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Your Guide to Gaining a Competitive Edge and Succeeding as an Entrepreneur Over the Next 5 Years
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…
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This Former Google Exec Left Tech to Chase Tornados — Now, His Sustainable Personal Care Brand Is Lightning in a Bottle
Most people watch The Wizard of Oz for its whimsical characters and fantastical setting, but for Jeff Shardell, founder and CEO of Humble Brands, the real highlight was the tornado scene. As a child, Shardell described himself as "one of those weird kids who always loved thunderstorms.""Most people would run…
I Mentor First-Time Entrepreneurs — These Are the 4 Unseen Benefits I Gained By Giving Back
Global survey respondents indicated that Gen Z (40%) and millennials (41%) are more optimistic about their entrepreneurial pursuits and are significantly more likely to engage in side hustles or run small businesses compared to Gen X (31%) and baby boomers (19%). However, despite their drive, most of these young underserved…
How to Take the First Steps Toward Business Ownership
As we head into February 2025, it may come as no surprise that many who set out with ambitious resolutions have already fallen short. In fact, according to a recent USA Today article, "Quitters Day" (January 10) which is less than two weeks from the start of the year has…
She Quit Wall Street to Grow a Side Hustle: ‘Plants Are the New Pets’
It's the era of the side hustle, and if you've ever considered starting one to earn some extra cash outside of your 9-5, you're in good company. These days, more than one-third of U.S. adults have side hustles, and their supplemental gigs make an average of $891 a month, according…
Richard Branson’s Business, Leadership Secrets With Jason Felts
When Jason Felts left small-town Texas for California in 1996, he was a fresh high school graduate who dreamed of building a career behind the camera.Image Credit: Courtesy of Hollywood Virgin. Jason Felts.Over the course of the next decade-plus, the young creative and entrepreneur did just that. Felts co-founded his…
Founders Deserve Fair Pay. Here’s How to Advocate For Yourself.
Then there's the old-school mentality among some investors that founders should "stay hungry," implying modest compensation is necessary to stay driven. Let's be real. Running a startup is a grueling job, and founders deserve to be compensated justly for their efforts.Compensation can be a tricky subject, especially for investor-backed founders.…
How This Entrepreneur Turned a Problem Into a Thriving Business
Mike Mayer is the co-founder and co-CEO of Windmill, a company devoted to improving indoor air quality with innovations in air conditioners, fans, and filters.Mayer will share his entrepreneurial journey with us live during an intimate Entrepreneur+ Subscribers-Only Event on February 19th at 3 PM ET. He'll be breaking down…
‘4-Hour Workweek’ Led to a $600,000 Side Hustle in 16 Months
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Mark Hellweg, 42, of Austin, Texas. Hellweg is the founder of two coffee-related businesses: espresso machine maker Clive Coffee and drip-coffee machine maker Ratio, which he started and built on the side while running Clive. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image…
4 Questions All Business Owners Need to Answer to Have a Successful Exit Plan
As another holiday season comes to an end, we've hopefully filled our cups with gratitude and taken some time to appreciate our last 365-day journey around the sun. For me, the holidays are always a time of deep reflection on the life I've built with lessons from my earliest teacher.My…
Her Business’s $300 Product Combats $12 Billion Porch Theft
So-called "porch pirates" were responsible for about $12 billion worth of stolen goods in 2024, per data from Security.org, and at least one in six U.S. adults (17%) reported having a package stolen last year, according to a survey from CNET.Serial entrepreneur Melissa Kieling's son Brennan Naylor was a frequent…
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