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Brendan Foody's Mercor went from a hiring platform to a $10 billion supplier of expert trainers for AI labs. What the numbers do and don't say, and the risks.
Jacob Eiting's RevenueCat hit a Series B 'fantasy' valuation, stalled growth, then lost its bank, investor and servers in one week. Here's the comeback.
Aneel Bhusri returned as Workday's CEO six days after a $285B AI-driven stock selloff, on a pay package worth $135M in stock tied to five-year targets.
Trevor Milton was convicted of fraud and sentenced to four years. He never served a day — Trump pardoned him weeks after Nikola's bankruptcy filing.
Mira Murati turned down Meta's reported $1B offer for her AI startup. Zuckerberg then spent up to $1.5B trying to hire her co-founders away instead.
Kyle Vogt resigned from Cruise after a robotaxi scandal. GM later killed the unit entirely — while his new robotics startup was already worth billions.
Rippling accuses rival Deel of planting a paid spy inside its ranks. A federal judge let Parker Conrad's racketeering case against Deel proceed toward trial.
Aravind Srinivas built Perplexity by bidding for things he couldn't afford — TikTok, then Chrome — while newsrooms sue over how it works.
Emmett Shear spent two days as OpenAI's interim CEO during the Sam Altman crisis. In 2025 he founded Softmax to build AI alignment a different way entirely.
Whitney Wolfe Herd stepped down as Bumble's CEO in 2024. She returned in 2025, cut a third of the company, and is now retiring the swipe itself.
23andMe fell from a $6 billion market cap to Chapter 11. Anne Wojcicki won it back at a bankruptcy auction for $305 million through a nonprofit she formed.
Regulators killed Adobe's $20B bid for Figma in 2023. Nineteen months later, Dylan Field's IPO valued the company at $68 billion.
Five franchise books for first-time buyers, covering whether franchising fits you, evaluating a brand, running the real numbers and reading the FDD.
Melanie Perkins pitched Canva to over 100 investors before one said yes. It's now valued at $42 billion with 240 million monthly users.
Tope Awotona bootstrapped Calendly with his own savings for years before taking a $350 million investment at a $3 billion valuation in 2021.
How Tobi Lütke turned the Snowdevil snowboard shop into Shopify and kept giving up the part that looked like the business for the layer underneath it.
How Eric Yuan spent fourteen years at WebEx and Cisco before leaving in 2011 to build Zoom, and why that incumbent experience mattered more than the pandemic.
Intercom co-founder Des Traynor spent over a decade publishing product doctrine. When ChatGPT landed, Intercom followed it and built Fin, an AI support agent.
How Payal Kadakia failed twice, with Classtivity and Passport, before the way users behaved on her product shaped its third version, ClassPass.
Kathryn Petralia co-founded Kabbage in Atlanta in 2009 and built an automated lending engine, which American Express bought without the loans.
Rand Fishkin raised venture money for Moz and took outside capital again for his second company, but this time he rewrote the investor contract.
How Klarna co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski built a business criticizing credit card debt, and why Klarna's fastest-growing product in 2026 charges interest.
Nicolas Julia raised $680 million for Sorare, the fantasy football game with tradable player cards, and how the company adapted when its premise changed.
Seven productivity books for entrepreneurs, including Cal Newport's Deep Work, that tackle context-switching, priority creep, procrastination and systems.
Most sales books assume you already have a sales team. These 6 don't, covering first deals, better discovery and building an outbound pipeline.
LTV, CAC, and the 3:1 ratio explained for startup founders — with real formulas, benchmarks by business model, and a practical playbook for improving them.
Five negotiation books for entrepreneurs, from Chris Voss's Never Split the Difference onward, each matched to deals like hiring, fundraising and pricing.
A guide for first-time founders raising a seed round in 2026: when to raise, how much to ask for, which structure to use and how to close the round.
The 7 best business books for entrepreneurs in 2026, from Alex Hormozi's $100M Offers to books on negotiation, leadership, habits and knowing when to exit.
Dr. Brian Alman, an expert in stress care and trauma healing, explains how removing the stigma around mental health helps more people seek support.
A breakdown of frequently asked questions from new entrepreneurs, from protecting trademarks and intellectual property to choosing a business structure.
A look at Be Unstopable and its founder and CEO Rajeev Bhatia, covering how the company empowers startups and guides established companies through challenges.
Tech entrepreneur Kazi Monirul Kabir, founder of Spider Digital, shares insights on why cybersecurity policies and reforms matter as cyber threats evolve.
AdMedia, founded in 1998 by Danny Bibi in Los Angeles, uses AI and machine learning to deliver performance-based advertising for brands and agencies.
What social entrepreneurs are and how they change the world with mission-driven, innovative and sustainable solutions to social and environmental problems.
Communication coach Laurie Schloff shares research-backed strategies for mastering leadership communication, from body language to personal magnetism.
How a personal trainer can transform your life, from customized workout plans and nutrition guidance to motivation, accountability and mental toughness.
Dom Smith, a digital journalist and counselor from East Yorkshire, runs music magazine Soundsphere and won a National Diversity Award in 2012.
Michael Bach is a diversity and inclusion thought leader and author of Birds of a Feather and Alphabet Soup, a guide to LGBTQ2+ inclusion at work.
Zajil Express, a privately owned Saudi Arabian postal and delivery company, is keeping pace with digital transformation in the Kingdom's logistics sector.
Seven ways a new business can build a competitive advantage in 2026, from durable moats and niche focus to speed, brand, community and running lean with AI.
SAG actor turned digital content creator Megan Nager shares how comedic videos and a TikTok series with Erin Darling grew her brand to 100,000 followers.
A profile of Kuzzat Altay, an American businessman, entrepreneur and human rights activist from Urumqi, and his stand against racism and oppression.
Turista Jackson opened 1 Body Med Spa, one of the first African American female-owned med spas in Houston, TX, after starting a daycare center at 20.
Seattle entrepreneur Nick Jordan, who drove 4 projects to 100k organic visitors a month, founded Workello to help startups hire writers and remote roles.
Five fast-rising spaces for entrepreneurism and investment, including education technology and next-gen nicotine replacement products, with market data.
IVAR by Ritika Ravi is a fine jewellery brand from India that blends Maldivian lifestyle inspiration with Indian traditions and ethical sourcing.
Travis Chappell, host of the Build Your Network podcast, launched Guestio, a marketplace where show hosts can book top guests and earn revenue.
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