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In 2015, James Eberhard needed a bow tie. He had a wedding to attend in Brooklyn, and nobody, not even the “super hipstery” hotel he was staying at, had one. “I thought there’d be some type of community sharing,” he says—a Zipcar for bow ties, if you

In 1983, I was managing Twisted Sister, the band I’d co-founded 10 years earlier. We’d played thousands of shows by then but couldn’t get a record deal—DJs wouldn’t even put us on the radio. So we started buying up commercial spots, during which we’d

Kimberly McGlonn knows the power of a good story. In July, the education PhD and English teacher-turned-entrepreneur won first prize in the Small Biz Challenge, hosted by Inc. and the UPS Store. In doing so, she secured $25,000 for her company, Grant

Charis Jones is the CEO and chief designer of Sassy Jones, a Richmond, Virginia-based fashion and beauty company. In addition to landing Sassy Jones on the Inc. 5000 multiple times, the self-taught designer-entrepreneur is a 2021 Ernst & Young Entrep

Big Ass Fans founder Carey Smith led the fan and light maker from $0 to its $500 million sale. He started working at age 9 and has never stopped. His “secret” to success is common sense, and he’s happy to share it. His firm, Unorthodox Ventures, focu

Chid Liberty is an award-winning social entrepreneur and impact investor. He is a 2020 Ashoka & Ikea Dela Fellow and a 2018 C&A Fabric of Change Fellow, both awarded to social entrepreneurs pursuing system-level change in retail supply chains. In 201

Among the hundreds of companies facilitating crypto trading are neo-brokerages Robinhood and SoFi, which started with stocks, and crypto-first marketplaces that power the trading of new currencies. Here are a few of Coinbase’s fiercest competitors. F

Saeju Jeong, 19, starts South Korean heavy metal record label BuyHard Productions. Inspired by his father’s dying words, Jeong pivots his dream from music to health care. Jeong enters the South Korean army as an IT specialist. Jeong moves to NYC and

SPONSORED BY THE INC. 5000 HONOREES WHOSE PROFILES APPEAR IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES IF YOU’RE DOING the same thing today that you did yesterday, chances are it’s the wrong thing. No matter what industry you’re in, you’re facing a business landscape that

N°815 2021 Ranking 596% 3-Year Growth 203 Employees 2014 Year Founded Money is what drives business, but it also can provide insights if you can get it to talk. A desire to dig deeper into transactions is what led Orlando, Fla. brother-sister duo Sun

N°4418 2021 Ranking 62% 3-Year Growth 5,000+ Commercials Produced Annually 1M+ Leads Generated Annually Long-time Little Rock, Arkansan, meteorologist Ron Sherman was doing daily television weather reports when he started his advertising agency with

Entrepreneurs often solve challenges with strategy and hard work. But sometimes, their own minds are the roadblock. “You can do all the strategy you want, but if the brain is wired in an old pattern, the strategy will not play out,” explains Dr. Alok

Saying “That’s the way it’a always been” to Alex Kutsishin is like waving a red cape at a charging bull. There’s a good chance he’ll accept that statement as a challenge that your company, or industry, is due for a massive shift. And he’s just the pe

Fifteen years ago, only 8 percent of health care facilities were using electronic health records (EHR). Today, that number has ballooned to more than 95 percent, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. B

Marco Santarelli bought his first investment property at 18, when he could qualify for financing. “I had an interest at a young age in financial freedom and entrepreneurship,” he says. In 2003, after his dot-com company failed with the stock market c

From faster communication to a wider rage of services, broadband technology is revolutionizing the flow of information. When it comes to rolling out the cutting-edge technology, large cities have an advantage as enterprise providers like AT&T and Ver