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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)When Rich Barton co-founded Zillow in 2005, he knew the virtual homebuying and rental marketplace would shape the future of real estate. Now, after nearly two decades as Zillow's CEO, Barton offers founders advice for...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)The seemingly never-ending pandemic has resulted in all kinds of disruptions to supply and demand. There's been a run on exercise equipment, for one, and at Unorthodox Ventures, we found ourselves uncomfortably in the...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)Businesses fail every day, from world-beaters (like TWA and Lehman Brothers) to sexy high-fliers (DeLorean, Enron) to Steady Eddie, old-school icons (Toys "R" Us, Sears). Sometimes, of course, market conditions simply...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)Over the past year, Katerina Schneider's vitamin company, Ritual, doubled its revenue. But with that success came stress and hard lessons--which is how Schneider learned that her outward display of perfection was...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)He was the living embodiment of the American Dream, a tireless entrepreneur who fought his way from Detroit's meanest streets. Then Delane Parnell faced the moment that would define his gaming venture--and his life....
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)In 2009, days after becoming CEO of Unilever, I told a meeting of major banks and institutional investors that anyone who wanted the company to stay focused on short-term profits would be better off putting their money...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Private Equity Firms list has shined a light on the PE outfits that support founder-led companies through both good times and, well, global pandemics. This year, we had an...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)In 2015, two years after launching ThirdLove, cofounder Heidi Zak had to face facts: Her DTC bra company was strapped for cash and in danger of folding. It was the early days of e-commerce, and customers didn't want to...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)"I was raised in a conservative culture where being a successful woman meant making other people happy. Miss Erin, my ballet teacher, was a completely different kind of woman. She was very direct. She was not there for...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)They've inspired. They've led. They've blazed new trails. And they've fought like hell to come out of this past year better than they went into it. The first barrier to entry for this year's Female Founders 100 was...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)I am on, as we so often are these days, a Zoom call. I sit on the board of a new think tank that supports global entrepreneurship, the nonprofit arm of a just-founded holding company, and we are gathered for our first...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)All of my biggest mistakes in business have been things my wife warned against. So you might be surprised to learn that the idea to drop our life savings into a small-town bookstore shortly after our second child was...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)IN JANUARY 2018, Jessica Rhodes's Pensacola, Florida-based telecommunications company, Titanium Wireless, found itself in a slump. Titanium, which Rhodes founded in 2015, had just two employees, both women, and they'd...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)James Andersen, managing partner and co-founder of Clearview Capital, knows what it's like to start a business in a garage. Or more precisely, directly above a garage with a $29 speakerphone and a card table serving as a...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)"I once stayed at a hotel so cheap that I brought home carpet beetles, which are surprisingly adorable but ate all my wife's clothes." --Ryan Jones, cofounder and CEO, Florence Healthcare...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)There's never enough time. You wake up before the crack of dawn, only to be greeted by an inbox full of messages about fixing the company firewall and getting better snacks in the office pantry. When you're done with...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)A group of startups raises lettuce, tomatoes, and berries in high-rise plant factories. The founders aren't farmers; they're technologists who have shown that even the most grounded industry can be radically reinvented....
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)In the mid-1980s, Jonathan Propper tried to sell his gentle, low-sudsing liquid laundry detergent (originally called Cot'n Wash) the traditional way: in bottles. But he found it difficult to compete in an oversaturated...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)MAKING A CAREER CHANGE IN MIDSTREAM will always be risky, but Kara Goldin is a risk taker. * In 2005, Goldin, who had previously left her job as VP of shopping and e-commerce at America Online, founded unsweetened...
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From:Inc. (Vol. 43, Issue 4)Jessica Stuart learned the hard way the risks of relying on independent contractors. In 2016, her Washington, D.C.-based production company, Long Story Short Media, filmed in 40 states and hired local crews for each...