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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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How Drybar Went from Side Hustle to $255 Million Business
Alli Webb spent her twenties working in hair salons. When she moved to Los Angeles and became a stay-at-home mom, she started a mobile blowout side hustle — so she would go to a client's home, blow-dry their hair, and style it for $40. No haircuts or hair color."I got…
Her T-Shirt Side Hustle Led to a DM From Levi’s and $400M
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Michelle Wahler, co-founder and former CEO of activewear brand Beyond Yoga. Wahler launched Beyond Yoga with Jodi Guber Brufsky in 2006. Years later, Levi's reached out to Wahler via LinkedIn direct message, ultimately acquiring the company for $400 million in 2021. Under Wahler's leadership,…
Women-Owned Whiskey Company Thrives With Inclusive Community
Anna Axster and Wendelin von Schroder have embarked on an unexpected entrepreneurial journey that intertwines their passion for whiskey with a mission for inclusivity. The founders of Lodestar Whiskey sat down with The Founders Series for a chat to tell us why they transitioned from the music industry to whiskey…
Customers Are Changing – Is Your Business Ready?
In the fast-paced world of beauty, Glamnetic transformed a simple idea — better eyelash extensions — into a $50 million business in five years. Their success stemmed not only from an innovative product but also from their approach to customer engagement.For 25 years, I've worked on and helped build some…
She Took Her Creative Side Hustle From Nothing to Over $30M
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Melinda Spigel, the designer and founder behind the jewelry brand Melinda Maria. Nearly two decades ago, Spigel was hand-beading pieces at her local Starbucks and competing on game shows for seed money. Now, her side hustle turned full-time business sees multimillion-dollar sales each year,…
How to Start a Business, Even When You’re Afraid: Gary Vee
Starting a business can be risky, especially because half of them fail within the first five years.But Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia, a global company with over 1,200 employees, says that waiting to begin can be worse than failing. Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur worth over $200 million who recently…
How to Start a $6.5 Billion Business At 21 Years Old: Reddit
Reddit grew for nearly two decades before going public in March at around a $6.5 billion valuation. Though the social media forum site now boasts 91 million daily active users, its success was not a certainty. In fact, Reddit's co-founders were rejected by startup accelerator Y Combinator at the start…
Home-Based Side Hustle Earning $20K a Month Is Still Growing
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features LeAnn Darland, 38, of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Tara Hankinson, 37, of Bronxville, NY. Darland worked in finance operations at Google and Hankinson in customer experience strategy for The New York Times when they started the homebrewing side hustle that would become TALEA Beer Co.…
This College Dropout Turned Her Side Hustle Into a Startup That’s Raised $7 Million
Ever since ChatGPT came on the scene, people have been eulogizing certain lines of work.Audrey Wisch had plenty of reason to be freaked out by these predictions. Her side hustle, which she'd dropped out of college to grow into a startup, was bemoaned as one of those "soon to be…
26-Year-Old’s Taskrabbit Side Hustle Can Earn $500 in Hours
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features 26-year-old Emely Cepeda, a Boston-based dental student who earns extra money with the online marketplace Taskrabbit. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Emely CepedaWhat was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle?I started…
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