Business

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CAUGHT!
A historic, family-run restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, made its name by offering freshly caught seafood. Then the feds showed up with an extraordinary claim: The fish was not what it seemed.
10+ min |
Summer 2025

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Karen Dillon | Why bullying your way through negotiations isn't always the best way or the smart way to get what you want.
I spent the first decade of my career in New York City, which was quite a cultural education for a girl from suburban Boston. By the time I left, I felt I had earned the title of New Yorker, with the requisite mix of self-confidence and swagger. It wasn’t until years later, when I took my preteen daughters to the city, that I realized how different that person was from normal me. They started calling me “New York mom”—and not in a good way.
3 min |
Summer 2025

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Andy Roddick's Long Game
The retired tennis champ has bounded into angel investing. He's had plenty of wins—and some interesting losses, too.
4 min |
Summer 2025

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Horror King Jason Blum's Formula for Paranormal Success
With a fresh slate of scary sequels to M3GAN, The Black Phone, and Five Nights at Freddy's, the Blumhouse founder says a focus on talent and profitability has served him well.
3 min |
Summer 2025

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Adam Grant on How to Build a Great Workplace in an Age of Mega-Threats
The organizational psychologist has a keen perspective on how to foster a sense of community at work.
4 min |
Summer 2025

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OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY
In just 13 minutes, Juliette Fassett sold $500,000 worth of product on QVC. Months later, a late-night infomercial turned her world upside down.
10+ min |
Summer 2025

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This Company’s Flexible Schedules Empower Working Parents
Proven Recruiting’s support for one of its working moms helped her become a top performer at the company.
2 min |
Summer 2025

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BACK TO THE FUTURE
WITH INVESTORS LIKE AL GORE AND BERNARD ARNAULT, BACK MARKET WANTS TO CHANGE THE WAY ALL OF US THINK ABOUT AND PURCHASE PHONES AND OTHER TECH. IF CO-FOUNDER AND CEO THIBAUD HUG DE LARAUZE SUCCEEDS, HE JUST MIGHT SAVE THE WORLD.
10+ min |
Summer 2025

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Siete Foods Is Still Hungry for Growth
Miguel Garza is looking to expand overseas after selling his family business for more than a billion dollars.
4 min |
Summer 2025

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HOW ARE YOU REALLY USING AI TO TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS?
Get a group of business owners together, and they are apt to one-up one another. In the recent past, this might have been over how much they sold, how much they raised, or how many employees were on their payroll.
10+ min |
Summer 2025

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THIS IS NOT A DRILL
Across the Lone Star State, America's brashest founders are spending billions in a blitz to displace Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Wall Street, and just about every other established power center. Go ahead, bet against them.
10+ min |
Summer 2025

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This Consulting Firm Pays Its Employees to Have Fun
Omlie offers a monthly allowance for co-workers to get together outside the office.
2 min |
Summer 2025

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How to Launch a New Product Without Burning Out Your Team (or Yourself)
Three hard-charging entrepreneurs share their best tips for bringing a product to market in 2025.
6 min |
Summer 2025

Inc.
How Successful Do You Need to Be to Start a Family Office?
As your company—and net worth—grows, here’s when to think about creating a family office to manage your wealth.
4 min |
Summer 2025

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Marina Khidekel
More brands are using back-to-basics storytelling to drive results. Why you should too.
5 min |
Summer 2025

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QUILT to LAST
How MZ Wallace has used timeless product design and careful pricing to build a $100 million accessories business.
8 min |
Summer 2025

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For Olipop, Offering Fertility Benefits Is Just Good Business
Employees at the $400 million beverage company can take advantage of up to $10,000 in family planning services.
2 min |
Summer 2025

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Shuman Ghosemajumder
How a $25 million deepfake scam reveals the dramatic stakes of cybercrime in the era of AI.
5 min |
Summer 2025

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Ferreting Out the Online Fakers
Fuzzy is an identity verification and monitoring service designed to help people safely connect online
2 min |
Summer 2025

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How the Best Workplaces Are Keeping Their Promises...
Earning high marks for company culture is never easy, but it's particularly challenging when the business world is in a near-constant state of upheaval. In the wake of the pandemic, remote work looked like the way of the future, until it wasn't. Hiring sprees turned into firing sprees. DEI goals came under attack. Inflation gave way to trade wars. All of it has turned the American workplace into uncertain terrain, with employees left whipsawing between their employers' ever-shifting priorities.
5 min |
Summer 2025

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At This Ad Agency, Interns Are Indispensable
A paid internship program focused on underrepresented talent helps Barker put out its best work.
2 min |
Summer 2025

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Why ButcherBox Offers Coaches for Every Employee
Investing in the long-term success of workers is founder Mike Salguero's favorite retention tool.
2 min |
Summer 2025

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2025 FEMALE FOUNDERS 500
THE PANDEMIC DROVE WOMEN OUT OF THE WORKFORCE THEN SPURRED AN ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPLOSION.
10+ min |
Spring 2025

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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.
10+ min |
Spring 2025

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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.
5 min |
Spring 2025

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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.
10+ min |
Spring 2025

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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.
3 min |
Spring 2025

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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.
4 min |
Spring 2025

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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.
10+ min |
Spring 2025

Inc.
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?
4 min |