A young woman making $40,000 a month working 10 hours a week on a side-hustle from her laptop claims ‘anyone’ can do it. Florida-based Madysen Glynn, 22, says she’s made nearly $1million since embarking on dropshipping two years ago after quitting her ‘soul-crushing’ 9-5 job. Dropshippers act as the ‘middleman’ […]
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From one Bob to the next — Disney has announced that former leader Bob Iger will replace CEO Bob Chapek, who is stepping down from his position. The transition is effective immediately, the company announced on Sunday. Jerod Harris | Getty ImagesBob Iger in 2022 “I am extremely optimistic for […]
Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch is the show where contestants get into an elevator and have just 60 seconds to pitch their business to a video camera. Our board of investors is watching, and if they like what they hear they open the doors and the entrepreneur steps into the boardroom to […]
New York City is brimming with powerhouse public relations firms, but do you need to pay a retainer fee to make it here? Nope. With a bit of savvy and dedication, DIY PR can go a long way, whether you’re a business owner, entrepreneur or have a side hustle that […]
Veteran makes care packages for troops his full-time job Regina Gonzalez reports TAMPA, Fla. – Some of the biggest shopping days of the year are upon us. Ahead of the Small Business Saturday shopping day, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) and Hillsborough Community College hosted an event to highlight Tampa […]
Cathy Tie would consider herself an artist. Not the oil paints on canvas type, though. The 26-year-old, Toronto, Canada, native co-founded her first company, Ranomics, at 18. It provides health risk predictions based on people’s genetic data and has now raised more than $1 million, according to Crunchbase. She founded […]
With inflation and recession on the mind, many Americans are scaling back. Samir Hussein | Getty Images And they should be, says Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. The billionaire businessman told CNN that people should hold off on major purchases like new cars and televisions in case a […]
If you do a Google search for “business ideas” you’ll quickly get overwhelmed and confused by articles offering numerous, random suggestions. And while some of the ideas may be inspiring, they also miss the most obvious – and easiest – way to generate revenue as an entrepreneur. Lindsey Thoeng Become […]
Brian Kippen, right, holds his son at KAD Models’ quarterly open house in East Randolph. The open houses are meant to make manufacturing a kitchen table conversation topic, Kippen said. Courtesy photo When Brian Kippen decided to open up a location of his business, KAD Models and Prototypes, in East […]
Text size In forging ahead as an entrepreneur, you’ll discover that all the skills you’re in the process of mastering between work hours will come in handy in your personal life, too, writes Noam Wasserman. Dreamstime About the author: Noam Wasserman is the dean of Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School […]
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are those who describe the current, faster-and-faster-moving marketplace as a fourth industrial revolution. And the best entrepreneurship programs are those that help students appropriately speed up and, when necessary, scale-up their ideas. Students who enroll at these schools will find themselves […]
Detroit — Fashion mogul Daymond John knows what it’s like to grow a business from nothing, launching one in his mother’s basement 30 years ago and scaling it to a global fashion brand with more than $6 billion in sales. John, the founder of clothing line FUBU and co-star of […]
“Shark Tank” star and FUBU apparel co-founder Daymond John visited Detroit this week to offer words of wisdom during a conference organized to connect small business owners with buyers around the country. The serial entrepreneur, investor and author discussed his journey to entrepreneurship Wednesday during the conference called Passport to […]
Shan Shan Fu started her e-commerce business with less than $2,000 upfront. She keeps things lean by taking her own photos and launching products on Etsy before Amazon. In October 2022, she earned over $42,000 in revenue by selling socks and tights online. When the Covid-19 pandemic sent the US […]
Women and racial minorities have faced many barriers in the business world through the years. And many still face inequities today. However, there are several ongoing and one-time grant programs that aim to support these entrepreneurs throughout their journeys. Here are several opportunities that may benefit today’s women and minority […]
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I have a secret I have been hiding from my kids for 21 years. Peter Dazeley | Getty Images In the fall of 1984, I was a 14-year-old beginning ninth grade at the prestigious Trinity School in Manhattan, which I had attended […]
Barnaby Lashbrooke, 40, built his first business at 17. The Birmingham, England, native started a website hosting company that quickly grew to thousands of users, and with them, his need to put in more hours. “Sometimes I’d do 24, 36 hours straight,” he says. This was the case even after […]
Kitter Spater of Sloggn Gear Company stands on a cooler attached to one of his modular vehicle racks in Burlington on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Kitter Spater was frustrated with hauling things around in his vehicle. On trips to Sugarbush Resort in Warren, the skier noticed that […]
Many factors go into the choice of a career: personal aptitude, parental expectations, educational opportunities, serendipity. For Sally Murray, it was more straightforward: she felt a prompting from God. And so it was that in 2018, she quit her job as a full-time physiotherapist, relocated her family from suburban London […]
Have you heard about the proposed Eastern Shore Rail Trail? Are you a service industry business owner interested in serving trail users? Do you want to start a new business to serve trail users? Participate in a community assessment for entrepreneurs online. The assessment is a joint effort between the […]