Hey, local retailers, what’s on your mind? Entrepreneur wanted to know, so we partnered with Faire, an online wholesale marketplace where gift shops, pet stores, clothing boutiques, and other mom-and-pop shops source their products. Faire put five questions out to its retailers, and more than 1,200 responded — revealing their biggest concerns, wins, and what...
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How These Founders Almost Killed Their $12 Billion Business
It’s weird that there aren’t more hundred-billion-dollar companies, because it doesn’t seem that hard to do, Max Rhodes caught himself thinking one day in 2021. He was sure making it look easy. The company he’d cofounded, called Faire, had gone from stumbling startup to galloping unicorn. Fueled by a steady diet of VC money, its...
How He Started a Small Business With an Innovative Pay Model
Imagine what a tattoo shop looks like. All My Heart does not look like that. The Charlotte, North Carolina, studio is airy and suffused with natural light. In the reception area, there are modular chairs, midcentury couches, and a vase of fresh flowers on a Japanese-influenced cabinet. But the real surprise goes beyond aesthetics. All...
How Erika Kullberg Grows and Monetizes Her YouTube Channel
Erika Kullberg now has more than two million subscribers on YouTube and over 21 million followers across her social media accounts — but five years ago, she started off at zero subscribers, just like all new YouTube creators. Kullberg makes personal finance videos for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, with content focused on helping people...