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These Two Female Fitness Instructors Were Dismissed by Investors. Now, the Joke’s on Them.
Their success came from leaning into their background, not shying away from it.
Mita Mallick is on a mission to fix what's broken in our workplaces. She has been both a marketing and human resources executive with a track record of transforming businesses. Her highly anticipated next book is The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses.
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Learning to Embrace Her Culture Led This Entrepreneur to Found a Jewelry Brand Loved by Celebrities
The three most important lessons Rekha Brar has learned while building Blossom Box.
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How This ‘Accidental Entrepreneur’ Is Taking on Legacy Floral Companies and Disrupting the Industry
As Juan Palacio continues to build his flower empire, here are the most important lessons he's learned along the way.
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Can Hassle- and Worry-Free Employee Leave Exist? This Trio Is on a Mission to Prove It
Mahima Chawla, Lauren Dai and Amber Feng founded Cocoon in June 2020 to take the pain out of employee leave. Here, Chawla shares three lessons she's learned since then.
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How This Former Investment Banker Tapped into 5,000-Year-Old Skincare Traditions to Start His Own Brand
As Neel Patel builds his skincare brand Après Pacific, here are three lessons he has learned along the way.
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How Feeling Excluded as a Child Drove this Entrepreneur to Start Her Own Company
Amanda Ealla's own childhood experiences of feeling like she didn't belong drove her to start ISH Dolls. Here are three lessons she's picked up on the journey of starting her own business.
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How this Founder is Disrupting the World of EdTech & Empowering More Students to Break Into Tech
Three of the most important lessons Ruben Harris has learned in building Career Karma.
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How This Founder Is Challenging Us to Unlearn Toxic Expectations When it Comes to Beauty
Priyanka Ganjoo is on a mission to challenge our relationship with makeup.
Business Funding
How One Entrepreneur Is Attempting to Revolutionize the Mexican Food Industry — And Change the World — Using One Unexpected Ingredient
Here are three lessons Hector Saldívar has learned on his journey to bring the bold flavors of his Mexican home straight into our kitchens.
Business Accounting
Why This VC Is on a Mission to Get More Women to Write Checks for Female-Led Businesses
Here are three lessons Linnea Roberts shares on her journey building GingerBread Capital.
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How This Immigrant Founder and ‘Shark Tank’ Star is Changing How Kids Wash Their Hands
Here are the three lessons Shubham Issar has learned from building SoaPen.
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How This Founder Is Making Room for Modest Fashion: ‘You Don’t Need to Change Who You Are to Fit In’
Henna & Hijabs' mission is to provide options that did not exist in the fashion space before. Here are three lessons Hilal Ibrahim offers to founders starting businesses that are disrupting the status quo.
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This Entrepreneur Is Challenging Us to Rethink What’s In Our Closets. Here’s What She’s Learned Along the Way.
Here are the three lessons Karla Gallardo, founder and CEO of Cuyana, shares on building a company that is challenging customers to build a smarter wardrobe.
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How This Entrepreneur Bootstrapped Her Business, Landed on the Shelves of Target and Ulta and Disrupted the Sunscreen Category
Here are three lessons Shontay Lundy shares from the journey of building Black Girl Sunscreen.
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How this Founder and ‘Shark Tank’ Veteran is Fighting to Create a More Inclusive Coffee Category
With Copper Cow Coffee, Debbie Wei Mullin is on a mission to bring Vietnamese coffee culture to the world. Here are three lessons she's picked up along the way.
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How This Entrepreneur Is Changing What We Put on Our Kitchen Tables
Three lessons Ibraheem Basir has taken away from building movement that's at the intersection of taste, health and culture.
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This Entrepreneur Made a Splash in the $16 Billion Swimwear Market By Listening to Her Customers
Despite operating in the crowded swimsuit category while surviving a pandemic, Andie has persevered, its success driven by Melanie Travis' grit and determination.
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Here’s What You Should Wear on Your First Day Back in the Office, And Why It Matters
Elizabeth Lewis shares three lessons from building her style company Brand, Style & Bloom.
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This Founder’s Experience As a Platoon Leader in Iraq Inspired Him to Disrupt the Mental Health Care Industry
NeuroFlow is trying to tackle what CEO and co-founder Chris Molaro says is "the tremendous gap in healthcare."
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5 Ways to Focus on Inclusion as We Return to the Office
We must create environments where all of our teams are supported and welcomed.
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This Founder Is Disrupting How We Consume the World’s Most Popular Beverage
Three lessons from Tea Drops' Sashee Chandran.
Human Resources
Leaders: Here’s The No. 1 Thing You Shouldn’t Do When Interviewing Job Candidates
It is not an opportunity to treat candidates as unpaid consultants.
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These Sisters Relied on Side Hustles to Pay the Rent While Bootstrapping Their Food Business: “We Were Pinching Pennies Then Would Walk Into a VC’s Office and Act Like We Didn’t Need Their Money”
Vanessa and Kim Pham are sisters, co-founders and the incredible driving force behind Omsom.
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7 Ways for Leaders to Gracefully Accept a Resignation
So much has been written about how to successfully resign. But why do we treat resigning as a one-sided act?
Marketing
20 Brands That Are Actually Making Progress on their Commitments to Serving the Black Community
Let's take a moment to acknowledge and learn from brands that are taking the steps to authentically serve the Black community. Here are 20 brands I'm watching.
Tech
How this Ed Tech Company is Showing up as an Ally for Parents Like Me
Here's how Encantos is transforming the future of education and making allies of parents, and leaders of children, along the way.
Human Resources
Here’s the No. 1 Thing You Must Do When Interviewing Candidates
As interviewers, particularly in a virtual world, we must show up intentionally.
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Her Daughter’s Food Allergies Made Finding Healthy Snacks Impossible, So This Mother Quit Her Corporate Job to Change That
Denise Woodard, founder and CEO of Partake, shares three lessons in entrepreneurship she hopes to pass down to her daughter.
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Before Celebrating International Women’s Day, Ask Yourself: How You are Supporting Working Mothers?
Before you celebrate, post, tweet, share and talk about the importance of International Women's Day, ask yourself the following question: As a leader, what are you doing to support and keep working mothers in the workforce during this pandemic?
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Here’s the No. 1 Question White Leaders Ask Me About Black History Month
Five steps you should take during Black History Month -- and all year long -- to show up for your Black colleagues.
