Building a Business
Struggling to Focus? Here’s Advice From World-Renowned Brain Coach Jim Kwik
Hint: remove this one word from your vocabulary.
By Jason Feifer
June 2021
Building a Business
The World’s Top Brain Coach Says Knowing ‘Your Dominant Question’ Changes Your Life
Actor Will Smith's is, "How do I make this moment magical?"
By Jason Feifer
Thought Leaders
Your Brain Is a Supercomputer. Here’s How to Reboot It, According to World-Renowned Brain Coach Jim Kwik.
'The number one skill set is to learn how to learn.'
By Jason Feifer
Business Accounting
This Company Realized Their 401(k) Match Only Helped the Highest Salaried Employees, So They Killed It. Here’s What Happened.
Looking to improve the lives of their employees at all levels, Bay Area-based Heath Ceramics tried an experiment in more equitable benefits.
Business Legal
The Battle Over Cocktails-to-Go Shows How Entrepreneurs Can Conquer the Status Quo
Why couldn't you bring a cocktail home before the pandemic? The story starts over 100 years ago.
By Jason Feifer
Thought Leaders
Rebecca Minkoff: ‘Every Single One of Our Stores Cancelled Their Orders’ When the Pandemic Hit. But Instead of Shutting Down, She Started Over.
After spending two decades building a global fashion brand, Minkoff sat down to write her memoir... in March of 2020.
By Liz Brody
Building a Business
This Founder Raised $68.1 Million Last Year, But Only After Admitting to Investors: ‘It’s a Crazy Situation… I Don’t Have Great Options’
At the beginning of 2020, John Berkowitz was determined to acquire a much bigger company, and it wasn't going well. Then the pandemic set in. But chaos worked in his favor.
By Jason Feifer
Marketing
Stop Selling to Gen Z
Traditional marketing doesn't work on this discerning, coveted demo. If you can't sell to them? Join them.
By Liz Brody
Building a Business
You Own a Business, But Got a Golden Offer to Work for Someone Else. What Do You Do?
Here are three different routes to consider, each with their own risks and rewards.
Building a Business
6 Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets for Winning New Business
From turning down the noise to ditching discounts.
Entrepreneurs
See the Work Spaces of the Blanket Business Encouraging Employees to Take Midday Naps
Bearaby makes weighted blankets to help its customers sleep better. To help its employees work (and live) better, the company embraces a flexible schedule that celebrates snoozing.
Buying a Franchise
An ER Nurse Opened a Curry Up Now Franchise Right Before Covid-19: ‘I Couldn’t Abandon Either Responsibility. That’s Not My Ethics.’
Pritesh Benjamin hadn't planned to spend much time in the kitchen, but when business dropped 70 percent overnight, he rolled up his sleeves and got to cooking.
Buying a Franchise
One-on-One Consulting Is the Future of the Beauty Industry. This Company Creates Spaces for Solo Stylists, and Business Is Booming.
Phenix Salon Suites is anticipating a surge in business from stylists who want more security, safety, and control over their operations.
Tech
Try These External Webcams to Look Sharper in Zoom Meetings
These cameras can't make your thinking clearer, but they make you look a whole lot crisper.
Buying a Franchise
The Single Most Important Thing to Look for When Hiring a Franchise Executive
Successful franchise execs do more than run the home office. They support an entire network of franchisees-and above all, that requires empathy. Here's how to seek out that skill set.
By Michael Ruiz
Building a Business
My Dad Gave Me a Knife When I Was 11 to Help Him Work. That Knife Opened My World.
Pop couldn't pass on much, but what he did teach was priceless.
By Jeff Walsh