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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on the Best Business Advice She’s Ever Received

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Takes on a New Title: Founder

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Forget Influencer Trips. Why This Founder Is Taking Her Customers to Kyoto

02.04.2025 8

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How Mercury Scored a $3.5 Billion Valuation in Eight Years

31.03.2025 6

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Bogg Bag Is Expanding Production Out of China, Offering a Playbook for Uncertain Times

30.03.2025 10

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Daniel Lubetzky Has Gotten Out of KIND and Into Longevity

26.03.2025 2

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2025 Is Shaping Up to Be a Year of Self-Care. Call It the White Lotus Effect.

25.03.2025 7

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How This Fintech Founder Raised $300 Million and Turned His Customers Into Investors

15.03.2025 9

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DOGE’s Next Casualty? The Women’s Workwear Brand Dressing the D.C. Set

14.03.2025 40

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Misty Copeland Is Not Backing Down From DEI Amid Trump Pushback

11.03.2025 10

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How the Van Leeuwen Founders Survived Divorce, Grew a Friendship—and Built an Ice Cream Empire

08.03.2025 3

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Ever Lost a Friend at a Music Festival? This Startup Wants to Help—and So Does Its Rival

05.03.2025 10

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How This Travel Company Went From Bootstrapped Startup to a $2 Billion Valuation

04.03.2025 10

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How Walking App WeWard Scored Venus Williams as an Investor

28.02.2025 30

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Even ‘Real Housewives’ Star Erin Lichy Is Preparing for Trump’s Tariffs

24.02.2025 20

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Laundry Delivery Startup Rinse Raises $23 Million Funding Round From Appliance-Maker LG

21.02.2025 10

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Fair Harbor Taps Into ‘The White Lotus’ Hype With Its Latest Collaboration

14.02.2025 10

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Hailee Steinfeld Launches the Angel Margarita Canned Cocktail

13.02.2025 6

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How Brands Are Winning the Super Bowl This Year With High-Impact Ads

11.02.2025 6

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What Forerunner Ventures Looks for in Consumer Startups: Vision, Magnetism, and Unfair Advantages

11.02.2025 10

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How Erin Andrews Plans to Win the Super Bowl as an Entrepreneur and a Sideline Reporter

05.02.2025 5

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Women’s Health Startups See Risks and Rewards in a Second Trump Term

05.02.2025 7

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How Do You Build a Brand That Lasts Decades? Ask These Female Founders

31.01.2025 7

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What Will Marketing Look Like in 2025? ‘It’s Going to Get Weird.’

24.01.2025 4

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How Teal Health Aims to Save Lives With Its At-Home Cervical Cancer Tests

18.01.2025 3

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How Athletic Brewing Raised $223 Million to Craft a Nonalcoholic Beer Worth Drinking

11.01.2025 3

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Tom Holland’s Nonalcoholic Beer Brand, Bero, Launched in Target. How Will It Stand Out on Shelves?

Why the “Spider-Man” actor-turned-entrepreneur and his co-founder and CEO, John Herman, are bullish on the nonalcoholic buzz outlasting Dry...

08.01.2025 5

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For Brands, 2024 Was the Year of Weird

25.12.2024 10

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Ulta Is Selling Toy Versions of Its Beauty Products. Is Marketing to Kids Ever OK?

The beauty retailer is facing some complaints online about its viral Mini Brands collection. BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER @ALICDONALDSON Photo:...

21.12.2024 5

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Skims Is Betting Big on Brick-and-Mortar With New 5th Avenue Flagship in NYC

The $4 billion shapewear brand co-founded by Kim Kardashian and Jens Grede is expanding its retail presence–just in time for holiday shopping. BY...

14.12.2024 5

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How 2 Female Founders Took on Stephen Miller—and Won

How Hello Alice co-founders Elizabeth Gore and Carolyn Rodz survived a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year of legal challenges and navigated...

04.12.2024 10

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Bogg Bags Is Launching in Target With a Smart Retail Strategy

Founder Kim Vaccarella anticipates her buzzy brand’s new move will resonate with new and existing customers. BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER @...

22.11.2024 6

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Why Businesses Should ‘Expect the Unexpected’ for Trump’s Second-Term Tax Policy

Republicans will have a trifecta in Washington, but that doesn’t mean policy is a sure thing. BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER @ALICDONALDSON...

16.11.2024 5

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3 Reasons Why Founders Should Consider an IPO

NYSE president Lynn Martin makes the case for going public—despite the dealmaking slump. BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER @ALICDONALDSON (L to R)...

13.11.2024 4

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Would You UberEats a Sweater or a New Pair of Sneakers? Founders Are Betting on It

05.11.2024 3

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How Venture Capital Helped This Founder Secure a ‘Life-Changing Exit’

Moonshots Capital portfolio company eTailPet scaled up and attracted a buyer in just three years. BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER @ALICDONALDSON...

30.10.2024 10

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How to Get Your Invoices Paid as Quickly as Possible

25.10.2024 5

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Move Over, Duolingo. Dunkin’ Is the New Chaotic Social Media Power Player

The chain’s latest online shenanigans prove that everything—even a Halloween-themed doughnut—can become a meme. BY ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER @...

25.10.2024 3

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If You Cannot Outspend Your Competition, Out-Weird Them

22.10.2024 5

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For Entrepreneurs Hit by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Tax Relief Is Here

17.10.2024 3

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How a First-Time Founder Raised $140 Million to Build a Personal-Finance AI Assistant

11.10.2024 3

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Allyson Felix Famously Stood Up to Nike. Now She Wants to Help Other Athletes Land Brand Deals

10.10.2024 4

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Small-Business Uncertainty Hits Record High

10.10.2024 4

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What I Learned About Bananas Is Bananas

07.10.2024 2

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Inside Athlos: Alexis Ohanian’s Women’s Track Startup

Fresh off his Angel City FC sale to Bob Iger and Willow Bay, the Reddit co-founder expands his athletic portfolio into track–with a bang. BY ALI...

05.10.2024 3

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How a 12-Year-Old Company Raised Nearly $300M in Three Steps

05.10.2024 3

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Scott Galloway Called Public Universities 'America's Greatest Innovation.' These Founders Agree

25.09.2024 3

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How Preppy Cult Brands Captured the Imaginations and Wallets of Female Consumers

24.09.2024 3

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Why Fed Chair Powell Is More Important Than Whomever Will Become the Next President

How This Founder Partnered With Google and Unicef to Bring More Women Into Tech Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Says Giant Investment in Generative AI...

21.09.2024 2

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Why the Founder of This 8-Figure Business Traded His CEO Title for a Music Career

21.09.2024 3

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