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Thought Leaders

These High School Best Friends Achieved Their Dream of Being Their Own Bosses. Their Next Step? Starting a Wellness Revolution.

Entrepreneurship involves a lot of blood, sweat and tears -- especially when your business is designed to make people sweat.

Buying / Investing in Business

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 3 Episode 12: What Are You Going to Do With Our $400,000?

The judges hear some excellent pitches, but only manage to come to an agreement with one startup.

Buying / Investing in Business

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 3 Episode 11: 'Aren't Those the Guys From Shark Tank?'

Is your business ready for an investment round?

Buying / Investing in Business

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 3 Episode 10: 'I Don't Know If I Can Drop F-Bombs on Elevator Pitch'

One entrepreneur has to rein in his enthusiasm after an excellent pitch meeting.

Buying / Investing in Business

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 3 Episode 9: Ride-Sharing, but With Teslas

It doesn't matter how great your idea is if you can't communicate it clearly.

Resumes & Interviewing

Big Names Like Facebook Are Recruiting Ph.D.s -- Here's How You Can, Too

There's a significant and largely untapped resource available that many competitors are overlooking: academia.

Buying / Investing in Business

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch: Season 3, Episode 8: Your Valuation Is Not Based on Users

The investors have a healthy skepticism of bold claims.

Leadership

5 Steps for a Smooth and Successful (CEO) Exit

In business as in life, transitions are inevitable. When it's time for yours, don't screw it up.

Celebrity Entrepreneurs

5 Lessons from Jeff Bezos's 21 Years of Shareholder Letters

Their messages remind us how Bezos cautioned shareholders to wake up 'terrified' of their customers and to stay focused on 'Day 1.'

Buying / Investing in Business

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 3 Episode 7: Is There Actually a Business Here?

The judges say they take bribes, but mostly they give funding, credit and advice.

Marketing

5 Tips to Boost Your Ecommerce Sales on Cyber Monday

Your goal should be to make your deals too good to resist. Is 50 percent off too high? Probably. But some companies have found it works.

Buying / Investing in Business

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 3 Episode 6: 'This Category Is Absolutely Exploding'

For a pitch to be successful, the judges must see a foolproof method of bringing a product to market.

Marketing

4 Unconventional Ways to Better Market to Generation Z

Gen Z loves micro-influencers, YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram. What more do you need to know?

Fundraising

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 3 Episode 5: 'I Accept Your Offer of My Offer'

At times, it seems the contestants on our weekly streaming pitch show have the upper hand over our board of investors.

Leadership

This Is How to Boost Employee Retention With Lifelong Learning

Wondering how to decrease turnover and increase competence at the same time? Open your (metaphorical) textbooks.