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Purple Carrot’s Mark Bittman wants to change how you eat

I knew my morning bowl of Special K wasn’t going to impress Mark Bittman, the highly regarded journalist, best-selling New York Times author, and co-founder of Purple Carrot, a startup focused on getting people to cook delicious, plant-based meals at home. But it did get a chuckle out of him during our early morning chat. […]
How much do startup founders pay themselves?

Entrepreneurs prioritize the success of their startup over earning big salaries
Have your best ideas in the shower? Making the most of them

The shower might be the last bastion of boredom in the modern era. Smartphones have made it possible for us to find entertainment while we wait in line at the grocery store, commute to work, or encounter any situation where the real world isn’t exciting enough to capture our attention. But for the vast majority […]
Bringing the flavors of Brazil to the rest of the world

Luke McKinley first learned about cachaça while managing a small bar in Seattle. He liked the Brazilian beverage so much that he decided that he was going to share it with the world. Here’s the story: Novo Fogo founder Dragos Axinte called him up one day and said he wants to teach him how to […]
Seven ways you can build a great business reputation

When you’re starting out in life, you’re not likely to spend much time pondering your credit report. You’re not running out to buy any big ticket items; you’re just trying to make ends meet. You can get credit—even before you establish a credit history—simply because Visa, MasterCard, and all the rest want your business and […]
Not just a ‘belt guy,’ Upton’s Justin Kerzner builds a leather empire

Justin Kerzner wants to get one thing clear: he’s not a “belt guy.”  “I’m not a belt guy, I never was a belt guy,” says the 25-year-old entrepreneur. ”I used to take shoelaces and tie them around my waist like a belt.” So how did Kerzner end up launching his own designer leather goods company, […]
Student startups are ‘looking to grow dramatically’

Back in grad school, budding entrepreneur Christina Hawatmeh’s biggest hurdle was learning to code. She had no background in engineering or computer science, so she asked a bunch of first-year engineering students to teach her. “I would hang out with freshmen engineers and they would say, ‘You have to pay us $50 an hour to […]
The artist whose musical gadgets delight kids and rock stars

When he was growing up in Mississippi, Richard Upchurch remembers waiting for a certain song by R.E.M. to come on the radio. He’d quickly hit the record button on his boombox so he could replay it afterward. Upchurch soon realized he could use the tape recorder to entertain himself in other ways. He would “jibber-jabber” […]
Racing for the cure, the decathlon takes sports seriously

A friendly wager between friends is usually simple and never takes on a life of its own. In the case of Dave Maloney, a bet evolved into a business. In the 1990s, Maloney was a former track and field athlete at Auburn University. Despite working on Wall Street post-college, athletics were still on his mind. […]
Essential business tips from three top entrepreneurs

It’s hard to define what exactly “success” means in the world of business. In my experience, becoming successful means that you’ve achieved the goals you set out to accomplish, regardless of what those goals are. Your goal could be to earn $100,000 a year working for yourself, build and sell a startup for $100 million […]