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THE PANDEMIC DROVE WOMEN OUT OF THE WORKFORCE THEN SPURRED AN ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPLOSION.

HOW TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS IN 2025

If you've been waiting to sell your business, this could be the year to get the deal done. Analysts expect mergers and acquisitions to pick up, especially given the Trump administration's promise of deregulation. So if you're considering selling now, here's what you need to know.

Marina Khidekel You can tap creative funding sources for your startup, but as these founders learned, it's hard work.

Raising capital can feel like a rite of passage for startup founders—a signal that your company is on the map.

UP IN THE AIR

HOW JSX FOUNDER ALEX WILCOX BROUGHT THE PRIVATE JET EXPERIENCE TO THE MASSES WHILE NAVIGATING STRAIGHT INTO A CLOUD OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. AND WHY HIS RADICAL NEW WAY TO FLY COULD BE IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE.

She's Done With Al. Now Lucy Guo Is Making a Big Bet on People

Inside the Scale AI co-founder's plans to help influencers get paid, like, never-have-to-get-a-real-job kind of money.

Tory Burch Is Better Than Ever.but Don't Call It a Comeback

The fashion veteran's business is hitting its stride— and she says, at 58, she finally feels like a real designer.

ZONE OF CONCERN

Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are as pervasive as they are insidious, afflicting businesses ranging from hotels to breweries to coffee roasters. In taking on this huge problem, entrepreneur Dean Wiltse has found his calling—and an opportunity.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

HE DESIGNED THE INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. SO WHY ISN'T HE IN THE PANTHEON OF SILICON VALLEY FOUNDERS?

SET AND ACHIEVE BIG GOALS

In her latest book, Big Goals: The Science of Setting Them, Achieving Them, and Creating Your Best Life, Caroline Adams Miller shares a methodology for psychology-backed goal setting.

10 WAYS TO GET BETTER AT SALES

Today's customers are overloaded and overwhelmed by too much information, so making any decision is a challenge.

the L Ο N G G A M E

A new longevity business at Canyon Ranch, the famed wellness resort, invites stressed-out founders to spend $20,000 on life-extending treatments.

The Insurance Agency Network Helping Independent Agencies Grow

By providing access to top-rated carriers, training, and support, and an agent-friendly contract, Smart Choice helps independent agencies build their business.

Shuman Ghosemajumder | How your company can get the most value from Al-whether it's Al-focused or not.

Since ChatGPT launched over two years ago, people have fixated on artificial intelligence. To better understand all the hype, it helps to take a step back and tackle some misunderstandings about AI—as well as some history. Artificial intelligence as a field, since beginning in the 1950s, has already achieved a great deal. AI systems have driven advances in computer vision, fraud detection, online advertising, and many other disciplines, primarily through machine learning on large data sets.

BOSS STYLE

From Steve Jobs's turtleneck to Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie, a founder's style of dress can become a signature, and even a part of their company's brand. Entrepreneurial outfitting is less about rules and more about individualism. Here's how eight founders win with their wardrobes.

Karen Dillon Does your company have too much conflict, or too little? Here's why healthy conflict is key to business success.

I've always prided myself on getting along with others. But a few years ago, one colleague got under my skin.

Learn How to Work With Walmart

Every business owner thinks their company is ready for Walmart, but just having a useful product and slick packaging isn’t enough. Once you get onto store shelves, that’s when the real work begins—or so say the entrepreneurs and experts Inc. canvassed to bring you this ultimate guide to finding your way in and around the world’s largest retailer.

TURN "BORING" BUSINESSES INTO CASH-FLOW MACHINES

Codie Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a financial education company. Her new book, Main Street Millionaire, is a playbook for turning “boring” businesses like car washes and laundromats into cash cows. Here, she recaps her top tips.

Jonathan Adler Is Grateful for Growth Capital

The home decor entrepreneur shares how he went from “outsider moron” to private equity-backed founder.

The Customer Isn't Always Right.But Here's How to Do Right by Them

Three seasoned founders share their approaches to managing tricky client relationships.

Karen Dillon

I moved my wedding to attend a company offsite. It was a terrible decision, but a vital lesson on balance.

The Ultimate Home-Based Business

Thirty years since her breakout on Friends, Courteney Cox is taking on a new role-entrepreneur.

An Uphill Battle

Zwift has been through layoffs and a leadership change in 2024, but co-founder and CEO Eric Min says he's learned that building a startup, like cycling, is an endurance test.

The GLOW UP

How Glossier broke free from DTC, survived the skeptics, and finally achieved profitability.

The Snack That Gives Back

With a new partnership, SkinnyDipped is supporting women founders worldwide.

A New Path to SuCCESS

AllTrails may have achieved the impossible-an app that truly helps you get away from it all.

The Back-lash Survivors

Don't challenge Elizabeth Gore and Carolyn Rodz to a game of highs and lows. The Hello Alice co-founders will win-by a long shot.

The Spa Surge

Prime IV Hydration & Wellness has successfully weathered stormy waters.

Riding the Waves

With Beehiiv, Tyler Denk built a buzzy newsletter platform and a brash online persona. Both are lucrative.

Home Economics

How Chairish brought the circular economy to furniture.

A 21st-CENTURY Leader

How Stacy Brown-Philpot became your board members' favorite board member.