As an entrepreneur, you must stay ahead and anticipate the future. To do this, you must refine your current skills and understand successful business practices while sharpening the most important skills you should master in the next five years.From recognizing potential opportunities to adapting quickly to change and maximizing resources for growth, you'll be better equipped to take your business…
I'm not going to lie, the latest generation of AI, especially large language models and agentic AI, is nothing short of impressive. At Human Cloud, we used tools like Claude and Windsurf to accomplish in 5 minutes what had previously taken us 5 years.On the surface, it's a story of…
It seems that every day, there is another story about a young person who started a side hustle and hit it big. In 2024, over one-third of Americans had a side hustle to supplement their income. Side hustles are particularly appealing to Gen Z, with about half of them reporting…
At Bask Health, we once forced every new patient to download a separate app just to upload their ID. Only 40% of them made it through. Six weeks of development, thousands of dollars spent, and we called it a funnel. That one decision cost us more patients than any Facebook…
As Brandon Bailey, founder and CEO of TutorD, built his career in software engineering, he came face-to-face with the "lack of diversity and inclusion" in tech — and he wanted to do something about it.Image Credit: Courtesy of TutorD. Brandon Bailey. Bailey worked at a consultancy in Chicago at the…
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features New York City-based friends and co-founders Millie Blumka, 31, and Taylor Borenstein, 31. The pair started a side hustle in 2021 called Stakt, an adaptable workout accessories brand.Blumka was a director of brand partnerships at Showfields and Borenstein was a product implementation manager at…
Life is full of minor inconveniences. Most people see them as annoyances, but entrepreneurs see opportunities. Small frustrations can spark ideas that lead to big solutions, and many of the best companies are built by solving problems others overlook.That's exactly what Dylan Wolff has done with his water conservation startup,…
Liv Schreiber, 28, was a recent college graduate working in New York City, building businesses and a social media following, when she noticed that a lot of content in her orbit centered on "keeping up with the Joneses" and summers spent with "slick-back buns" in the Hamptons. "I was like,…
We hear it all the time: work hard, chip away a little at a time, take the first step. But when the rubber meets the road, do people actually do this? Lately, it seems like procrastination has become a more and more relevant issue. Is it that we are stretched…
The journey from a corporate cubicle to the helm of a startup is a well-trodden path. Many successful entrepreneurs, from Elon Musk to Sara Blakely, cut their teeth in corporate environments before launching their ventures.But what drives this trend? Why do so many entrepreneurs emerge from the structured world of…
You could call Rose Fass, 76, the "C-Suite whisperer" — because she knows exactly what it takes to transform some of the world's most powerful companies.Image Credit: Courtesy of fassforward. Rose Fass. In 2001, following her role as chief transformation officer at Xerox and her establishment of the Center for…
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…
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