Tag: Entrepreneurship
This teacher quit crowded classrooms to run her own microschool—now she’s earning over $100K and finally doesn’t have to work a summer job | Fortune
But for Apryl Shackelford, those anxieties have been replaced with opportunity.
The 55-year-old is beginning her fourth year as the leader of Liberty City Primer,...
Millionaire Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House and decided he was ‘gonna invent a career’—he founded Reddit
However, for Alexis Ohanian, the start of Reddit all began at table 19 of his local Waffle House.
As a soon-to-be graduate from the University...
Canada Goose boss Dani Reiss avoided printing ‘CEO’ on business cards for years after taking over at 27
Dani Reiss was 27 when he took over his grandfather’s cold-weather clothing company, Canada Goose, in 2001.
Much like the heirs of Arnault and Murdoch,...
‘Million Dollar Listing’ star used to sling paninis, but now leads a team closing $15 billion in deals—because someone was ‘stupid enough’ to hire him
Fredrik Eklund has made it in U.S. real estate—the Million Dollar Listing New York star has helped close more than $15 billion in sales...
SoundHound’s millionaire boss founded 3 software startups before even graduating—he tells Gen Z who want to be their own boss ‘throw darts randomly’
As someone who immigrated from Iran at age 17 knowing little English, becoming a tech entrepreneur one day may have seemed like a far-fetched...
‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’
CEOs take on all sorts of personas, from the benevolent leader to the cutthroat business executive. Millionaire entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary is famous for his...
‘Shark Tank’ icon Kevin O’Leary reveals the 3 things he looks for when investing his millions into a founder
Multimillionaire entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary knows a thing or two about picking the right people and ideas to invest in. Having worked with greats like...
Stark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z that this popular corporate gig is a slow ‘drift into hell on Earth’ that’ll make you unemployable for life
Many business school students coming out of Stanford University, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania are already stepping into their swanky Wall...
Like Mark Cuban and Barack Obama, this CEO says work-life balance is a luxury he can’t afford—even after building a $50 million-a-year business
Finding success in entrepreneurship takes nothing short of hard work—after all, close to 20% of small businesses fail within their first year of operation....
Sweet Loren’s CEO was unfulfilled in her ‘real’ jobs—beating cancer gave her the guts to quit and launch the $120 million cookie brand
There are many people out there feeling stuck in their full-time jobs, waiting for divine intervention or the perfect moment to jump ship. One...
