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Falling Off The Work-Permit Cliff

Delays in processing renewals are costing some foreign-born workers their jobs

China's Lockdowns Threaten Global Growth

More than 45 million of the country’s citizens are now prohibited from leaving their homes

Building a Better Berry

After successfully growing salad greens and herbs in warehouses, Bowery Farming is tackling the strawberry

Russia's New Brain Drain

Putin’s actions have the country’s best and brightest heading for any exit they can find

HR Tech Helps SMBs Navigate the “Great Resignation

As the employer-employee paradigm goes through a period of turbulent change, HR technology provides a lifeline for small and midsize businesses

Let's Click on It

Selling a company is complicated. Get advice from the founders of companies such as Qualtrics, Bonobos, and Chewy at inc.com/ exit-interview.

I WAS WRONG CHASING THE ILLUSION OF "SUCCESS"

Amber Venz Box was a designer and personal shopper-turned blogger when, in 2011, at the age of 23, she founded the influencer-commission network RewardStyle. By 2021, the Dallas-based company had expanded into a global influencer-marketing platform, rebranded as LTK (short for LikeToKnowlt), and earned a valuation of $2 billion. As the company morphed, so did the founder's sense of its purpose.

FIELDS OF SCHEMES

When naming rights go wrong, they put a startup's calamities in bright lights and an entrepreneur's legacy in the hall of shame.

BETHENNY FRANKEL IS NOT WHO YOU THINK SHE IS

The former reality star is brash, ambitious, and most definitely underestimated. And that's precisely why she's such a brutally effective entrepreneur. Here's how she built her empire.

Well Coached, Well Played

Tip Sheet

A Killing in Cannabis

Tushar Atre was a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur when, in 2017, lured by the promise of a growing market, he launched a startup aimed at revolutionizing the extraction of cannabis. Within two years, he was dead and trailed by a cloud of questions about the true nature of America's newest gold rush.

Bitcoin Billionaires & Crypto Kings

The cool young kings of cryptocurrency have emerged as ultra-luxury real estate’s new power players

She Wants to Turn Her Brand Into a Following... And Her Mentor Knows How It's Done.

Emma Grede, co-founder of fashion brands Skims and Good American, shares business advice with KIN Apparel founder Philomina Kane.

The Power of 2

Conventional wisdom says that starting a fast-growth business with your spouse is too risky, too intense, too fraught with potential drama. But these couples have turned their partnerships into their superpowers.

The Fastest Growing Companies Coast to Coast

To browse all 923 companies in the 2022 inc. Regionals, go to inc.Com/2022-regionals. These homegrown powerhouses are racking up the revenue, and poised to make this year's inc. 5000. They're also rich with hard-earned local knowledge about how to generate and manage growth that's off the charts.

The House That Jack Built

How Alibaba’s Jack Ma started with nothing and built a global internet empire

Dishes Foodies Travel For

“Good food is very often, even most often, simple food,” Anthony Bourdain said.

Jabari Banks

PARTING SHOT

An Unreliable Seal of Approval

A lot of sites with .org in their addresses are publishers of false or misleading information

Seeking Sanctuary

More than 4 million Ukrainians are expected to flee their country in coming months, ushering in "Europe's largest refugee crisis this century”

Gen Z Is Changing Shopping Forever

How? For starters, choosing brands that take stands on social issues and even reflect the whims of social media stars. Here are four ways all that is happening

FOR SALE RUSSIAN OIL $25B / OBO

○ With little chance of a rich offer, exiting Russia could cost BP its entire investment

SPUN OUT

Peloton’s high-intensity sprint to nowhere

Turning Points: McKenzie Penworks

Tough, sparkling, and unique, Tim McKenzie’s DiamondCast resins are beloved by pen companies and collectors alike.

Russians Are Stuck in Putin's Web

○ A long-planned break from the Western internet has become more real than ever

A Brief History of Fisher Space Pen

The ballpoint used by astronauts is also a fashion icon meant for everyday use. This is the story of how it came to be.

Nailing the Landing

Can the Fed bring down inflation without sending the economy into recession?

Neoliberalism Still in Vogue In Moscow

○ Putin doubles down on free markets and fiscal restraint even as Russia’s import-dependent economy reels

How to Build a Jewelry Portfolio

As an asset class, luxury baubles have never been hotter. Here’s what you need to know to get in on the gem game*

How the Ukraine Invasion Almost Wounded a Covid Pill

○ Many researchers at Enamine, a key contract drug research group in Kyiv, have had to flee