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Profiles of startup founders, investors and builders: how they started, what they learned and what they are building now.
Posted on November 1, 2026 by Rob P.
Former firefighter Taylor Conroy built a social enterprise that funded 400 schools and projects, went bankrupt, rebuilt, and now runs Leadr, a speaker training company. As @taylormoney.co, he teaches the…
Posted on October 31, 2026 by Rob P.
After seven years and nearly $1 million in a single year of commissions, Danielle Lynch's company asked for her book of business and offered her a job at 80% less…
Posted on October 31, 2026 by Sally Satchel
Kitty and Vibe founder Cameron Armstrong says she runs 60 to 70% of her swimwear brand on Claude. Her new tool, The Outreach Desk, finds influencers, press and wholesale stores…
Posted on October 29, 2026 by Vianka Petines
Jordan Tarver was a Forbes Advisor editor when he self-published You Deserve This Sh!t, a short book about getting unstuck. Selling it himself on TikTok, he says he has now…
Posted on October 29, 2026 by Mara Alcantara
Nicole DeTommaso went from investment banking to six years at Harlem Capital, where she rose from intern to principal, made Forbes 30 Under 30 and ran a 100-plus person intern…
Posted on October 29, 2026 by Bill Choudhry
Georgia Douglas left nonprofit work to become a florist, built By Georgia Douglas into a wedding and event floral business in the Los Angeles area, and turned quick flower-buying tips…
Posted on October 28, 2026 by Bill Choudhry
Lauren Burke, known online as The Grant Gal, shares new grant opportunities for nonprofits, artists and small businesses every week. Before that, she co-founded Atlas: DIY, a Brooklyn nonprofit for…
Posted on October 28, 2026 by Rob P.
Nina Liu founded the makeup brand Kite Beauty, then left her corporate job to build Bevyl, an AI video-editing platform for brands. A non-technical founder, she raised a seed round…
Posted on October 28, 2026 by Sally Satchel
Shruti Merchant co-founded HubHaus, made Forbes 30 Under 30, worked as a product leader at Stripe and Google, and started a second company before becoming a partner at Pear VC.…
Posted on October 28, 2026 by Vianka Petines
Areen, the creator behind @areen.vc, got into startups and venture without a finance background and now uses her TikTok channel showing others how: which VCs fund which industries, which startup…
Posted on October 19, 2026 by Rob P.
Occupational therapist Darlene Cook founded Wild Femme and The Polarity Studio to help women in midlife move out of survival mode and back into connection, using nervous system science and…
Posted on October 18, 2026 by Bill Choudhry
Memphis mom Hannah Baker kept forgetting trash day, so she built Trash Fairies, a service that rolls neighbors' cans to the curb and back. She documented the race to her…
Posted on October 17, 2026 by Rob P.
Mariah Brunner left Meta in 2019 to start a clothing brand with her husband, ran it from Indonesia, Thailand and Mexico, and now uses AI for most of her operations.…
Posted on October 17, 2026 by Sally Satchel
Serial founder and angel investor Rob Miller says he has started eight companies, exited six and built one to a billion-dollar valuation. Now he runs AI company RegAssist, co-founded the…
Posted on October 17, 2026 by Vianka Petines
Sydney Singh founded A26 Ventures, a community-backed early-stage fund born at UCLA Anderson. It raised $524,000 from 108 first-time check writers, and its members vote together on every $25,000 investment.
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