Business Ideas
This Founder’s Meditation Startup Draws Cult Demand: How She Did It
Suze Yalof Schwartz has modernized meditation with Unplug.
June 2016
Building a Business
10 Recreation Companies to Watch – Entrepreneur’s Brilliant 100
These companies are taking fun to a new level.
Building a Business
Beyond Willpower: Create a Savings Plan That Sticks
Qapital has automated the savings process based on your habits (because putting money aside isn't one of them).
Building a Business
10 Health Companies to Watch – Entrepreneur’s Brilliant 100
These companies are shaking up the health industry with apps, video games, tampons and more.
Building a Business
Top 10 in Wearable Wellness
These companies put useful technology in the palm of your hand -- or on your finger or in a dog collar or in a sock for infants...
Building a Business
This High-Tech Underwear Could Help Girls Around the Globe
How one woman is rethinking menstruation maintenance with Thinx
Building a Business
10 Food & Farming Companies to Watch – Entrepreneur’s Brilliant 100
Looking for companies solving problems in the food and farming industries? Eat your heart out.
Building a Business
What’s Behind the Branded Podcasts That Don’t Sound Like Ads
Companies looking for branded podcasts go to Pacific Content.
Building a Business
Turns Out Shoppable TV Is Closer Than Ever
Those who love shopping and tv equally will love LookLive even more.
Building a Business
100 Brilliant Companies to Watch in 2016
Every company on this list has one thing in common: an idea worth fighting for.
Thought Leaders
Leaders: Who’s Shaping Your Company’s Culture?
If corporate culture starts at the bottom, you're in trouble.
By Gael O'Brien
Tech
How a New, Mobile-Friendly Website Gave a Fitness Company a Boost in Profits
Fitlosophy's increased 65 percent in six months, thanks to Shopify's e-commerce platform.
Business Ideas
This Company Takes the Hassle out of Launching a Foreign Company in the U.S.
Launch your U.S. business in a matter of days, not months
By Matt Villano
Building a Business
Why You Should Make the Move to a Multi-Unit Franchise
Make the jump from one franchise unit to a multi-unit empire.
By Jason Daley
Business Accounting
The 3-Step Emergency Plan Every Entrepreneur Needs
To keep your company running soundly, you need to financially prepare for unexpected events that could pop up.
By Steph Wagner
Tech
Budget Strategies for Maximizing Big Data
You can use big data without going broke if you follow the advice of Scott Martineau, cofounder of Infusionsoft, a small-business software provider.
Building a Business
The Unusual Way This Startup Found Funding
The Initial connection may not happen in an office. This startup went looking for backers on their own turf.
Buying a Franchise
From After-School Job to Franchise Career
How a part-time job turned into a full-time mobile-phone-franchise career.
By Jason Daley
Entrepreneurs
From Tourist to Mogul: How 3 Americans Found Business Success Abroad
Traveling can spark unexpected businesses -- and David Harmatz started his with a distant Panamanian shack.
Business Accounting
Why the Smart Money Invests B2B, Not B2C
An expert explains the upsides of creating a B2B company .
By Sam Hogg
Building a Business
What Failure Taught the Founders of One Subscription Startup
Every flop is worthwhile. Here, how a dead-end subscription startup shaped its founders.
Entrepreneurs
Why Your Emails Could Use an Exclamation Point (or Three)
Punctuation and other markers -- emoticons, slang and the like -- serve as stand-ins for facial expression and vocal intonation.
Buying a Franchise
The Friends Turning Bundt Cake into Big Business
Two women bring back a discarded dessert, and create a national hit.
By Jason Daley
Thought Leaders
Stumped? Ways 3 Companies Boost Creativity
Routine can be a creativity killer. These three companies break the cycle.
Building a Business
Meet the VC Fund Helping Startups in Underserved Communities Grow
A venture fund invests serious cash on startups in underserved communities.
Business Accounting
An Expert Explains the Ins and Outs of Outside Audits
Depending on your company's situation, you may need an outside audit every year -- or not at all.
By Joe Worth
Building a Business
How 2 Reebok Execs Rebooted to Launch a Shoe Startup
How two former big-league execs learned to play small ball.
By Jared Keller
Thought Leaders
3 Steps for a Mentorship Program That Works
Brad Bunt offers his tips for making your mentor program effective.
Buying a Franchise
How This Salad Franchise Freshened Up Its Image and Menu to Appeal to Smarter, Health-Conscious Customers
Saladworks reinvents itself for a smarter, savvier and more health-minded customer.
Marketing
More Brains Than Budget? Steal These $0 Marketing Strategies.
It sounds too good to be true, and yet many companies pull it off. How? By thinking differently about who does the marketing.