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Build a Better Bottle— From Paper
Seeking an eco-friendly detergent bottle, California mom Julie Corbett created her own.
Hustle and Heart
Monica Peraza O’Quigley loves the challenge of creating new companies. With her latest, the Etho, she’s zeroing in on her goal to empower women worldwide.
How SMBs Can Build Growth-Ready Teams
Planning for the long term should continue despite short-term challenges in other areas.
HOW I GOT COVID-19 TESTS TO MARKET IN TWO WEEKS
Everlywell founder Julia Cheek created a lab test game-changer. Then she took on the Covid-19 crisis—and found herself in the eye of a storm.
Founders Project: Sure, you lead. But the right hire leads to success.
Daniel Lubetzky, founder of multibillion-dollar snack company Kind, talks navigating financial uncertainty and staffing for next-level growth with fellow Mexican-born entrepreneur Fany Gerson, founder of sweets company La Newyorkina.
The number of Latinx startups is rocketing. Their funding is not. And the U.S. economy suffers
Unless we solve the “scaling gap,” we’re missing out on the opportunity to grow employment and GDP.
Chart Busters
Hal Leonard still making sheet music and beating the digital band.
The Real Workforce Impact of HR Technology
From automating basic administrative tasks to attracting more talented employees, HR technology has a lot to offer small and midsize businesses.
Waco Then the World
How Chip and Joanna Gaines turned a modest Waco, Texas, house-flipping operation into one of the most powerful new brands in entertainment, publishing, and retail.
How I Did It – Survive and Shine
AMBER LEONG CIRCADIAN OPTICS – She spent 20 days in the hospital fighting for her life, months after emigrating alone from Malaysia. Her experience gave her the courage to start a company. Her story made her a Shark Tank darling.
THE END OF OWNERSHIP
Two years ago, Joymode was hot off a big funding round, and carving out a spot for itself in the booming sharing economy. But the startup is now backed into a corner and wondering: Is there such a thing as oversharing?
Scandinavian Minimalist
VIKING RIVER CRUISES By dimming the glitz and emphasizing culture, the company reinvigorated an industry.
Remaking a Classic PACKAGING DESIGN
The 13-egg carton was a design exercise for Randy Ludacer. Then an egg farmer called.
Hitting the High Notes
Startups create the buzz, but some outfits, like music publisher Hal Leonard, born in radio days, outperform for decades.
DINO DON'S BEAST MARKET
A journalist turned his curiosity about prehistoric creatures into a very modern enterprise.
What Makes A City Surge?
The best cities for new businesses in America aren’t always the ones you’d expect. Once again, Inc. and innovation policy company Startup Genome crunched the data to identify America’s hottest Surge Cities—and found there’s lots to learn from their successes.
The Silicon South Is Rising
When Scott Millwood was growing up and going to college near Greenville, South Carolina, he says, “I didn’t see it as a place where I’d want to live.” With the textile industry moving its mills to Asia, “the city faced a really tough transition.” Millwood remembers the grand old Poinsett Hotel, erected in 1925, sitting vacant downtown.
California's Stealth Startup Hub
Once a recurring punch line in Johnny Carson’s monologues, the agriculture-and-oil town of Bakersfield, California—home to the country’s most prolific carrot farm—is not the most obvious example of a West Coast startup hub.
Company Of The Year: Impossible Foods
Its first great feat was making veggie burgers sexy. Its second will be surviving success.
Future Alert Faster Tech
The next generation of broadband wıll reshape industries—and your business.
Food Revolutionaries – Pioneer Woman
Ariane Daguin has spent almost 35 years building the artisanal food company D’Artagnan. Along the way, she’s transformed how Americans think about food. And there’s still so much for her to do.
'Girl Boss'? 'SHE-E-O'? 'Mompreneur'? No Thanks
Enough with the cutesy nicknames
Money Movers - Because Industries Could Use A Shakeup
These founders are redefining old businesses like insurance and banking, and bringing financial services to people who have never had them.
Jazzercise, Smart Socks, Massages And More
Those fitness classes you go to? she basically invented them.
A Celebration Of Women In The Workplace
How a diverse leadership team helped fuel Aflac’s success story
How To Build A Community-And Keep It Thriving
Audrey Gelman has made the Wing’s women-focused shared office spaces into a buzzy club of feminine empowerment built on inclusivity—and, perhaps, exclusivity. Change can be messy. But this is a new kind of company.
Fashion Forward - Founders Project Golden Opportunity
Style icon Rebecca Minkoff mentors Trinity Mouzon Wofford, co-founder of Millennial wellness startup Golde.
How To Create Killer Buzz Around Your Biz
Nudging your customers to sing your praises is the best advertising you never bought. But be careful: There’s an art to this ask.
Lolly Wolly Doodle's Brandi Temple Won Her Company Back-And Then Sold It
Sales at Brandi Temple’s successful children’s clothing company, Lolly Wolly Doodle, dropped by half virtually overnight. Then the real drama began.
Science Pioneers - Bringing Us Robots, Renewable Power And Food Made From Air
Robot co-workers, lifesaving A.I., and food made from the air we breathe. These innovators are engineering the future.