March 2023

Building a Business

Kidnappers Held a Gun to His Head and Pulled the Trigger. That Moment Would Fuel His Billion Dollar Startup.

Two decades ago, Omair Tariq survived a nightmare that left him with deep trauma. But the ordeal also gave him a ravenous drive to succeed.And he funneled that ambition into founding a billion-dollar business.

By Liz Brody

Buying a Franchise

Find Out Which Brands Have Ranked on the Franchise 500 for Longest, Earning a Spot In our New ‘Hall of Fame’

Looking to buy an A-list franchise? These brands have been the strongest for the longest.

By Entrepreneur Staff

Building a Business

My 7-Year-Old Son Throws A Tantrum Over the Same Thing that Upsets Entrepreneurs. Let’s Stop This!

Every few months, it's the same throwdown.

By Jason Feifer

Business Branding

Lewis Howes Has Built An Eight-Figure Personal Brand. He Did It By Constantly Reinventing Himself.

The key to Howes' success is his willingness to be honest about what people need, and revise his story again and again.

By Jason Feifer

Business Branding

‘No One Wants to Hear You Toot Your Own Horn’ and 9 Other Rules From People With Blockbuster Personal Brands

From Pinky Cole to Gabby Bernstein, we asked ten people with devoted, lucrative followings to share the most unexpected takeaways from their wild and winding journeys of building personal brands.

By Liz Brody, Jason Feifer, and Britta Lokting

Building a Business

‘You Need to be a Non-Expert’: Why Billionaire Naveen Jain Believes Outsiders Make the Best Entrepreneurs

Naveen Jain founded microbiome testing and supplements company Viome by believing he didn't need expertise to disrupt an industry.

By Jason Feifer

Buying a Franchise

She Protected the President’s Life Before She Opened a Fitness Center. Here’s How She Deals With Imposter Syndrome.

She Coleman owns a location of The Camp Transformation Center, and her journey through multiple male-dominated industries has taught her a lot about strength.

By Madeline Garfinkle

Buying a Franchise

Check Out the Fastest-Growing Franchises In 2023

Want to branch out? We list the franchises that are growing the fastest—and might go even faster with you on board!

By Tracy Stapp Herold

Buying a Franchise

The Franchises Growing Fastest Internationally

Franchise expansion has become increasingly international in the last few years. Here are the 25 brands with the greatest franchise growth outside of the U.S. and Canada from July 2021 to July 2022.

By Tracy Stapp Herold

Building a Business

Having ‘Vision’ Is Easier Said Than Done. Six Founders Share How They Find It.

These entrepreneurs share how they boil down a big concept into an every day practice.

By Entrepreneur Staff

Buying a Franchise

We Crunched 5 Years of Franchise Industry Data. Here Are 4 Big Trends You Should Know About.

The numbers reveal how the landscape is shifting.

By Kim Kavin

Buying a Franchise

He Started One of the Original Froyo Brands 14 Years Ago. He’s Still Serving Up Fresh Concepts.

Phillip Chang made Yogurtland a smash success, and now he's funneling his knowledge into other brands.

By Madeline Garfinkle

Buying a Franchise

Do You Need a ‘Babysitter’ for Your Business?

Nir Katularu owns multiple locations of Painting With a Twist, and he thinks even the most free-spirited among us could all use a little oversight.

By Kim Kavin

Building a Business

Doodle Your Way to a Breakthrough? The Founder of This AI Company Illustrates Her Process.

Sometimes putting pen to paper is key to cracking the code.

By Liz Brody

Marketing

The Founder of This Snack Brand Totally Messed Its Name Up. Here’s How He Fixed It.

Turns out, most of us don't want to be reminded that we're eating a chip made out of a bird.

By Jason Feifer

Tech

6 Tech Products That Make It Easy to Create Content On the Go

From a portable nightstand chargers to a drone that captures the big picture, you'll have everything you need to make timely content on your own time.

By Mario Armstrong

Marketing

Here’s Why You Should Buy More Ads When the Economy Tanks

Marketing budgets are the first to get slashed when the market tightens, but that creates less competition for attention.

By Adam Bornstein

Thought Leaders

When a Beauty Influencer and a Wall Street Lawyer Started a Brand Together, a Weird Thing Happened

The founders of DIBS learned how to take each other seriously.

By Jeff Lee

Business Branding

He Names Brands for Amazon, Meta and Forever 21, and Says This Is the Big Blank Space In the Naming Game

Naming specialist Ragen Alexander says that companies often get stuck thinking they must have a few popular qualities in a brand name. But they're missing big opportunities to capitalize on language in other ways.

By Frances Dodds

Building a Business

When My Cofounder Died, It Showed Me How to Run My Company

He left me the book 'Life Is Short,' and its lessons became a guiding principle for everything I do.

By Tracy Young