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Will Shoppers Return to ‘Made in USA’ Fashion? It’s Working for Haley Solar

By Tess Barker | February 26, 2025

Our full Q&A with the acclaimed Los Angeles designer

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Exit Stage: The Complete Guide to Selling Your Business

By Jane Meggitt | February 12, 2025

When? Why? How much? Here are all the basics for cashing out.

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Agree to Disagree: Conflict Resilience Authors Reveal the Power of Productive Tension

By Tina Nazerian | February 05, 2025

Our full Q&A with Bob Bordone and Dr. Joel Salinas

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Ruff and Tumble: How Zoom Room’s CEO Created a Planet Fitness for Dogs

By Tess Barker | February 04, 2025

Our full Q&A with Mark Van Wye

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It’s a Big World After All: Should American Businesses Say Goodbye Globalization?

By Jane Meggitt | January 30, 2025

An interview with author Elisabeth Braw

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Best Uses for Tablets at Your Restaurant

By Sean Peek | January 30, 2025

Tablets make it easier for customers to order tableside and pay their bills quickly. Learn more about how your restaurant can use tablets.

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Mother Untitled CEO Neha Ruch On “How to Plan a Career Break After Kids” (Full Q&A)

By Ali Saleh | January 16, 2025

An interview with the author of The Power Pause

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The Best Business Advice of 2026

By Shari Weiss | December 16, 2024

See the best business advice, strategies and insights from top company leaders at Whole Foods, Google and more.

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TV Executive Ken Basin Explains Why Hollywood Imploded [Full Q&A]

By Antonio Ferme | October 29, 2024

The Business of Television author has a few ideas to rescue networks from their own bad decisions.

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The Pros and Cons of Virtual Offices

By Jennifer Post | October 29, 2024

Virtual offices haven’t lost their popularity but do they have more cons than pros at this point? Here is what you need to consider.

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Why You Should Develop a Relationship With a Business Lawyer

By Mark Fairlie | October 24, 2024

Business lawyers help with contracts, business structure, compliance, and legal risks. They save money by preventing costly mistakes before they happen.

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Craveworthy Brands CEO Takes a Bite Out of High Fast-Food Prices [Full Q&A]

By Antonio Ferme | October 18, 2024

An interview with Gregg Majewski

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The Slinky Was Originally Designed for Navy Warships

By Ali Saleh | October 16, 2024

“A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing!”

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Robert Irvine’s Advice to Get Your Business Cooking

By Maya Afilalo | October 16, 2024

The Food Network host and Overcoming Impossible author shares his tips on scaling up with the right mindset.

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Career Forward: These Former Pepsi and Nike Execs Want You to Look Out for No. 1

By Rachel Brodsky | October 16, 2024

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How Stuckey’s Chair Rebuilt an American Snack Empire (Full Q&A)

By Dawn Allcot | October 16, 2024

A Q&A with Stephanie Stuckey

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The Dangers of Scaling Your Startup Too Fast (Full Q&A)

By Antonio Ferme | October 16, 2024

An interview with Sail to Scale co-author Mona Sabet

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StretchLab President on Franchise’s Flexible Model [Full Q&A]

By Tess Barker | October 10, 2024

An interview with fitness exec Verdine Baker

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Regret Selling Your Company? Buy It Back Like BroBible’s Founders [Full Q&A]

By Antonio Ferme | October 04, 2024

BroBible publisher Brandon Wenerd explains how the male millennial lifestyle brand grew by staying true to itself.

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Smart Rivals: How to Compete Against Tech Giants [Full Q&A]

By Tina Nazerian | August 16, 2024

An interview with Harvard Business School’s Feng Zhu and Bonnie Cao

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Hyperefficient: Dr. Mithu Storoni Shares Productivity Brain Hacks

By Jane Meggitt | August 05, 2024

Our full Q&A with the author and neuroscience researcher.

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Maximize Your “Uptime” With Tips From Google’s Productivity Expert (Full Q&A)

By Tina Nazerian | April 25, 2024

An interview with author Laura Mae Martin

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3 Famous Restaurants and Bars That Weren’t Supposed to Be

By Ali Saleh | April 19, 2024

An unexpected origin story adds character.

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Podcaster Jannese Torres Wants to “Level Up Your Dinero”

By Antonio Ferme | April 19, 2024

Our full Q&A with the author of Financially Lit!

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Small Business Statistics: The Most Interesting Data of 2026

By Mike Berner | April 10, 2024

This list of small business statistics provides a snapshot of the most important business trends

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Hello Alice CEO Carolyn Rodz On 2024’s Biggest Challenges for Small Businesses (Full Q&A)

By Maya Afilalo | February 14, 2024

Plus her reasons for optimism — and how small businesses benefit whole communities

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Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah Wants You to Make Big Bets (Full Q&A)

By Tess Barker | February 14, 2024

How to turn ambitious plans into measurable results

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In-N-Out Burger President Lynsi Snyder Serves Up ‘Slow-Growth Philosophy’ (Full Q&A)

By Rob Gabriele | February 14, 2024

She took over the company at 27 and “Double-Doubled” its success.

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Big Profits, Big Layoffs: Tracking Earnings Per Laid off Employee

By Chad Brooks | February 01, 2024

Meta earned $3.9M per laid-off employee, Microsoft earned $9.8M per layoff, and Amazon earned $2.8M, while WeWork and Spotify had negative EBITDAs in 2022.

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Is the U.S. Home to the World’s Most Remote Workforce?

By Elizabeth Barton | January 03, 2024

America lags behind other countries in return-to-office rates. Instead, employees are still working from home. See the data.

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