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Elon Musk.
Success
Billionaires earning $10 billion per day in January are suddenly watching their net worth get wiped out—Elon Musk has lost $90 billion alone
By Emma BurleighFebruary 28, 2025
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
Success
Bill Gates says Microsoft might not have taken off if he hadn’t dropped out of Harvard—or spent his nights sneaking out to code until 2 a.m. at 13
By Emma BurleighFebruary 20, 2025
Baked by Melissa founder once shirked the CEO role: ‘I didn’t think I was good enough.’ Now she’s not looking back
Success
Baked by Melissa founder once shirked the CEO role: ‘I didn’t think I was good enough.’ Now she’s not looking back
By Chloe BergerFebruary 17, 2025
A young Bill Gates caught on camera
Success
Bill Gates says he got into every Ivy League school he applied to, but tailored a different ‘persona’ for each application: ‘Each was a performance’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 7, 2025
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 30: People exit a Starbucks store in Manhattan
Leadership
A top Starbucks analyst went on a stealthy mission to test the company’s vibe shift and saw three signs of tactical changes
By Lila MacLellanJanuary 28, 2025
A Bay Area couple is facing years in prison after allegedly stealing from investors, according to criminal and civil complaints.
Tech
Tech couple that allegedly stole $60 million claimed to work with the NBA, NHL, PGA, PwC, and Coca-Cola. The SEC says it was all part of an elaborate scheme
By Amanda GerutJanuary 26, 2025
judge slamming gavel
Tech
Tech founder and his wife allegedly stole millions to pay for a lavish wedding, a new Tesla, and private schools—while failing to even make payroll for employees
By Amanda GerutJanuary 24, 2025
What Donald Trump and Elon Musk backing H-1B visas means to me as an immigrant entrepreneur
Commentary
What Donald Trump and Elon Musk backing H-1B visas means to me as an immigrant entrepreneur
By Harry (Harjinder) SinghJanuary 17, 2025
The founder of activist short-seller Hindenburg Research, Nate Anderson.
Success
Founders keep saying they learned the same life lesson after extraordinary career success: ‘I had isolated myself’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 17, 2025
Sam Altman gesticulates during the NYT Dealbook Summit
Success
Sam Altman says he ‘stalked’ his OpenAI cofounder to convince him to join the company
By Stuart DyosJanuary 16, 2025
Why a serial entrepreneur shops at Trader Joe’s, eschews a wristwatch, and believes the future of office work is in your computer
Success
Why a serial entrepreneur shops at Trader Joe’s, eschews a wristwatch, and believes the future of office work is in your computer
By Jane ThierJanuary 14, 2025
Daniel Lubetzky on the set of Shark Tank
Leadership
Shark Tank’s Daniel Lubetzky’s advice for winning at business: Make them say ‘No’ 
By Lila MacLellanJanuary 9, 2025
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta.
Commentary
Thumbtack CEO: Entrepreneurial advice from a founder more than 15 years in
By Marco ZappacostaDecember 24, 2024
Meet new Shark Tank judge Daniel Lubetzky, who built a $5 billion, self-made snack empire
Leadership
Meet new Shark Tank judge Daniel Lubetzky, who built a $5 billion, self-made snack empire
By Lila MacLellanDecember 18, 2024
How losing control to cancer changed my perspective as a founder 
Commentary
How losing control to cancer changed my perspective as a founder 
By Evelyn RusliDecember 13, 2024
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As Big Tech showers employees with perks to win the talent war, Nvidia built a nearly $5 trillion company by making people pay for their own lunchplaceholder alt text
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 1, 2026
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Mark Zuckerberg feeds his cows macadamia nuts and beer to create the 'highest-quality beef in the world' on his $300 million estate in Hawaiiplaceholder alt text
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