Small to FastChristine Lagorio-Chafkin Phil Libin's No-Pitch-Deck $100 Million VC Round: 'It's a Pretty Good Time to Fundraise'Former Evernote CEO Phil Libin on What Your Company Can Learn From His $100 Million Investor Pitch
Small to FastGabrielle Bienasz How to Take the Right Kind of Capital at the Right Time--and Supercharge Your GrowthArcade, a Dallas-based sales gamification company, saw encouraging momentum in 2020. The key question: What was the best way to keep it going?
Small to FastAlicia Doniger Meet the Dutch Startup That's Riding the NFT Wave on Top of a $9,500 Digital Couture DressBefore most people had heard of Beeple, this startup was making digital assets backed by NFTs pay.
Small to FastKevin J. Ryan How 2 Baseball Fans Are Turning a Podcast Side Hustle Into a Media EmpireIn just two years, Jomboy Media has grown from a two-person operation into a formidable media brand.
Small to FastBill Saporito How JetBlue Founder David Neeleman Launched a New Airline During a PandemicNeeleman has overcome some crazy setbacks on his way to becoming the most successful serial airline entrepreneur in history. So why would he let a global pandemic get in the way of launching his latest carrier?
Small to FastJessica Stillman This VC Thinks the Next 6 Months Will Be a Startup Hiring Frenzy. Here's How to Take Advantage We’re entering "the YOLO economy." That’s great news for startups offering flexibility and a mission.
Small to FastKevin J. Ryan How This Company Is Turning High School E-Sports Into a National PhenomenonLos Angeles-based PlayVS is proving that school-sanctioned video games have a bright future as a team sport.
Small to FastMatt Cooper Raising Your Next Round? Here's What You'll Hear From Venture Capitalists TodayAmid the Covid-19 pandemic and virtual meetings, this is what's top of mind for venture capitalists.
PricingEmily Canal This Company's Huge Turnaround Started With a $25 Price ReductionWhen video platform Tribute made its base service free, customers came in droves.
Small to FastEmily Canal Self-Care Messaging and IGTV Help This Startup Thrive Amid Covid-19This DTC houseplant company benefited from shelter-in-place mandates. A quick pivot to digital and a focus on wellness helped boost sales.
Small to FastEmily Canal What You Need to Know About Joining a Virtual Accelerator NowMichael Seibel from Y Combinator has a message for entrepreneurs: The pandemic hasn't scared off investors.
Small to FastTom Foster This Germ-Killing Robot Is Making Hospitals SaferHospital-acquired infections claim the lives of 100,000 Americans every year. This germ-zapping robot can help reduce that number by up to 70 percent.
Small to FastKevin J. Ryan This Startup's Covid-19 Test Would Give Results in 20 MinutesMammoth Biosciences wants to submit its Crispr-based test to the FDA later this year.
Small to FastCameron Albert-Deitch Covid-Era Creativity: How This Founder Hit On a Better Way to PrototypeA new approach to R&D helped waffle-iron startup Wonderffle dig itself out of a financial hole.
Small to FastHannah Wallace This Ice Cream Founder Has a Cult Following--Even Mid-PandemicTyler Malek's taste buds allow a Danny Meyer-backed chain of scoop shops to use ingredients such as bone marrow.
Small to FastEmily Canal How to Start a Business in a Downturn From 2 Founders Who Did ItBirchbox's Katia Beauchamp and Twilio's Jeff Lawson offer harrowing details about launching amid the financial crisis--and how it actually helped their companies succeed.
Inc. 5000Brit Morse This Former NYC Paramedic Finds His Best Business Ideas in the FieldIn the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, this Inc. 5000 founder invented a tool to help people stay safe when leaving home.
Small to FastCameron Albert-Deitch From Socks to Masks in 1 Week: Lessons From a Hard PivotPacific Manufacturing's move to mask-making changed its financial fortunes in a matter of days.
Small to FastEmily Canal Team Dude Wipes Cleans Up During CoronavirusThe co-founders are taking advantage of falling ad rates and a run on toilet paper.
Small to FastMatt Haber Covid-19 Turned This Health Startup's Model Upside DownTelemedicine was always a part of Circle Medical's plan. Now it's their main offering.
Big Heroes of Small BusinessLeigh Buchanan Crowdsourcing Projects Take On Covid-19Kickstarter and other platforms are attracting creative responses to the crisis.
