Expert Reveals Strategies for Creating and Building Unicorn Businesses

Expert Reveals Strategies for Creating and Building Unicorn Businesses

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The business world respects unicorn startups and with good reason. To qualify as a unicorn startup, a company must have an investor valuation of $1 billion or more, and there are over 1,200 unicorns in the world as of March 2023. The path to unicorn status may…

How to Profit from Acquiring Distressed Businesses

How to Profit from Acquiring Distressed Businesses

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Since the start of 2023, leading companies, including Vice Media, Virgin Orbit, David’s Bridal, Bed Bath and Beyond and Jenny Craig, have filed for bankruptcy. More broadly, underlying economic conditions have resulted in a flurry of business failures, with a 77% increase in commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy…

4 Steps My Startup Took to Land a Fortune 100 Client in 3 Years

4 Steps My Startup Took to Land a Fortune 100 Client in 3 Years

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When starting a business, it’s natural to go after small clients: It generates revenue, sharpens your offering and lets you make mistakes on a lesser scale. But it’s not the only way to grow. My company was three years old when we landed our first multi-million dollar…

5 Signs Your Startup Could Benefit from Outside Leadership

5 Signs Your Startup Could Benefit from Outside Leadership

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Running a startup isn’t easy. With a smaller workforce, you may be responsible for growing sales, sustaining your operations, keeping in compliance and many other tasks. And when something goes wrong, you’re often the one that clients and employees turn to for help. So while company ownership…

Ecommerce And Tech Companies Have Much to Learn From Each Other

Ecommerce And Tech Companies Have Much to Learn From Each Other

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are lessons to learn every day in the business world. Often, we find ourselves looking to companies in our industry or vertical for winning examples and strategies. This is a great habit, but sometimes you have to look beyond the familiar to find new unique approaches…

Eating Disorder Survivor Raises Raises $75 Million For Startup To Save Others

Eating Disorder Survivor Raises Raises $75 Million For Startup To Save Others

Kristina Saffran nearly died during her freshman year of high school. She had anorexia nervosa, considered one of the most fatal mental health disorders, and was in and out of the hospital as doctors struggled to find a solution. It was a family-based outpatient treatment that finally helped her recover. She was so grateful that,…

Google’s ‘Moonshot Factory’ Is Known for Wild, World-Changing Ideas. Here’s What It Took For One of Them to a Become a Real World Startup.

Google’s ‘Moonshot Factory’ Is Known for Wild, World-Changing Ideas. Here’s What It Took For One of Them to a Become a Real World Startup.

Elaine Weir is retired, which means that — apart from the swimming lessons she teaches a few times a week — she has a lot of time on her hands. So in the summer of 2019, when she saw a Facebook ad for the geothermal energy company Dandelion, she called them up to investigate. “I…

Why This Unique Marketing Strategy Can Build a Cohesive Brand Message

Why This Unique Marketing Strategy Can Build a Cohesive Brand Message

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Marketing is a very important part of running a business. To succeed in the competitive world, you need a strong marketing strategy that connects you with your target audience and helps you achieve your business goals. But it’s important to note that marketing isn’t just about promoting…

Former Google Employee Develops Brain-Reading Earbuds After Near-Death Experience

Former Google Employee Develops Brain-Reading Earbuds After Near-Death Experience

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Jonathan Berent remembers the day he decided to found NextSense, a startup making revolutionary earbuds that read brain waves and could help treat conditions like epilepsy, insomnia, and depression. At the time, Berent was working at X, Google’s iconic “moonshot factory” — a laboratory for developing ambitious,…

7 Ways Collaboration Can Create a Successful Team

7 Ways Collaboration Can Create a Successful Team

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Collaboration is a powerful tool that has become increasingly essential in the modern business world. Working together with others can help drive growth, innovation and success. In this article, we will explore the importance of collaboration in today’s competitive environment and provide some tips for how businesses…

17 Passive Income Ideas for Increasing Your Cash Flow

17 Passive Income Ideas for Increasing Your Cash Flow

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Passive income has long been the holy grail for entrepreneurs looking to free up their time, untethering the cord of daily duties and responsibilities from the potential to generate healthy monthly revenues. While the importance of passive income isn’t often doubted, the monumental hurdle often required to…

5 Shocking Customer Service Mistakes You’re Making Every Day

5 Shocking Customer Service Mistakes You’re Making Every Day

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The problem with great customer service is that everyone seems to think they know how to do it — it’s a piece of cake, right? Wrong. That’s why, as a customer service transformation expert, I get down to brass tacks with my clients right away — the…

Boost Revenue Per Employee With This Effective Strategy

Boost Revenue Per Employee With This Effective Strategy

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In the contemporary business landscape, we can say in the last 20 years, the revenue per employee (RPE) has emerged as a salient financial metric, commanding the attention of Big Tech companies as a critical determinant of organizational success. RPE, which quantifies the average revenue generated by…