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Do You Have Toxic Office PTSD?
A dark cloud of doom seems to have followed you all the way from that cruddy job to your new desk. You finally got up the nerve and confidence to leave a terrible work environment behind and start fresh with a new job. Congrats! But a dark cloud of doom seems to have followed you…
Turning a Franchise Business Into a Nonprofit? Here’s How It’s Done.
Image Credit: Courtesy of Challenge Island Can a single franchise location be transformed into a nonprofit? That’s what Jamie Trujillo wondered only two months after becoming a Challenge Island franchisee. The question came from her deep sense of mission. Trujillo had always been what she calls a “stereotypical teacher’s pet,” and spent 14 years working…
This Is the Crazy Process This Juice Franchise Went Through to Get USDA-Certified Organic. But It Sure Has Paid Off.
Kat Eckles wasn’t always a healthy food enthusiast. But after having her first child, she became more conscious about her diet. “It was the first time in my life that I really thought about being as healthy as possible, so I could be with my family as long as possible,” Eckles recalls. She started exploring…
Two Stanford Professors Explain How to Produce Hundreds of World-Changing Ideas In 1 Hour
Image Credit: Zohar Lazar A vague calendar event appears in your inbox. There’s an urgent need for breakthrough thinking, and you’re invited. It’s got something to do with the big sales conference next week. Or a major new client. Or that recent wave of negative Yelp reviews. Doesn’t matter. The important thing is that you…
I Couldn’t Sleep. I Obsessed Over My Failures. Then I Found the Weirdest Cure — Flyfishing?
This story appears in the December 2022 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Image Credit: Pete Reynolds I’m a Millennial Who Quit My Job Last Year to Do What I Love. Here’s How I’ve Made More Than $300,000 So Far. ‘This Is the Way It’s Always Been’: HarperCollins Workers Fight to End Historic Cycle of Unfair…
What Do Britney Spears’ Perfume, Ghirardelli Chocolate and Toms Shoes Have In Common? They All Use This Overlooked Sales Strategy.
As a founder, you and your company’s origin stories are more important than you think. Michelangelo Di Battista | Sony | RCA | Getty Images Yes, that’s become conventional wisdom in entrepreneurship circles — but it is now being backed by emerging research, including my own work at the University of Iowa and colleagues’ work…
A Machine That Turns Rotten Groceries Into Energy? Meet the Guys Making Waste Useful.
Ryan Begin (left) and Nick Whitman keep asking why food is being thrown away — and turning the answers into profit. Image Credit: Courtesy of Divert, Inc. Here’s what Ryan Begin knew: Food waste is a big problem — which meant, potentially, a big business opportunity. “Have you ever seen the back room of a…
This Guy Saved Barbie From Cultural Extinction. He Did It by Asking One Big Question.
This story appears in the December 2022 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » How do you save a brand that everyone knows, but not everybody likes? Paul Bruinooge | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Back in 2014, the toy company Mattel needed an answer to that question — fast. It owns popular brands like Hot Wheels…
Confused About Web3? Steve Aoki Dissects His Business to Show How You Can Make Money.
Image Credit: Bobby Fisher; Hair & Makeup: Imogen Marrone; Clothing: Dim Mak Collection Most people heard noise. Steve Aoki heard music. It was just, in his words, “intentionally abrasive” music. What’s the difference between noise and intentionally abrasive? This was back in the 1990s, when Steve Aoki was a kid growing up in the California…