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Ali Donaldson

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Microsoft’s Latest Copilot Update Could Help Small Businesses Boost Sales. Here’s How It Works

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Chick-fil-A Just Launched a Huge Marketing Campaign—But Some Customers Are Unhappy

08.01.2026 40

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Olipop and Poppi Just Introduced the Same Popular Mocktail Flavor

07.01.2026 10

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How This Brand Turned a Maduro Photo Into a Marketing Moment

06.01.2026 6

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2026’s Biggest Marketing Trend Is Already Dominating the College Bowl Games

03.01.2026 10

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CMOs Reveal the Top Marketing Trends That Will Dominate 2026

02.01.2026 7

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This Founder Quit His Job in VC to Host Game Nights for a Living

27.12.2025 10

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How This Family Business Went Viral Using Old School Advertising

27.12.2025 6

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Tariffs Have Forced Costco to Make a Huge Pivot for Holiday Shoppers

21.12.2025 10

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Marketers Take Note: Pinterest Predicts This Unexpected Trend Will Take Over 2026

18.12.2025 3

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Google Exec Confirms What We Suspected About How Businesses Get Into AI Search Results

18.12.2025 5

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After Target Dropped This Black-Owned Brand, Its Founders Reached Customers With This Strategy

17.12.2025 5

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Target’s Surprising New Strategy to Win Customers Back Looks Nothing Like Its Usual Shopping Experience

16.12.2025 7

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Uber Just Added a Major Service Upgrade That Sounds Too Good to Be True

13.12.2025 10

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Costco Says These Food Items Drove Its Record-Breaking Sales—and It’s Not the $1.50 Hot Dog

13.12.2025 10

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The Strategy Behind Alex Cooper’s New Energy Drink? Thumbing Its Nose at Wellness Culture

12.12.2025 10

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1 Thing Direct-to-Consumer Brands Need to Do to Succeed Today, According to Allbirds’s Co-Founder

10.12.2025 5

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Allbirds Co-Founder Joey Zwillinger Just Launched a New Company, for Women Only

10.12.2025 3

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The Beauty Industry Is Being Dominated by 1 Skin Care Trend and It’s a Natural Alternative to Fillers

09.12.2025 4

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How Glen Powell’s Smash Kitchen Surpassed $10 Million in Sales in 6 Months 

02.12.2025 4

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Marketers Are Souring on Email Open Rates as a Success Metric

02.12.2025 3

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Move Over Ken Burns: Founders Are Becoming Documentary Filmmakers

27.11.2025 4

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How E-Commerce Companies Are Adapting to AI Search This Holiday Season

25.11.2025 5

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New Survey Find a Huge Difference in Profitability for E-Commerce Companies That Embrace AI

21.11.2025 3

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How Tom Holland’s NA Beer Brand Uses Social Media as a ‘Real Time’ Focus Group

20.11.2025 4

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Todd Graves of Raising Cane’s Turned This Contrarian Business Advice From the Panda Express Founder Into a Multibillion-Dollar Net Worth

19.11.2025 4

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10 AI Tools Marketers Are Using Right Now

18.11.2025 5

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Kevin O’Leary Says This Is the Biggest Opportunity in AI for Entrepreneurs Right Now

17.11.2025 3

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Reese Witherspoon Told Harvard Business School There’s 1 Social Platform Companies Need to Win On

14.11.2025 4

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Tom Holland’s N.A. Beer Brand Is Nearing 8-Figures in Annual Revenue Thanks to an Unexpected Strategy

12.11.2025 3

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‘Marketers Are Losing Their Minds.’ 7 Ways Companies Are Optimizing Their SEO Strategy for AI Search 

11.11.2025 10

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Reese Witherspoon Just Returned to Harvard—as the Subject of a Popular Business School Course

07.11.2025 4

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Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni Are Growing Their AI Shopping Startup the Gen-Z Way: Podcasting

04.11.2025 5

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How to Professionally Network Like a Billion-Dollar CEO

30.10.2025 3

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How an Unlikely Brand Is Appearing Alongside Ralph Lauren at the Olympics

29.10.2025 5

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This Investor’s Strategy Helps Employees—Not Just Founders

28.10.2025 3

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Thinking About Launching Your Next Company? 2 Founders Share Their Tips for Serial Entrepreneurship

28.10.2025 3

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There Are 3 Types of Leaders, Says Jay Shetty, and Only 1 You Want to Be

24.10.2025 3

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Jay Shetty Expands His Tea Brand Juni Into Whole Foods Stores Nationwide 

24.10.2025 2

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Apparel Startup XX-XY Athletics Is on a Mission to ‘Save Women’s Sports.’ Critics Say It Is Cashing In on the Anti-Trans Movement

21.10.2025 9

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Private Clubs Keep Popping Up—and Savvy Founders Are Using Them to Launch Their Companies

21.10.2025 4

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Alexis Ohanian and Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Thomas Are Bringing This Sports Event Back to New York

09.10.2025 3

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Can Colleges Attract Students With Promises of Early Entrepreneurship? 

07.10.2025 4

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How These Businesses Are Using Halloween to Scare Up Extra Revenue

07.10.2025 7

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This Family Business Moved Overseas to Avoid Trump’s Tariffs

26.09.2025 2

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Steal This Brand’s Playbook for Revenue-Driving Events

19.09.2025 2

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How This Startup Supercharged Its Growth by Adding 1 New Product Category

13.09.2025 10

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Naomi Watts’s Startup Tapped Into a Taboo. Then It Grew by 3X

11.09.2025 3

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The Best Marketing Campaigns of 2025 So Far

06.09.2025 4

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Does Cringe Content Work? Why Founders Are Embracing This Unconventional Strategy

01.09.2025 4

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