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Spotify founder Daniel Ek once said he was the ‘least powerful person’ at the company. Here’s how he built it into a $145 billion music empire
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Spotify founder Daniel Ek once said he was the ‘least powerful person’ at the company. Here’s how he built it into a $145 billion music empire

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September 30, 2025
Hollywood actor Henry Golding
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding carried around a notebook with random advice strangers gave him—and he’s lived by one musing his entire career

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September 28, 2025
Entrepreneurs can make up to 70% more than paid employees per year, but there’s high inequality among the self-employed
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Entrepreneurs can make up to 70% more than paid employees per year, but there’s high inequality among the self-employed

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September 27, 2025
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LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’

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September 26, 2025
David Rogier
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MasterClass CEO shares the secret to how jobless Gen Zers can get hiring managers to respond to their cold emails

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September 26, 2025
Barbara Corcoran on top of the Empire State Building
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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
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‘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
Mike Bloomberg
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Billionaire Mike Bloomberg was fired after dedicating 15 years of his career to Salomon Brothers—the next morning, he founded his media empire

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September 23, 2025
Yvon Chouinard
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Patagonia founder lived on $1 a day and cat food before making it—when he hit billionaire status, he was so angry he gave away his $3 billion company

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September 22, 2025
Insomnia Cookies founder and CEO Seth Berkowitz
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Insomnia Cookies’ CEO runs a sweets empire worth $350 million—but as a college junior he delivered cookies across campus at 2 a.m.

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September 21, 2025
Ramp founder Eric Glyman: How I built a $22.5 billion startup in 2,367 days
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Ramp founder Eric Glyman: How I built a $22.5 billion startup in 2,367 days

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September 19, 2025
Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison
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$34 billion was wiped from Larry Ellison’s net worth days after briefly becoming the world’s richest as ‘AI bubble’ fears grow

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September 18, 2025
Will Shu
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Deliveroo CEO Will Shu turned 100-hour weeks on Wall Street into a $4 billion food empire. Now he’s cashing out with $250 million

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September 18, 2025
Phoebe Gates
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Bill and Melinda French Gates gave their Gen Z daughter this piece of business advice before she launched her own $8 million startup

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September 17, 2025
Sara Blakely
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Spanx billionaire founder kept the brand a secret—even from family—for a year. If she hadn’t, she says she’d probably still be selling fax machines

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September 16, 2025

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