When I was in college, in between my English and creative writing classes, I would race a few blocks downtown to volunteer at an animal shelter on the east side of Manhattan. Getting lost in books and spending time with shelter dogs were the twin pillars that held together the chaos of my twenties, and…
Ms Jo Malone CBE, British perfumer and founder of fragrance brands Jo Malone London and Jo Loves. Mike Green, CNBC British entrepreneur and famed perfumer Ms Jo Malone CBE has opened up about her rough upbringing and how becoming her family’s breadwinner at 11-years-old sowed the first seeds of entrepreneurship. Malone, the founder of successful fragrance brands…
If I tell you that I’m a successful entrepreneur who runs a thriving business, you might picture an always-on founder who works late into the night and regularly puts in overtime. But I’ve built up sustainable passive income streams and work just four hours a day. As a content creator, I make videos about productivity…
Almost 60% of young people in the U.K. are interested in starting their own businesses, per the Generation Entrepreneur Report. Connect Images/ci-start | Connect Images | Getty Images Young Brits are catching flak for their apparent lack of entrepreneurial drive, sparking a broader debate on whether the U.K. startup scene is facing an ambition deficit….
Over two-thirds of startup founders have a fear of failure, per the Founder Resilience Research Report, 2024. Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images Startup founders face immense pressure to succeed, but it can be even more challenging to let go of a failed business and find success after. Building a startup has always been risky….
Peter Specht, general partner at venture capital firm Creandum. Creandum As pitches from founders come flooding in, one investor has revealed how VCs use a historic “law” to identify the best investments. “The power law in venture capital basically means that a small number of investments generate the vast majority of returns. So essentially, one…
Caesar Sengupta, co-founder and CEO of Arta Finance. Courtesy of Arta Finance Given the ups and downs of the startup journey, the biggest “superpower” that entrepreneurs can have is the ability to ground themselves, said Caesar Sengupta, co-founder and CEO of fintech startup Arta Finance. “There’s so much noise in the world,” Sengupta told CNBC…
Lucy Blakiston used to think working in media meant living a glitzy life wearing kitten heels, getting her nails done and working from chic offices. Instead, the 27-year-old runs her media empire, S— You Should Care About, from her bedroom in Wellington, New Zealand, where she lives with six of her hometown friends and prefers…
Dakota Peters wasn’t sure what she’d do after high school. The 25-year-old Florida native weighed going to college but ultimately decided against it. Her older sisters taught her that if she didn’t have a specific direction for studying, she was better off just getting work experience in the real world. During her senior year of…
