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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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How to Take the First Steps Toward Business Ownership

As we head into February 2025, it may come as no surprise that many who set out with ambitious resolutions have already fallen short. In fact, according to a recent USA Today article, "Quitters Day" (January 10) which is less than two weeks from the start of the year has

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She Quit Wall Street to Grow a Side Hustle: ‘Plants Are the New Pets’

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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Richard Branson’s Business, Leadership Secrets With Jason Felts

When Jason Felts left small-town Texas for California in 1996, he was a fresh high school graduate who dreamed of building a career behind the camera.Image Credit: Courtesy of Hollywood Virgin. Jason Felts.Over the course of the next decade-plus, the young creative and entrepreneur did just that. Felts co-founded his

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How This Serial Entrepreneur Is Redefining Sports Media with On3

Gone are the days when college athletes were mere amateurs, playing for pride and scholarships, their talents confined to the field and their bank accounts empty. Today, they stride across campus with the swagger of professionals, their status transformed by NIL deals that rival pro contracts and redefine what it

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Gen Alpha’s Side Hustles and $11.3 Billion Spending Power

Americans can't get enough of side hustles — the gigs allowing them to earn extra cash outside of their 9-5 jobs — and young entrepreneurs are especially keen to start their own. These days, 44% of millennials and 48% of Gen Z have a side hustle, according to Bankrate's Side

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Founders Deserve Fair Pay. Here’s How to Advocate For Yourself.

Then there's the old-school mentality among some investors that founders should "stay hungry," implying modest compensation is necessary to stay driven. Let's be real. Running a startup is a grueling job, and founders deserve to be compensated justly for their efforts.Compensation can be a tricky subject, especially for investor-backed founders.

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How This Entrepreneur Turned a Problem Into a Thriving Business

Mike Mayer is the co-founder and co-CEO of Windmill, a company devoted to improving indoor air quality with innovations in air conditioners, fans, and filters.Mayer will share his entrepreneurial journey with us live during an intimate Entrepreneur+ Subscribers-Only Event on February 19th at 3 PM ET. He'll be breaking down

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Her Business’s $300 Product Combats $12 Billion Porch Theft

So-called "porch pirates" were responsible for about $12 billion worth of stolen goods in 2024, per data from Security.org, and at least one in six U.S. adults (17%) reported having a package stolen last year, according to a survey from CNET.Serial entrepreneur Melissa Kieling's son Brennan Naylor was a frequent

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His Side Hustle Turned Full-Time Business Sees $100k Monthly

This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Brock Giles, 36, of Salt Lake City, Utah. Giles is the founder of small-batch hot sauce and spicy cocktail mixer brand High Mesa Chile Co. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of High Mesa Chile Co. Brock Giles. What

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The Unspoken Truths of Startup Failures — 10 Cautionary Tales for Entrepreneurs

The startup world is often painted as a land of endless possibilities, where big dreams meet big checks. Entrepreneurs and investors alike revel in stories of unicorn valuations and rapid success. But there's a side to startups that's less celebrated — the graveyard of ambitious ventures that, despite raising significant

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