Someone I know wants to start a small business. He’s eager. He’s enthusiastic. He’s the right age. (While any age can be the right age, research reveals that older entrepreneurs tend to be more successful, even with tech startups.) He has an idea, and he’s thinking big. “Disruptive big,” as […]
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Chicago entrepreneur, Thank God It’s Natural founder Chris-Tia Donaldson dies at 42
The company, started in 2009 with $40,000 in savings, focuses on minority women as customers with natural applications like sulfate-free shampoos and moisturizing hair butters in lieu of relaxers and other artificial products. Annual sales now top $5 million, according to industry consultant Romina Brown. “She was a pioneer in this […]
UBC post-doc entrepreneur’s invention wins nearly $2M prize from Royals, Elon Musk
Waste-burning machine reduces carbon emissions, improves air quality The waste-burning emission reduction invention of a UBC post-doctoral chemical and biological engineering student now has royal recognition and the attention of one of Earth’s most influential billionaires. Kevin Kung, co-founder, president and chief technical officer of start-up company Takachar, and his […]
Jake Wood Was Once a Warrior, Then a Nonprofit Leader. Now He’s an Entrepreneur.
The first firefight that I was ever in, about three or four weeks into my first tour in Iraq. This is 2007 during the surge. It’s the deadliest year of the war, and we’re in the triangle of death, right in Anbar province. We’d been bombed, blown up on the […]
Entrepreneurs, Workers Should Embrace the 4-Day Week
Eighty-three percent of U.S. workers are in favor of a shorter work week. That isn’t surprising; what is surprising is that more bosses aren’t in favor of it too. The four-day work week is not just key to better employee satisfaction and increased business productivity, it could be the solution […]
How to Choose the Right Investor, According to a Coffee Entrepreneur Who Raised $100 Million
Seven years is a long time to wait for coffee. But that’s how long coffee startup Cometeer spent experimenting and iterating its frozen coffee product before taking it to market. Doing so required lots of investors–with lots of patience. Notable entrepreneurs who have invested in the company include the founders of Allbirds, Dollar Shave Club, Stripe, and Warby […]
Giant helmet business run by terminally ill entrepreneur
Steven Strickland has a port in his chest, a bacteria-fueled cough in his lungs and cystic fibrosis hanging over everything. He’s 28 years old and doesn’t know if he’ll see 30. He’s in and out of the hospital like it’s the corner store. He could go on full-time disability, but […]
Local entrepreneur creates customized bedsheets | News
As the well-known proverb states, necessity is the mother of invention. And necessity is what drove Deb Nagy-Bellman, of Indiana, to create My Side By Design sheets. “My husband (Lou Bellman) wanted warmer sheets on the bed,” she said. “But I had started having hot flashes and could not sleep […]