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Hobby Lobby founder David Green turned a $600 loan into a billion-dollar retail empire, then gave away ownership- 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 year
- Elon Musk now wants an Amazon rival to challenge Jeff Bezos' empire
- Beyond business networking: How the right peer circle can shape a founder’s ₹1,000 crore roadmapScaling a business towards ₹1,000 crore brings decisions that founders cannot always resolve within their own organisations. The Economic T...15 Oct, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
- Before selling WhatsApp for $19 billion, co-founder Jan Koum once relied on food stamps to feed his family. Years later, he signed the deal in the same office where he collected themJan Koum moved to the US with his mother when he was 16, and his family relied on food stamps and government assistance to survive. Years l...15 Oct, 2026, 12.44 AM IST
- 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...15 Oct, 2026, 12.20 AM IST
- 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...14 Oct, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
- A study says if your kid keeps asking for the same bedtime story again, they may be learning more than you realiseYour child wants the same story again, even though you could recite it without opening the book.A 2011 experiment found that repeating stor...14 Oct, 2026, 08.15 PM IST
- Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi amassed a fortune thanks to this 'hobby' before moving to the UK in 2024Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi built an empire buying, renovating and selling homes for profit before moving to the UK for good i...14 Oct, 2026, 02.01 AM IST
- 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...14 Oct, 2026, 12.18 AM IST
- No wallet. No smartphone. Pune techie forgot both on his first date; 10 years later, she still paysA Pune-based techie’s first date with his now-wife began with an embarrassing mishap: he forgot his wallet and had no smartphone to make a ...13 Oct, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
- KBS bought Portland’s 16-story Meier & Frank department store for $54 million in 2016; it then transformed the landmark into Class A mixed-use spaceIn November 2016, real estate firm KBS bought the 16-story building for $54 million in a joint venture with private developer Sterling Bay....13 Oct, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
- The ET Startup Awards 2026 specialHappy Monday! The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) 2026 ceremony brought together the country’s top founders, investors, and policymake...12 Oct, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
- 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...10 Oct, 2026, 09.36 PM IST
- An Oregon farmer began stacking rocks at age 52 as a winter hobby; over 17 years, his bridges, castles and miniature landmarks grew into Petersen Rock GardenRasmus Petersen created a remarkable rock garden in Oregon after clearing stones from his farm. This garden, initially a hobby, evolved int...10 Oct, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
- ‘Some days I feel I have failed’: 23-year-old B.Tech graduate says she feels lost in career race. Internet shows kindness, offers adviceJiya, a 23-year-old from Bihar, finds herself at a crossroads in life, feeling a bit lost. While she prepares for the GATE exam with hopes ...09 Oct, 2026, 07.49 PM IST
- 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 ...08 Oct, 2026, 08.58 PM IST
- Two brothers started a phone-case side hustle to pay dental school fees. It grew into a $50 million luxury brandOmar and Zane Sabre founded Maison De Sabre after their father's leukaemia diagnosis affected their finances. Initially, they aimed to fund...08 Oct, 2026, 10.16 AM IST
- Meet Brian Acton, WhatsApp co-founder who was rejected for job by Facebook in 2009, tech giant later acquired messaging app for up to $19 billionActon never gave up and moved forward despite rejections during his career. No one knew that a rejection will soon become the reason behind...07 Oct, 2026, 08.30 PM IST
- 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...07 Oct, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
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