Entrepreneurs

By Deborah Sweeney Learn meaningful ways managers can step in and offer help. getty Do your employees struggle with burnout? “Overwhelmed” is how one study describes the way employees feel 18 months into the pandemic. Since July 2020, digital wellness company meQuilibrium has been tracing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on employee well-being through […]

getty Pitching investors can make or break your business. It’s one of the best ways to secure funding, raise capital, and grow your company, but to be successful it has to be done right. Your pitch has to be well-crafted, compelling, and relevant to the investor if you hope to close the deal. I spoke […]

David Gandy Wellwear is the male supermodel’s first foray outside of brand collaborations in 20 … [+] years David Gandy Wellwear After five minutes chatting with a flat-capped David Gandy, it felt like I’d known him for years. I have, of course, in the sense that most people would recognize the face behind Dolce & […]

Homeownership has long been one of the biggest levers for wealth-building. For lower-income families, this critical component of the American Dream has become more and more unattainable with the increasing unaffordability of homes. This is the problem Divvy is solving.   Divvy is the first real estate platform that helps families save for a down payment […]

Employees, especially when new to their positions, often need guidance to be successful in their work. However, too much direction can be less like helpful and constructive feedback and more like micromanagement. This, in turn, can have a negative impact on an employee’s work performance and mental health, and they may begin to feel less […]

We’ve all seen Youtube stars who are broke in real life, or Tik Tok darlings who amass an enormous following, just to find out that they’ve created another job for themselves simply making content with no return. Creating an audience is no small feat – it takes a lot of work, effort, planning and time. […]

Building a healthy healthcare business getty Richard Burke, who built UnitedHealthcare (UNH), started with $40,000, which he borrowed against his house (from Bootstrap to Billions). On the other hand, Haven, a joint venture, with backing from Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and their organizations, was trying to develop a solution to the high cost […]

In the digital age, having a website is an extremely important and valuable way to inform customers of your services. However, it’s not enough to just have a website that looks good—the copy needs to stand out as well. Well-crafted, effective copy will help draw customers in and keep their attention away from the competition. […]

GX3 FitCamp Orfeu The fitness industry, like many others, was upended by the pandemic. The good news is, according to a survey by McKinsey, 68% of people prioritize their health more post-pandemic. The industry will rebound, but it will also completely evolve. In response, a host of entrepreneurial companies have emerged. Peloton. Mirror. Tonal. No […]

Homero Coss, 23, moved with his family from a border town in Mexico to Texas when he was just three. Growing up in Laredo, he decided he wanted to become an osteopath. But, like other Dreamers, he didn’t have access to Pell Grants or federal student loans to attend college, much less medical school. Homero […]

Before your startup can take off, you have a few tasks you need to take care of. getty Let’s face it: becoming an entrepreneur isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. It comes with a lot of blood, sweat, tears … and, oh yeah, responsibilities. And said startup responsibilities aren’t always as glamorous as they may seem. […]

Are you wondering if you are at the right stage of your life to become an entrepreneur? Here’s what … [+] the data says. getty When many aspiring entrepreneurs think of a startup founder, they usually imagine a college dropout with a brilliant idea and a lot of passion and time that allow them to […]

Valued at $2B, Culture Amp has already helped 25 million employees across 4,500 companies find meaning, purpose, and belonging at work and are on a mission to positively impact 100 million people within the next few years. During our post-pandemic, remote-work age, Culture Amp’s human-first mission has only become more important as the workforce writ […]

By Samuel Thimothy, VP at OneIMS.com, an inbound marketing agency, and co-founded Clickx.io, the digital marketing intelligence platform.  getty Not sure if you’re effective in trying to reach your audience? That’s quite common. As marketers, we’re bombarded with metrics, engagement tools and new ways to collect and interpret data. But how do we know which metrics are […]

$394M raised, $1.75B valuation, and most importantly, 5 billion consumers’ identities verified later, founder Stephen Ufford of Trulioo opens his heart and shares the “million cuts and scars” that come with success, his unconventional answer to what it takes to become a Good Unicorn. Imagine not having an identity. You wouldn’t be able to build […]