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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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How to Turn Your Podcast Into a Movement That Inspires and Converts
Podcasts in 2025 are much more than sharing ideas. They are strong movements in the world of social media platforms. They help people connect, build authority and grow their businesses in this new digital age, much like how podcasts such as Planet Money have been successful in engaging audiences.However, many…
100+ Investments Later, These Are the Qualities I Always Look For in a Founder
People always ask me, "What's the secret to a successful business?" Honestly, there's no one-size-fits-all answer. Playbooks are for playing it safe, and real innovation doesn't follow a script. But when it comes to investing, there's one thing that can make or break a business… THE FOUNDER.As a seven-time founder…
How Your First Job Can Prepare You for Entrepreneurial Success
Your first real job after college is more than just a paycheck. It's the foundation for your career and, for aspiring entrepreneurs, the starting point for eventually building a business. While it may be tempting to focus on landing the highest-paying position or one with the flashiest title, a job…
Our CTO Gave Us an Unexpected Ultimatum — and It Was Every Tech CEO’s Worst Nightmare. Here’s How We Handled It.
While vision is important to success, execution matters most. Startups can succumb to multiple points of failure — people, products, competition and legal challenges, to name a few. These issues can be interconnected, compounding the difficulty of overcoming them. Ours is a cautionary tale concerning key man risk.After recently going…
This Fitness Brand’s Secret? Constant Innovation.
Customers might try something once. But how do you get them to return?Angus Long thinks a lot about this. He used to be an Orangetheory franchisee, and then founded a new kind of fitness studio called Hylo Fitness. He and his business partner, Matt Herring, built Hylo on a thesis:…
The Investment Market Is More Competitive Than Ever — Here’s How Startups Can Still Secure Funding
The past few years have seemed like a bad TV romance between the U.S. market and the Federal Reserve. There's been so much talk of "will they, won't they" on interest rate cuts and trying to read the tea leaves that it can drive a person mad.This has created a…
Her Facebook Marketplace Side Hustle Grew to $25,000 a Month
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…
You’ll Want to Know About These New Franchise Concepts
To view our entire 2025 Franchise 500 list, including category rankings, click HEREThere's a misconception that owning a franchise is for people who want to follow someone else's playbook. But that notion doesn't take into account all of the unique, quirky and fun franchises that are popping up all the…
These Emerging Franchises are Poised to Grow in 2025
Want to spot the hottest new trends in franchising? You need to look in a pretty wonky place: the Franchise 500 categories.Here's why: Each year, as we create our ranking, we organize every franchise brand by category. Some categories are simple and expected, like Sports Bars/Pubs. But every year, as…
Why Giving Away Your Best Ideas Makes You More Valuable
Want to attract new business? Here's one of the best ways: Give away your knowledge.This may sound dumb. Won't people just steal your work and abuse your time? Nope: When you give away knowledge, you build trust and authority — and people want you more!I've experienced this myself, and I…
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A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
5 Crucial Challenges Startups Must Overcome
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…