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SHOW UP where you don’t belong. Because one day, you will. That’s what I’ve learned repeatedly in my career as I’ve pushed through the impostor syndrome. Sometimes validation came quickly. Sometimes it took years. But cumulatively, I’ve learned that

What’s the difference between building a brand behind the scenes and building one inspired by your own needs? Dany Garcia is learning that now. She’s typically known as the woman fueling massive companies—as Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson’s manager and bu

“In early 2020, we found ourselves crippled. Our signature pink paper came from a supplier in Italy, our glassware came from another in China, and all our manufacturing was done at a facility in Los Angeles. Each of these critical partners was shut d

I had a long, successful career in television. It began with my show What Not to Wear in 2003 and ran strong for 15 years. Then I got older. I reached menopause, and my perspective changed. Instead of talking about style, I wanted to talk about aging

It’s been a crazy time at Bark—but then again, the company was born out of a crazy time. Years ago, Henrik Werdelin checked into a conference on a cruise ship to find his room had a heart-shaped bed that was separated in two for a random roommate (he

There’s no way I can get back to the office,” a client recently told me. Over the course of the pandemic, he had picked up a side hustle as a graphic designer. He had an abundance of clients—and a personal life to balance, too. So when that “return t

When a team of Apple’s best product designers presented to Steve Jobs what became the iDVD—a nowdefunct computer application that allowed users to burn video files onto a DVD—they expected their boss to be wowed. The design was beautiful and clean. T

Gabe Shepherd started a small business with lots of growth potential—and he did it on a computer that could also be described that way. His company, which he launched with some buddies in December, is called Vegas Built, and it’s a shopping app for l

At any point in time, one in three companies requires a turnaround. That’s what research by Boston Consulting Group has found. And while you may not be able to predict whether you’ll be one of those companies, you’ll surely recognize the signs of dis

Q So many brands have become content producers. Do I need to launch a podcast or a blog, too? —AZIZ, TORONTO ENTREPRENEURS feel a pressure to be everywhere, grabbing everyone’s attention. You may think it’s the difference between growth and decline.

ENTREPRENEURS LOVE taking “no” as a challenge, as if the right combination of savvy and stubbornness can overcome any obstacle. It’s why, against the odds, Kate Hudson went after an elusive herb called amla. This happened early into Hudson’s latest b

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I STARTED TO TALK TO STRANGERS. That’s not to say I hadn’t talked to strangers before that, because I had. I’m the son and brother of highly social smallbusiness owners, and I’m a journalist, so talking to strangers has been bo

Mic Hensley won’t put on a dress. His fans would die for him to wear one when he livestreams to more than a million phones and Facebook pages while making sales for Pink Coconut, which sounds like a club but is actually a women’s clothing boutique he

Outer Banks Boil Company has been serving seafood boils for nearly a decade, but its original purpose wasn’t to feed anyone. It was just to get Matt Khouri a good grade in college. The concept began as a senior project, which Khouri didn’t think woul

Sheila Stanley has a background in education—and a career in educating herself. After working for four years as a teacher, she held jobs that included running a small business, working for the federal government, and even working in HR for an educati

What American fastfood connoisseur wouldn’t love a massive tortilla pouch packed with meat, oozy cheese, and fistfuls of fries? Overseas, “French tacos” are all the rage. The category is now just behind pizza and burgers across all delivery platforms

I am a very hard worker. I am a mom of two, a CEO, a franchisor, a black woman in STEM, and an immigrant, and there’s a lot that comes with all those identities. I am no stranger to the do-it-yourself attitude. But do you know what else is true about

Early in my career, I was easily over-whelmed. I over-extended myself, and soon my responsibilities and commitments and ambitions piled up into this mass that felt unfathomably large—until, one day, my manager gave me something that is still on the b