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Manhattan’s Newest Steakhouse Offers $150 Caviar and Profits for Employees. The Reason Isn’t Just Retention

Manhattan’s Newest Steakhouse Offers $150 Caviar and Profits for Employees. The Reason Isn’t Just Retention
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Kroger Is Cutting 3,000 Corporate Jobs, but Its CEO Didn’t Blame AI

Kroger Is Cutting 3,000 Corporate Jobs, but Its CEO Didn’t Blame AI

Kroger Is Cutting 3,000 Corporate Jobs, but Its CEO Didn’t Blame AI Weeks after the grocery chain hyped up AI-enabled shopping, it announced major...

13.10.2026 5

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The New Elon Musk Documentary Shows How He Transformed Himself from Investor to Inventor—at Least in the Public Eye

The New Elon Musk Documentary Shows How He Transformed Himself from Investor to Inventor—at Least in the Public Eye
12.10.2026 6

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Wall Street’s Most Colorful Analyst Just Shared His Top 5 Tech Stocks for 2027

Wall Street’s Most Colorful Analyst Just Shared His Top 5 Tech Stocks for 2027 Dan Ives has broken away from Wedbush and is now building Yorkville...

09.10.2026 10

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Steven Bartlett Just Invested in This Genius $1 Million Pet Product on Shark Tank

08.10.2026 10

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The New Wild West: Everyone Is Fighting for Access to Private Company Stock

07.10.2026 10

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How This Private Equity Firm Helped MadeGood Become a Unicorn

06.10.2026 20

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VC Has Become the Haves and Have-Nots. Here’s the Key Funding Strategy Founders Are Embracing Instead

VC Has Become the Haves and Have-Nots. Here’s the Key Funding Strategy Founders Are Embracing Instead With AI companies attracting the vast majority...

05.10.2026 8

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Supergoop Founder Holly Thaggard Saw the White Space in Sunscreen. Now She Sees It in Bottled Water

26.09.2026 10

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Can a 1-Person Startup Be a Unicorn? This Founder Says Yes

13.09.2026 10

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Did Jensen Huang Just Crown Tech’s 3 Newest Billionaires?

04.09.2026 20

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Apple’s New CEO Pay Package Is Worth $58 Million, Putting Him Just Outside the Top 20

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How 2 Super Bowl Winners Turned Warren Buffett’s Wisdom Into Their Own Winning Strategy

How 2 Super Bowl Winners Turned Warren Buffett’s Wisdom Into Their Own Winning Strategy Ndamukong Suh was a player for the Buccaneers; Les Snead was...

28.08.2026 10

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Dolly Parton Was a Retail and Marketing Whiz, Too. Here’s How She Built Most of Her Fortune

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3 Surprising Business Decisions That Led to Dolly Parton’s $450 Million Net Worth

3 Surprising Business Decisions That Led to Dolly Parton’s $450 Million Net Worth The Queen of Country Music has passed away, but her legacy as an...

26.08.2026 20

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At 18, He Dropped Out of College. At 22, He’s Running One of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies

At 18, He Dropped Out of College. At 22, He’s Running One of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies Meet Mickey Hardy, founder and CEO of the...

25.08.2026 30

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This Founder Spent $20,000 Fighting Customer Churn. A Crude Survey Worked Better

This Founder Spent $20,000 Fighting Customer Churn. A Crude Survey Worked Better Top-ranking Inc. 5000 company Churnkey wants to solve customer...

20.08.2026 20

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Elon Musk’s 2025 Payday Was Bigger Than All Other S&P 500 CEOs Combined

14.08.2026 20

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40% of People Use Chatbots for Financial Guidance. Here’s the Context Mistake That Makes Them Give Terrible Advice

40% of People Use Chatbots for Financial Guidance. Here’s the Context Mistake That Makes Them Give Terrible Advice AI can be helpful for making...

13.08.2026 20

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10 Crazy Tactics Used by CEOs of the Fastest-Growing Companies

10 Crazy Tactics Used by CEOs of the Fastest-Growing Companies We asked Inc. 5000 CEOs for their most unconventional growth tactics. Their answers may...

12.08.2026 30

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Private Equity Firms Are Sitting on Nearly 34,000 Unsold Companies. That Pileup Is Getting Worse

10.08.2026 30

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8 Messy Weeks to an AI Startup: How a New Accelerator Pushed 2 Founders to Pivot Their Idea to Launch

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Robinhood’s New Fund Lets Anyone Invest in Y Combinator Startups, With a Catch

05.08.2026 30

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He Started a Side Hustle From His Spare Bedroom. Now, It’s a $4 Million Retail Powerhouse

03.08.2026 30

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A Founder Pitched Mark Cuban at the Gym. Then a Viral Video Ruined the Experience

31.07.2026 20

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Elon Musk Can’t Stand Sam Altman, but He Just Made a Surprising Proposal

24.07.2026 30

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An ‘Egregious Loophole’ Is Helping Startup Investors Build $100 Million Fortunes, Tax-Free

22.07.2026 30

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The Lean Startup Playbook Forgot Something Important: These 5 Mental Skills Determine Whether Your Idea Survives

The Lean Startup Playbook Forgot Something Important: These 5 Mental Skills Determine Whether Your Idea Survives A business school professor shares...

