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