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Hobby Lobby founder David Green turned a $600 loan into a billion-dollar retail empire, then gave away ownershipDavid Green started Hobby Lobby with a $600 loan in 1970 and built it into a nationwide arts-and-crafts retailer. But his decision to trans...- Meet Jim Yu, who co-founded BrightEdge with just $5,000 in 2007; by 2025, the SEO software company was generating an estimated $100 million a yearJim Yu made his own path and achieved success. Despite not having a huge amount of money initially, Yu started his business. He co-founded ...
- Meet Ryan Naylor, who was rejected by Shark Tank investors, later he rebuilt his business and eventually reached $2.5 million in annual recurring revenueNaylor continued with his entrepreneurial journey and built many companies. He also built AvaHR, which is a hiring software business. Notab...
- From Rs 3,500 salary to Rs 1.5 crore per month: How this Ghaziabad man built an e-bike company with his wife's savingsGhaziabad's Krishna Grover, who started his career with a monthly salary of Rs 3,500, left his corporate job to build Herald E-Bike with su...
- Meet Christine Chang and Sarah Lee, former L’Oréal employees who launched Glow Recipe with $50,000 in 2014; how it grew to an estimated $100 million in annual salesChristine Chang and Sarah Lee met while working at L’Oréal and shared an interest in Korean beauty. They saw an opportunity and later intro...
- Who is Lori Cheek? Entrepreneur who faced rejection from all 5 Shark Tank investors in 2014, here's how she refused to give up on her dating startupCheek founded Cheekd in 2010 as an online dating business built around the idea of helping people connect in real life. She appeared on Sha...
- This Bengaluru man rejected Paris job offers to grow mushrooms in an old poultry shed, he now earns Rs 4 lakh a monthA Bengaluru entrepreneur, Prithviraj, turned his family's unused poultry shed into a mushroom farm after rejecting job offers in Paris. Sta...
- ₹45 lakh in 90 days: Bengaluru farmer earns Rs 50,000 per day by selling small lauki to Qatar buyersBengaluru farmer Karigowda generates ₹50,000 per daily gross revenue by growing baby bottle gourds for Qatar buyers in the season that runs...
- Meet Anna-Marie Ortiz, who launched Cool Aunt Cleaners with just $2,000 in 2023; by 2024, her cleaning business was generating an estimated $120,000 a yearAnna-Marie Ortiz grew up in Kansas, and worked at technology startups. Later she started her cleaning business. Before this, she had also w...
- Meet Andrew Bialecki and Ed Hallen, whose startup Klaviyo faced early rejections, the founders later built a multibillion-dollar software companyBialecki had earlier worked on a website that listed the dates and locations of running races. Maintaining the website meant repeatedly con...
- Meet Armaan Dhanda, who left college at 22 to turn microbes into tiny factories, his biotech startup raised $2.6 millionDhanda co-founded the company with Samyak Baid, and they met at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The main approach of the busine...
- Meet Isabella Bedoya, who borrowed $20 to make pesto when her bank account was $300 overdrawn, her first experiment generated $120 in sales in a dayInitially, Bedoya used to prepare food at home, and shared work with people online. To her surprise, the response was good, and her homemad...
- Meet Aidan Guo, young entrepreneur building an AI desktop assistant, his startup has already attracted about $1.6 million in fundingGuo's interest in technology began when he was young. On his personal website, he says he started sneaker botting at the age of 13, The act...
- ET Achievers 2026: Bengaluru’s icons step into the limelight.ET Achievers 2026 is set to take place on October 12 at JW Marriott in Bengaluru. The event, organized by Optimal Media Solutions, will cel...
- Meet Sabba Keynejad, man who was rejected by Y Combinator but kept building VEED, his startup later reached $40M in annual recurring revenueIn 2018, with Timur Mamedov, he built the company. They had only one idea, and it was to make people edit videos easily, and create clips d...
- Meet Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, young entrepreneur whose first AI product failed, his startup Nozomio later raised $6.2 millionRakhmetzhanov is the founder of Nozomio, an AI startup that has changed its focus since its early days. He launched an education technology...
- How two Australian brothers-in-law turned a garage wine business into a $50 million company in 5 yearsTwo Australian brothers-in-law started selling wine from a garage in Adelaide in 2011. By 2016, their company, Vinomofo, had reached $50 mi...
- Quote of the Day by Jerry Seinfeld: ‘The secret to life is to waste time in ways that you enjoy’ - American stand-up comedian on spending free time without guiltJerry Seinfeld's thought-provoking quote asserts that being busy does not inherently lead to success. He champions the importance of savour...
- The couple started with just $2,000 after losing their jobs in 2020, then built an $8 million HVAC companyAfter losing their jobs, Stephanie and David Postell started their HVAC business with just $2,000. Nearly five years later, Anchor Heating ...
- How the EU regulates lobbyists after 2022 Qatargate bribery scandalFollowing the 2022 Qatargate bribery scandal, the European Union tightened its lobbying rules in Brussels, where thousands of businesses an...
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