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She Saw the AI Revolution Coming — and Created a Company to Help People Use It Easily. Now It's Worth Half a Billion Dollars.

More than once, Lin Qiao has seen up-close how, every few years, new technology drives massive transformation. She graduated in 2005 with a Ph.D. in...

12.11.2024 8

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What Would You Tell a Therapist If You Were Anonymous? A Lot, This Founder Realized, and It Helped Her Raise $52 Million.

Ariela Safira was studying at Stanford University when a friend attempted to take her own life. It was 2013, and visiting her friend at a facility...

12.11.2024 8

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She Wanted to Make Hand Sanitizer Sexy, Long Before the Pandemic. Here's How She Made It Into Sephora, and Sold 20 Million Bottles.

Andrea Lisbona grew up in Barcelona, Spain, in a family of entrepreneurs. She knew she wanted to follow in the family tradition and start her own...

12.11.2024 8

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How an Idaho State Senator Saved a Beloved Franchise By Hitting the Road In His Camper Van

Peter Riggs saved Pita Pit once. But can he do it twice? Two decades ago, Riggs was a student at the University of Idaho and loved his local Pita Pit....

25.09.2024 4

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Why This Mother Daughter Duo Are Making a Killing on Consignment Handbags In New Jersey

If someone found a $7,000 Dior handbag being sold for $1,700, they might be suspicious. That's why, for mother-daughter duo Dianne and Gabrielle...

25.09.2024 6

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When He Immigrated, Math Was the Only Language He Understood. Now He's Built That Knowledge Into a Franchise Making $30 Million a Year.

Mo Khalil worked in sales, but he had the entrepreneurial bug. In 2003, he moved to Florida and opened a Verizon Wireless franchise, which he grew to...

18.07.2024 6

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How to Know If a Local Business Has Franchise Potential, From a Guy Who Built One Into 80 Locations

In 2004, Wade Brannon was coaching his son's T-ball team when another player's mother asked, "You're the ham guy, right?" Well, he was the ham guy: He...

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Her Son Struggled In School. After Helping Him Become an 'A' Student, She Started a Business to Replicate Their Success.

Early on in elementary school, Maria Washington's son was struggling to sit still and pay attention. "His teachers wrote him off," she says. "They...

17.07.2024 10

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Consumers May Love Your Brand's Mission But That's Not Why They Buy from You — Here's What You Should Focus On Instead

Will people buy cheap food to help save the planet? The answer is yes — and no. This was the idea behind Flashfood, an app-based marketplace that...

29.05.2024 30

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He Began Selling Insurance to the Hispanic Community in the 1970s. Now His Family Owns a National Franchise With a Smart Strategy.

When Cuban immigrant Nicolas Estrella Sr. started selling auto insurance in Miami in the 1970s, he had an opening line: His last name meant "star" in...

02.05.2024 10

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After Being Laid Off Twice in 2 Years, He Realized He Could 'Be Brave,' or 'Fail to Attain My Potential.' Now His Business Makes Over $1 Million a Month.

When Josh Grinstead got laid off for the second time, at 41, he knew he was at a crossroads: "Either stay on the treadmill, be unhappy, and fail to...

20.03.2024 10

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The CEO of a Disaster Restoration Company On How the Business Has Changed: 'Today, at Least 50% Is About the Emotional Damage'

Miri Offir knows how to talk to people in crisis. After serving in the Israeli military, she came to the U.S. in 2003 and took a secretary job at the...

19.03.2024 10

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She Cashed in $100K of Her Retirement Savings to Start a Business. Here's What Happened.

Sometimes, building the life you want requires a big risk. That's what Keri Gardner realized when she cashed in $100,000 of her retirement savings to...

18.03.2024 10

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This Looming Regulatory Change Is Endangering Your Entrepreneurial Livelihood. Here's What You Can Do About It.

Attention, franchise owners, solopreneurs and independent contractors: It's time to call your lawmakers and insist on their vote to protect the way...

07.03.2024 8

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How This Mom-Daughter Team Drove More Than $7.5 Million In Sales In Their First Business Year

"I feel like I adopted a lot of her traits," says Lexi, who's 26 today, and says she'd rather work with her mom than start her own business. "I see...

06.02.2024 20

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