This story originally appeared on Business Insider A former Tesla employee who worked at the company for nearly five years says he was sacked over the phone by his manager while on vacation, according to a sworn declaration filed in a Texas court. Bloomberg | Getty Images The declaration, seen by Insider, was made by…
Many brands say they want to be sustainable, but sustainability isn’t just a button to push. It’s a complicated series of decisions and sacrifices — and nobody knows that better than Sandra Bosben, founder and CEO of Shine Pet Food. Gabriella MarksSandra Bosben (right) always weighs Shine’s impact on the earth. Here, with partner and…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Fresh Prints is a thriving business that began with a very bad decision. “We bought the company pretty blind,” says Jacob Goodman. This was 10 years ago, when Goodman and his fraternity brother Josh Arbit were students at Washington University in St. Louis. At the time, Fresh…
Carter Barnhart founded Charlie Health to provide therapy for at-risk youth. Part of her job is being available at all hours of the day. Image Credit: Masha Maltsava As entrepreneurs, we’re often told to set boundaries. But that can be challenging when work and life are so intertwined — especially in the early stages of…
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East Fork didn’t start out as an equitable workplace experiment. Its 2009 origins were more “intense, heady, craft legacy stuff,” says cofounder and CEO Connie Matisse — in part because her husband and cofounder, Alex Matisse, is the great-grandson of the impressionist painter Henri Matisse. But as the couple and their friend John Vigeland grew…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. More than 40% of Fortune 500 companies operating in 2010 were founded by immigrants or their children, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy — including some of the most well-known brands, from Apple and IBM to Disney and McDonald’s. The companies noted had combined…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Ensuring that your employees stay motivated and satisfied at your company can be daunting, but it’s vital. Motivated workers bring benefits that go beyond simple productivity. Competition can be a healthy motivator. It doesn’t have to be cutthroat, either. As a business leader, you should encourage friendly…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Human beings like to think simplistically. We like to neatly categorize concepts and see things in black-and-white. We like to ignore nuance for the sake of a one-sentence summary. And when it comes to complex marketing strategies like search engine optimization (SEO), we like to boil down…
For as brutal as the market has been so far in 2022…it is likely about to get much worse. Why? Because Q2 earnings season is about to roll out and early indications point to a worsening of results that will likely heighten the stock market (SPY) sell off. This is not a problem for those…