Exit InterviewDiana Ransom The Odd Couple: How Bonobos and Walmart Found a Good FitAndy Dunn knew selling his men's apparel company, Bonobos, to Walmart would present challenges. But he observed, learned, and came away feeling, 'Mission accomplished.'
Exit InterviewAnna Meyer This Founder Successfully Sold Her Company--But the Biggest Challenge Came After the Deal ClosedAfter selling her sexual-products company to Grove Collaborative, Meika Hollender had to adjust to a new normal.
Exit InterviewDiana Ransom The 'Do-or-Die' Moment That Led to Box's Billion-Dollar IPOYears before taking their company public, Aaron Levie and his co-founders came to a momentous decision that made it possible.
Exit InterviewMinda Zetlin Here's What Qualtrics' Founder Was Thinking When He Sold to SAP for $8 Billion--4 Days Before Its Scheduled IPORyan Smith gave SAP seven days to make him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Exit InterviewTom Foster An Unexpected Move by Facebook Cost This Company Half Its Sales. Then the Real Drama BeganWhat happened after Brandi Temple, founder of successful children's clothing brand Lolly Wolly Doodle, almost lost her company.
Founders ProjectTalib Visram Why This Founder Sold His Company to 'the Most Boring People in the Universe'Big Ass Fans founder Carey Smith knew exactly how much he was going to sell his company for--$500 million--even before he had a potential buyer.
Tip SheetGuadalupe Gonzalez02:15 6 Fascinating Things You Didn't Know About SlackWith the popular workplace chat service going public, here are some little-known details on its backstory.
Exit InterviewGuadalupe Gonzalez Chewy's Co-Founder and Former CEO Explains How the Startup Went From Zero to a $8.7 Billion Public CompanyRyan Cohen explains what helped drive the pet products company's astronomical growth.
Exit InterviewDiana Ransom A Bad Business Deal Cost This Cookie Mogul Her First Company. What She Learned From It Helped Her Build a $500 Million EmpireThe founder of Tate's Bake Shop loves cookies, but after 40 years of baking she discovered something she loves even more.
Exit InterviewYasmin Gagné I Quit Google, Started a Company, and Sold It to Amazon. Ditching Silicon Valley for Atlanta Was HugeIn 2013, Jewel Burks Solomon launched Partpic, a startup that makes it easier to identify industrial parts. One day, Amazon called--with an acquisition offer.
Women Entrepreneurship ReportKimberly Weisul After a Teenage Cancer Scare, She Invented an Early-Detection Device at 24. She Sold Her Company for $275 Million 9 Years LaterSurbhi Sarna, founder of nVision Medical, was motivated to start her company by a health scare when she was a teenager.
Women Entrepreneurship ReportYasmin Gagné Why This 'Proud Gay Black Woman' Had to Leave San Francisco to Get Funding (Hint: She Didn't Look Like Zuckerberg)Heather Hiles, founder of Pathbrite, an education technology company, wants to help founders find the right investors--and be prepared to sell to them.
Exit InterviewBill Saporito Why This CEO Took His $3.5 Billion Company Public: 'You Have to Give Employees Equity'CarGurus founder Langley Steinert had no intention of ever going public. But a compelling interest changed his mind: his employees.
Exit InterviewMaria Aspan How a Thousand Quick Decisions Helped This Founder Survive the Financial CrisisFrom launching during Wall Street's darkest hours to a $163 million IPO, Ken Moelis says, "I loved the whole process."
Exit InterviewKimberly Weisul How This Entrepreneur Built and Sold Utah's 17-Store 'Dirty Soda' EmpireNicole Tanner's Utah-based company, Swig, has grown rapidly by selling customized fountain drinks in sizes up to 44 ounces.
Exit InterviewDanielle Sacks He Started His Company for $10,000. He Sold It for $600 Million Five Years LaterPeter Rahal and his co-founder spent $10,000 starting their protein-bar business. Five years later, they sold it to Kellogg.
Exit InterviewJohn Taft This CEO Tried Retiring. Here's Why It Didn't Take--and What He LearnedAfter a year and a half of retirement, the former CEO of RBC Wealth realized that he wanted another full-time job.
Exit InterviewWill Yakowicz How This Company Found a Better Way to Help Women Get PregnantHeidi Hayes, co-founder of Donor Egg Bank USA, transformed a new technology into a new industry.
Exit InterviewWill Yakowicz How These Founders Built a $2.1 Billion Business by Ignoring Investors' AdviceThe customer service platform that solved a big problem for Dropbox, Deckers, and others made it to an IPO the long way: from Denmark to Wall Street.
Exit InterviewChristine Lagorio-Chafkin Why Leaders Need to Do More and Talk LessThe co-founder and former CEO of Evernote, who's now a venture capitalist, wants to see the results of your innovation--not hear you talk about it.
Exit InterviewScott Gerber The Unlikely Sales Incentive That Launched Sam Adams Beer"If I didn't sell beer, I couldn't make my alimony and I was going to jail," says Jim Koch, founder of the Sam Adams brewing company.
Exit InterviewScott Gerber What Inspires This Founder? 'Outrage.'Sandy Lerner co-founded Cisco, founded Urban Decay, and continues to raise hell and kick butt.
Exit InterviewScott Gerber WeWork's Adam Neumann on How Startups Can Fight Regulations"Fight the fight," but have a backup plan, the cofounder of the office-sharing landlord says.
Exit InterviewScott Gerber How This Founder Sold Out of Her Products in Two Weeks--and Kept Demand HighAyah Bdeir started taking programming lessons at age 12. Two decades later, New York City-based littleBits sells miniature electronics in more than 70 countries.
