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Success

‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary says being liked has nothing to do with success—Steve Jobs taught him: ‘You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise’

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August 10, 2025
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This Gen Zer dropped out of NYU at just 19 to launch his blockchain—now, his $1.3 billion company is backed by Mark Cuban and he never takes a day off

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August 5, 2025
Dylan Field gestures with his arms while speaking
Tech

Figma’s 33-year-old cofounder is a former LinkedIn intern who launched the $68 billion Wall Street darling with $100k from Peter Thiel

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August 1, 2025
Steve Kaufer, former chief executive officer of TripAdvisor
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TripAdvisor’s ex-CEO admits he’s often ghosted on LinkedIn since stepping down—but a career expert says it could be a ‘blessing in disguise’

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July 31, 2025
Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz
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Eventbrite’s CEO walked away from Hollywood to build a $225 million ticketing company with her own money: ‘If it’s a disaster, we’ll just be broke’

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July 30, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Success

‘Shark Tank’ icon Kevin O’Leary reveals the 3 things he looks for when investing his millions into a founder

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July 27, 2025
Chad Hurley and Steven Chen wearing suits
Success

YouTube’s founders split over $650 million when they sold to Google in 2006—had they held out, they could have taken a slice of $550 billion

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July 25, 2025
Gen Z corporate worker annoyed at office
Success

It’s not just Gen Z: these founders hated their 9-to-5 so much they launched their own companies

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July 25, 2025
Cesar Carvalho, cofounder and CEO of Wellhub
Success

The CEO of this $2.4 billion wellness app ditched Harvard Business School and a McKinsey career to bring calm and exercise to corporate America

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July 23, 2025
The founder of Deliciously Ella started a blog when suffering from severe chronic pain. Now, her multimillion-dollar snack empire is going global
Health

The founder of Deliciously Ella started a blog when suffering from severe chronic pain. Now, her multimillion-dollar snack empire is going global

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July 20, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Success

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z this job is a slow ‘drift into hell’ that’ll make you unemployable for life

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July 18, 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
Daniel Lubetzky sits with a book in his hand on the set of Shark Tank
Success

Shark Tank star Daniel Lubetzky says college is not the ‘end all, be all’—he tells Gen Z to learn how to be a carpenter or a mechanic instead

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July 17, 2025
Loren Castle, the CEO of Sweet Loren's
Success

Sweet Loren’s CEO was unfulfilled in her ‘real’ jobs—beating cancer gave her the guts to quit and launch the $120 million cookie brand

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July 13, 2025
Former pro-athlete and Castore cofounder/co-CEO Tom Beahon
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Multimillionaire athlete-turned-CEO says he never buys expensive clothes and only flies economy because he’s in constant fear of running out of cash

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July 10, 2025

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