Big Heroes of Small BusinessLeigh Buchanan Virtual Reality Arcades Join the Quest to Treat Covid-19With gamers staying home, VR arcades turn over powerful computers to virus researchers.
Small to FastMatt Haber Retooling an At-Home STI Test for Covid-19Can Luminostics, a company developing an at-home smartphone-powered STI test, create a test for Covid-19?
Small to FastEmily Canal This Staffing Service Startup Pivoted to Endure the Coronavirus Pandemic. But Will it Work?Qwick connects cooks, bartenders and waiters to food and beverage gigs. With that industry hurting, the company targeted healthcare and grocery stores.
Big Heroes of Small BusinessLeigh Buchanan An Invention That Protects Doctors From PatientsWith the help of small businesses, a doctor creates a new way to keep hospital personnel safe from Covid-19.
Small to FastJason Aten Zoom's CEO Just Live Streamed an Apology on YouTubeEric Yuan addressed customers of the besieged videoconferencing tool during a YouTube live stream.
Small to FastBill Murphy Jr. The CEO of Zoom Just Gave a Fascinating Interview About What Happened to Zoom Last Month. Every Smart Business Leader Should Pay Attention'Hopefully, we can go back to business customers after this.'
Small to FastMatt Haber Does Social Distancing Work? A Startup Tracks ItUsing data from its security systems, one company attempts to track the flattening of the curve nationwide via a Social Distancing Index.
Small to FastJustin Bariso Instead of Laying Off 20 Percent of His Company, This CEO Made an Unusual Decision. It's a Lesson in Emotional IntelligenceGravity CEO Dan Price was facing a crushing decision--cut 20 percent of his people or go bankrupt. Then, he had a brilliant idea: Ask employees for help.
Small to FastJason Aten Zoom Became the Most Important App in the Business World Overnight. Here Are 5 ReasonsEveryone is using the videoconferencing platform right now. The reasons are a lesson for every business.
Small to FastThomas Goetz Fast Growth Isn't Everything. Here's Why Your Company Should Take Time to ScaleShopify's $50 billion valuation shows that slower can be a better way to go--and a better way to live.
Small to FastLevi King These 2 Books Helped My First Business Make MillionsRunning a small business is complicated, and entrepreneurs need all the help they can get. Oftentimes, there's no better place to turn than the wisdom contained between the covers of a book.
Small to FastMarcel Schwantes 3 Signs That Will Instantly Identify Leaders of Fast-Growing CompaniesFor executives managing rapid growth, these strategies take on heightened importance.
Small to FastPeter Economy These 14 Amazon Leadership Principles Can Lead You and Your Business to Remarkable SuccessJeff Bezos has built a super successful business based on 14 extremely powerful Amazon leadership principles.
Small to FastJoe Galvin 5 Things High-Growth Companies Do DifferentlyWant to grow your business? Find out how high-growth companies are embracing innovation to drive growth.
Small to FastBurt Helm The World's Most Ruthless Food Startup: The Inside Story of How HelloFresh Clawed Its Way to the TopHelloFresh blew past 100 competitors to become the No. 1 meal-kit company on the planet. The German startup is winning--but not by playing nice.
Small to FastJustin Bariso Jeff Bezos Knows How to Run a Meeting. Here's How He Does ItWhen it comes to getting more out of business meetings, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may have cracked the code.
Small to FastPeter Cohan 6 Levers to Scale From Idea to $1 BillionHow do you scale from an idea to a big company? A CEO who has done that says you have to maintain the culture but change everything else. Here are the six levers he pulls to scale.
Small to FastStephanie Chung 10 Personality Traits Successful CEOs ShareA CEO must possess certain traits to be an effective leader, do you share these qualities?
Small to FastThomas Goetz How to Know If Your Company Is Really Growing (or Just Looks Like It's Growing)Startups should be growth machines. Just don't confuse frantic activity with progress.
Small to FastLeigh Buchanan How to Scale a Retail BusinessAfter early stumbles, Not Your Average Joe's developed a smart method for opening more and more restaurants around the country.
Small to FastLeigh Buchanan How to Grow Without Losing What Makes You GreatAuthor Robert Sutton offers lessons from Starbucks, In-N-Out, Intuit, Facebook, and more on the delicate art of scaling a business.