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As an entrepreneur, you must stay ahead and anticipate the future. To do this, you must refine your current skills and understand successful business practices while sharpening the most important skills you should master in the next five years.From recognizing potential opportunities to adapting quickly to change and maximizing resources for growth, you'll be better equipped to take your business

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Her Facebook Marketplace Side Hustle Grew to $25,000 a Month

It's the era of the side hustle, and if you've ever considered starting one to earn some extra cash outside of your 9-5, you're in good company. These days, more than one-third of U.S. adults have side hustles, and their supplemental gigs make an average of $891 a month, according

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You’ll Want to Know About These New Franchise Concepts

To view our entire 2025 Franchise 500 list, including category rankings, click HEREThere's a misconception that owning a franchise is for people who want to follow someone else's playbook. But that notion doesn't take into account all of the unique, quirky and fun franchises that are popping up all the

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These Emerging Franchises are Poised to Grow in 2025

Want to spot the hottest new trends in franchising? You need to look in a pretty wonky place: the Franchise 500 categories.Here's why: Each year, as we create our ranking, we organize every franchise brand by category. Some categories are simple and expected, like Sports Bars/Pubs. But every year, as

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Why Giving Away Your Best Ideas Makes You More Valuable

Want to attract new business? Here's one of the best ways: Give away your knowledge.This may sound dumb. Won't people just steal your work and abuse your time? Nope: When you give away knowledge, you build trust and authority — and people want you more!I've experienced this myself, and I

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The Most Creative Side Hustles We Learned About in 2024

It's no secret that life is expensive these days. We've all experienced sticker shock at the grocery store or gas station, and many of us are wondering how we're going to make ends meet — much less save for the future. But for entrepreneurs, a challenging situation is also an

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Is Entrepreneurship for You? Here’s How to Find Out

Many people dream of ditching the 9-to-5 grind to pursue the freedom of entrepreneurship. They imagine a life with nobody to answer to, no one dictating when we start or end our day. They picture limitless earning potential and the ultimate prize: freedom.Many dream of it, but not all take

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Key Insights From a Roundtable Discussion With 5 Founder-CEOs

I recently fell in love with a popular YouTube series called The Actors Roundtable. Since I talk quite a bit with CEOs, founders and executives, a coworker suggested that we produce a similar version but with business executives. I loved the idea, so we did it! This was our first

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How to Build a Solid Go-to-Market Strategy for 2025

In a 15-year-plus go-to-market (GTM) strategy career, I have worked with hundreds of B2B companies directly, indirectly with other consultants or through any of the many accelerator programs I mentor on. During that time, I have seen a typical consistency that breaks all strategies — the lack of willingness to

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Reebok Co-Founder Backs Syntilay’s New AI, 3D-Printed Shoe

In 1958, Joe Foster co-founded Reebok and helped grow the company to be worth $4 billion, he says, before exiting in 1991. (Adidas bought Reebok for $3.8 billion in 2005 before selling it in 2021.)Now the 89-year-old entrepreneur is helping launch a new high-tech shoe brand with slides that are

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Raising Capital? How to Build Strategic Investor Partnerships

When I founded my first company, I looked at reports and updates for investors as administrative tasks. Homework, in other words, outside my core duties as a CEO. But then I had an epiphany that changed my whole perspective — and my business.I discovered that having involved investors who held

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