Temie Giwa-Tubosun had an epiphany 13 years ago when she met an expectant mother who was about to lose her baby. Giwa-Tubosun was working as a 22-year-old intern with a health services organisation in northern Nigeria, doing surveys of rural people seeking care. The family of the mother-to-be thought she […]
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Kevin O’Leary reacts: 27-year-old entrepreneur making $650K
Lauren Simmons is a history-maker several times over. In 2017, at the age of 22, Simmons became the youngest full-time female trader on Wall Street, and the second African American woman trader in the New York Stock Exchange’s 229-year history. She was paid just $12,000 while male colleagues with the same job made upwards […]
Meet the Entrepreneur Who Left Silicon Valley to Create a Makeshift Supply Chain in Ukraine
It wasn’t long after the bombing began on February 24 that Andrey Liscovich decided to leave behind his home in San Francisco and make the three-day trek to his native Ukraine to help with the war effort. Liscovich, a 37-year-old entrepreneur and most recently the CEO of Uber Works, a now-defunct staffing firm subsidiary of […]
How I Get My Work Done in 5 Hours a Day As an Entrepreneur
Jen Glantz is an entrepreneur and the founder of Bridesmaid for Hire. Early on as an entrepreneur, Glantz says she often found herself working 12- to 14-hour days. Now she uses scheduling hacks to be more efficient and fit her workload into just 5 hours a day. Loading Something is loading. […]
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Surviving the “Death Valley Curve”
According to recent estimates, around 90% of start-ups fail. With the global start-up economy valued at $3 trillion, much is at stake. Our research has focused on a crucial initial phase of new ventures, known as “the death valley curve,” when substantial work on a new enterprise has begun but […]
Young entrepreneur reveals how she makes 2.5million per year selling crystals
Ashley Bellino, 33, from Melbourne has revealed how she transformed her love for crystals into a $2.5-million per year business A mum who sells more than 15 tonnes of crystal furniture and decor each year has revealed the moment she decided to start trading in stones. Ashley Bellino, 33, from […]
Seven lessons from a late-starting entrepreneur
For more than 30 years as a journalist at the Financial Times, I have been fascinated by business. Then, I decided to launch one. For almost as long, I have inwardly groaned when reading simplistic, seven-point cheat sheets to start-up success. So, I decided to write one. Some FT readers, […]
74-year-old pursues lifelong dream of starting a business
Out of a long list of adjectives, the best way to describe Dr. Doug Hines is “motivated.” “The basic idea is a machine that can do what people can do, emulating human thought,” said Dr. Hines, creator of Perfect Coaches. What You Need To Know Dr. Doug Hines is the […]