sharing $38 billion if he held out
With over 110 million daily active users and a market cap of nearly $40 billion, Reddit is a giant in…
Kendra Scott says she launched her billion-dollar business from her bedroom with just $500 when she was pregnant with her first son
When Kendra Scott launched her jewelry business in 2002, she had no investors, no retail experience, and just $500 to…
Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism
Serial entrepreneur Nicole Bernard Dawes seemed destined to build million-dollar food brands. As a kid, she grew up working the…












