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In 2011, Jessica Alba co-founded The Honest Company around household and baby products; its 2021 market debut briefly valued it at nearly $2 billionJessica Alba co-founded The Honest Company after struggling to find safe household and baby products. The company grew rapidly, focusing on...06 Oct, 2026, 01.20 PM IST- From 'lower middle class' Tamil family, he missed IIT Madras CSE by just 0.01, was rejected by MIT. Today, he is the CEO of a $20 billion AI startupPerplexity cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas turned academic setbacks into a remarkable AI career. After missing IIT Madras Computer Scien...06 Oct, 2026, 10.21 AM IST
- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recommends 4 books that can change how you think about AI, startups and successOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recommended four books spanning artificial intelligence, startups, history and resilience. His picks include Nick...06 Oct, 2026, 10.18 AM IST
- Bestselling author of 'Kane and Abel,' Jeffrey Archer, dies at 86Jeffrey Archer: Bestselling British novelist and former politician Jeffrey Archer died peacefully at his home at the age of 86. His death o...06 Oct, 2026, 10.05 AM IST
- They sold their family car and home to build a wedding-gift business. By 2018, it was a £10 million businessA couple founded Prezola in 2011 as an online wedding gift list platform after identifying a market need. Initially funded with £50,000 fro...06 Oct, 2026, 02.15 AM IST
- Investment of £1000 snowballed into a £253 million net worth: Inside Husband & Wife Daniel and Melanie Marsden's thriving brandIn five years' time, Mel and Dan Marsden's brand 'Lounge Underwear' turned into an e-commerce powerhouse with sales at £50 million in 2020....05 Oct, 2026, 04.55 PM IST
- In 2016, an Australian mother started making jewellery in her garage after losing her job; 6 years later, sales hit $2.5 millionNikki Kelly did not set out to build a jewellery company. After losing her corporate job at 38 weeks pregnant, she used $1,000 from family ...03 Oct, 2026, 09.48 PM IST
- In 2020, a UK entrepreneur invested £12,000 in a fashion side hustle; 4 years later, it generated £6 million a year and had reached an estimated £24 million valuation£12,000 became the starting point for a fashion business that would reach almost £6 million in annual revenue. Aimee Smale launched OD Muse...03 Oct, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
- Aamir Qutub applied for 300 jobs in Australia without an interview and worked as airport cleaner; then started a business with $2,000 from a garage that became a million-dollar firmAamir Qutub moved to Australia for an MBA and struggled to find work, applying for 300 jobs before landing opportunities as an airport clea...01 Oct, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
- In 2018, a California couple invested $5,000 in Bala; today, their fitness brand generates more than $30 million in annual salesNatalie Holloway, Co-Founder and CEO of Bala, shares how she and co-founder Max developed the fitness brand from a $5,000 beginning into a ...01 Oct, 2026, 10.18 PM IST
- In 2015, a Chicago entrepreneur invested $5,000 in a CFO side hustle; years later, it became a seven-figure business with 16 staffJohn Frank started Third Road Management after finding an opportunity to offer strategic, financial and operational aid to small and mid-si...01 Oct, 2026, 06.08 PM IST
- In 1944, a retired IRS auditor Anne Scheiber invested $5,000 in stocks; 51 years later, her portfolio was worth $22 millionAnne Scheiber reportedly retired in the mid-1940s with an annual salary of about $3,150. She had never been promoted. Her pay had also chan...30 Sep, 2026, 09.35 PM IST
- Three brothers pooled $1,000 to start an English muffin side hustle in 2014; it reached its first $100,000 month in its second year and became an eight-figure companyFounded in 2014 with just a $1,000 investment, Stone & Skillet was born from the vision of three brothers dedicated to crafting quality Eng...30 Sep, 2026, 09.13 PM IST
- In 1999, Ron Conway backed Google before its IPO. 5 years later, the search giant went public at a $23 billion valuationRon Conway heard about Google when it was still a Stanford project. The idea interested him, but getting close to the founders took months....30 Sep, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
- The ET HR Excellence Awards 2027: Time to put your team’s efforts at transforming employee support in the spotlightOrganizations are encouraged to submit nominations for their HR teams for the Economic Times HR Excellence Awards 2027 in the Excellence in...30 Sep, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
- How did a 21-Year-old turn a $10 middle-school challenge into a sneaker reselling business making up to $280,000 a month while still living at home?At 21, he can make up to $280,000 a month reselling sneakers, yet his path to that income started with much smaller deals. He was selling c...29 Sep, 2026, 11.28 PM IST
- Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez backed three brothers’ coffee dream and then came a $500 Million valuationJennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez were among the investors who backed the company behind Super Coffee. The bottled-coffee brand was started...28 Sep, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
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