Martha Stewart sold a stock while flying to Mexico that saved her $45,673, but turned into a $1 billion loss and prison time; the reason why she doesn't own a private jetIn December 2001, Martha Stewart sold her shares of ImClone Systems, sidestepping a hefty loss. However, this move sparked a federal probe,...
15 Oct, 2026, 12.08 PM 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 sales
Christine 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
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...
14 Oct, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
₹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...
14 Oct, 2026, 09.36 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
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...
13 Oct, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
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...
13 Oct, 2026, 07.31 PM IST
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...
12 Oct, 2026, 10.34 PM IST
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...
12 Oct, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
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...
12 Oct, 2026, 07.17 PM 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
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...
10 Oct, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
Meet Diogo Almeida, former OpenAI researcher behind Jev, an AI model designed to deliver structured answers, scores and yes-or-no decisionsTypeSafe AI, a startup led by Almeida, has developed Jev. The model had attracted attention in Silicon Valley as companies explore alternat...
10 Oct, 2026, 01.51 AM IST
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...
09 Oct, 2026, 10.20 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
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