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This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores
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This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores

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October 15, 2025
Dolly Parton once turned down a song request from Elvis Presley. That was just one business decision that helped build her $650 million empire
Arts & Entertainment

Dolly Parton once turned down a song request from Elvis Presley. That was just one business decision that helped build her $650 million empire

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October 8, 2025
Jeremy Barker
Success

Murphy Door CEO’s small-business rule that turned the firefighter’s side hustle into $60 million in revenue

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October 8, 2025
Taylor Swift
Arts & Entertainment

Taylor Swift and ‘productive paranoia’: HBR breaks down the hustle and mindset that built a $1.6B net worth and a generational musician

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September 30, 2025
Barbara Corcoran on top of the Empire State Building
Success

Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran says one trait tells her instantly whether an entrepreneur will flop or succeed—if you do this, you’ll ‘lose my money’

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September 25, 2025
Derrick Hayes
Success

‘Tyler Perry said something to me I’ll never forget’: Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO learned a big lesson on when ‘to leave them in the sand’

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September 25, 2025
Brooks CEO Dan Sheridan
Success

Brooks CEO Dan Sheridan leads his company with a Charlie Munger-inspired mantra: low arrogance and a bureaucracy allergy

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September 4, 2025
Kari Cobham speaks at a retreat
Commentary

What almost dying—again—taught me about authentic leadership

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September 3, 2025
87-year-old chairman’s secret to success is always being on time, warning Gen Z ‘if you’re one minute late, it’s the same as being an hour late’
Success

87-year-old chairman’s secret to success is always being on time, warning Gen Z ‘if you’re one minute late, it’s the same as being an hour late’

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July 19, 2025
Lior Lewensztain holding a box of That's It fruit bars
Success

Like Mark Cuban and Barack Obama, this founder says work–life balance doesn’t exist for the successful: ‘Even if I am on vacation, you’re on 24 hours a day’

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July 18, 2025
Bill Hoogterp portrait
Leadership

How to remember names, from a top CEO coach

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July 6, 2025
Real estate titan Jorge M. Pérez and his two sons, Jon Paul and Nick.
Success

$40 billion real estate tycoon made his son get an MBA, work elsewhere, and climb the ranks for 13 years to prove he’s not a nepotism hire

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July 5, 2025
Trivago CEO Johannes Thomas headshot
Success

Trivago’s millennial CEO says he never had a career plan: ‘I just followed where the energy was’

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May 12, 2025
Taskrabbit CEO: I’m a better gig-economy leader because of the empathy I learned in early jobs
Commentary

Taskrabbit CEO: I’m a better gig-economy leader because of the empathy I learned in early jobs

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April 22, 2025
How Snowflake’s cofounder learned to not panic under pressure and avoid making bad decisions
Commentary

How Snowflake’s cofounder learned to not panic under pressure and avoid making bad decisions

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April 14, 2025

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