It was snowing. A lot. Boston was in the midst of a blizzard — the biggest one in recorded history.
Kyle and Jessica Waring were cooped up in their apartment, and getting a little stir-crazy. They needed to do something productive … but what?
When Payal Kadakia quit her job at Warner Music Group, she didn’t have a backup plan. All she knew was she wasn’t happy in her current job — and she needed to do something about it.
She spent several weeks trying to figure out what that something would be. After much soul-searching, she finally landed on her big idea: a fitness search engine that would surface new classes in your area.
When was the last time you avoided giving valuable feedback because you didn’t want to come across as mean?
We’ve all done it. We think we’re being kind and merciful.
But, we aren’t.
How many times a week do you hear the phrase, “Oh, you have to check out that blog post/podcast/book/TED Talk. It’s the best!”
I’m a low-stakes betting person (not the billion-dollar-Powerball-jackpot type), but I’d put good money on the fact that you probably hear that a lot.
The problem? You’re busy.
Everlane isn’t like many other contemporary fashion brands.
While others’ pricing and supply chain information is shrouded in mystery, Everlane’s is completely transparent. On their website, you can see exactly how much money it takes to produce each of their products — and how much money they’re profiting. The fashion startup even devotes a whole section of the website to showcase detailed information and photos of their factories.
In the beginning, Wistia had just a few guys working out of an apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. YouTube had recently launched, and the Wistia co-founders, Chris and Brendan, were determined to capitalize on the rising popularity of video.
Growth was a little slower than they anticipated. It took them a year to make their first dollar, and then another year to sign on 10 customers.
If you’ve ever taken a Lyft, you know the ride’s been a little different than those with other ride-sharing apps.
Your car is adorned with a bright pink mustache. You sit right up front next to the driver. You may even give them a fist bump.
These days, it seems like everybody’s dishing out advice on company culture.
Yet it still remains one of the most overlooked, compartmentalized, and misunderstood parts of growing a business.
So how do you make company culture into something beyond a buzzword — and actually transform the way your company operates?
Kai Kight doesn’t have a typical career path.
He began learning violin at just three years old. Because of his incredible talent and dedication, he went on to perform all over the world in places like the White House and the Great Wall of China.
It all began as a bet in a bar.
Let’s round up a group of people and see who can grow the best mustache in just 30 days.
Twelve years later, this bet has blossomed into Movember: More than five million people all over the world have joined the movement to raise awareness and funds to benefit men’s health initiatives.
Visual content: We all know we need it … but many of us don’t have the skills, tools, or knowledge of how to do it well.
Since 2013, Canva’s been on a mission to change that. Turns out, it’s working. Two years after launching, the company has nearly seven million users, and it’s growing by 30K users each week day.
If you were starting a business today, would you decide to go after one of the most monstrous companies in the world?
Back in 2007, that’s precisely what Gabriel Weinberg did. He founded the company DuckDuckGo — a search engine that directly competes with Google.
When you first start out in your career, growth seems straightforward. You do great work, and then you get promoted to the next level. Simple as that.
But as you start to progress up the ladder, figuring out how to get to the next level in your career becomes more complicated.
If you’re an ambitious leader looking to progress to the next stage, what should you be doing?
When you ask many startup founders about why their idea took off, they’ll often attribute it to hard work or some revolutionary way of thinking.
Darren Rowse isn’t one of those founders. The creator of Problogger and Digital Photography School firmly believes that luck plays a crucial role in whether your idea takes off — or tanks.
