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Hector Gutierrez with two dogs

This 18-year-old college student accidentally emailed thousands of classmates—it turned his pet-sitting business into a valuable side hustle

By Preston Fore

March 15, 2026

Nicole Bernard Dawes, the founder of Late July and Nixie

The founder of $100M brand Late July and Nixie started selling $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from the founder of Cape Cod chips—her dad

By Emma Burleigh

March 15, 2026

Meet the millennial who turned a $400 side hustle into TikTok Shop’s biggest teeth whitening brand in the UK—now he splashes $335 a month on haircuts and lost $20K on crypto

By Orianna Rosa Royle

March 10, 2026

This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: ‘I’m working harder now than I ever did’

By Emma Burleigh

March 8, 2026

Asia’s founders are spending more money on AI tools, with use of some coding tools rising by more than four times

Asia’s founders are spending more money on AI tools, with use of some coding tools rising by more than four times

By Angelica Ang

March 3, 2026

Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield

Slack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slideshows

By Emma Burleigh

March 1, 2026

heitmann

Here’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight

By Tim Heitmann

March 1, 2026

DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, partners with VC giant Granite Asia to counter the region’s lack of capital

DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, partners with VC giant Granite Asia to counter the region’s lack of capital

By Angelica Ang and Andrew Staples

February 23, 2026

tanmai

You have 18 months to figure out your office job, $1 billion CEO says. But it’s not going away

By Nick Lichtenberg

February 21, 2026

Amazon’s humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble

Amazon’s humble history: Jeff Bezos used a rented garage as an office and held team meetings at a local Barnes & Noble

By Nick Lichtenberg

February 19, 2026

amodei

Anthropic’s $380 billion valuation vaults it next to OpenAI, SpaceX among largest IPO candidates

By Matt O'Brien and The Associated Press

February 13, 2026

kiara

Exclusive: Peter Thiel–backed industrial AI startup emerges from stealth with funding from a16z

By Nick Lichtenberg

February 9, 2026

johnsson

When the music stops: the unravelling of AI companies’ flawed valuations

By Mikael Johnsson

February 6, 2026

Kevin O'Leary wears a suit and gestures

‘You’re not a hero, you’re a liability’: Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z founders to stop glorifying hustle culture

By Jacqueline Munis

February 2, 2026

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America’s AI regulatory patchwork is crushing startups and helping China

By James Richardson and Eric Tanenblatt

January 30, 2026

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