21.07.2026 20

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Mark Cuban Doesn’t Want Billionaires Taxed Out of Existence—But There Is 1 Policy He Says Would Help Solve Inequality

17.07.2026 30

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SpaceX and Meta Dominate the Century’s Biggest Startup Payoffs. But No. 6 Is a Surprise

15.07.2026 20

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The World Cup Is Triggering a Massive Economic Boom. Here’s Why Some Major Business Hubs Are Missing Out

10.07.2026 30

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Considering a Private Equity Investment? Why Thousands of PE-Backed Companies Are Stuck in a Decade-Long Rut

10.07.2026 30

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Meet the Surprisingly Massive Consumer Cohort You Should Be Catering To (Hint: They Love Protein and Peptides)

02.07.2026 40

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They Challenged Coke, Pepsi, and the Status Quo—Here’s What Actually Worked

They Challenged Coke, Pepsi, and the Status Quo—Here’s What Actually Worked On the latest episode of Inc.’s ‘Your Next Move’ series, the two...

29.06.2026 30

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CEO Pay Is Skyrocketing. Meet the 8 Leaders Making Over $100 Million

CEO Pay Is Skyrocketing. Meet the 8 Leaders Making Over $100 Million Elon Musk made the most, of course, but the second-highest-paid exec is someone...

23.06.2026 30

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How NYC’s ‘Baklava Guy’ Used a ‘Painful’ Marketing Strategy to Make His Business Go Viral During the Knicks Championship

18.06.2026 30

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Inside the Knicks’ Championship Windfall: How NYC Businesses Scored More Than $380 Million

18.06.2026 30

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An Intern Disobeyed His Parents and Joined SpaceX in 2011. Following Its Historic IPO, He and Thousands of Other Employees Are Now Millionaires

An Intern Disobeyed His Parents and Joined SpaceX in 2011. Following Its Historic IPO, He and Thousands of Other Employees Are Now Millionaires...

12.06.2026 30

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This Teenage Founder Sold His $40 Million Startup. Now, He’s On to the Next One

09.06.2026 30

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Inside Jamie Dimon’s Surprising New Plan to Pitch Elon Musk’s Historic SpaceX IPO to Thousands of Wealthy Clients

Inside Jamie Dimon’s Surprising New Plan to Pitch Elon Musk’s Historic SpaceX IPO to Thousands of Wealthy Clients JPMorgan once sued Tesla, but is...

04.06.2026 40

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How This Crisis Helped Convince Mark Cuban That Bitcoin Has ‘Lost the Plot’

How This Crisis Helped Convince Mark Cuban That Bitcoin Has ‘Lost the Plot’ Once a crypto fan, the former ‘Shark Tank’ investor’s...

27.05.2026 30

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‘The Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Just Issued a Dire Warning About Nvidia. Here’s Why He Thinks an ‘Aggressive Fall’ Is Coming, and How Businesses Can Avoid the Same Fate

26.05.2026 30

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The Real Reason Cloudflare Just Laid Off 20 Percent of Its Staff: Why AI Is Coming for ‘Measurers’ First

The Real Reason Cloudflare Just Laid Off 20 Percent of Its Staff: Why AI Is Coming for ‘Measurers’ First The cybersecurity giant is doing well...

21.05.2026 30

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This Founder Called VCs ‘Grifters’—Then Took $110 Million from Them and Built a Unicorn

This Founder Called VCs ‘Grifters’—Then Took $110 Million From Them and Built a Unicorn Fabrication startup SendCutSend recently raised venture...

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Martha Stewart Just Launched an AI Startup to Solve the 1 Thing Every Homeowner Hates

Martha Stewart Just Launched an AI Startup to Solve the 1 Thing Every Homeowner Hates Hint already has $10 million in seed funding and support from...

13.05.2026 40

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2 Uber Veterans Just Raised $27 Million to Change the Way You Maintain Your Home Forever

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The Real Reason the UAE Is Quitting OPEC (Hint: It’s Not Just About Oil)

The Real Reason the UAE Is Quitting OPEC (Hint: It’s Not Just About Oil) The Emirati strategy can best be summed up as ‘take the money and run,’...

29.04.2026 40

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OpenAI’s Reported Missed Revenue Targets Are Spooking Investors Ahead of Its Rumored $1 Trillion IPO

OpenAI’s Reported Missed Revenue Targets Are Spooking Investors Ahead of Its Rumored $1 Trillion IPO A new report suggests anxieties are high at the...

28.04.2026 40

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Thinking of Selling Your Company? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions First

27.04.2026 30

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ARR Is Dead! (Thanks, AI.) Long Live Annual Recurring Revenue, Say These Founders and Investors

11.04.2026 40

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