Melissa Ben-Ishay’s “love language” has always been baking. So, when she was fired from her advertising job at age 24, following her passion into business seemed like an ideal opportunity. Her brother Brian Bushell encouraged her to seize it. “We wound up creating an incredible product that makes people happy during good times and bad,”...
There’s no shortage of boulangeries in Paris, Johanna Hartzheim, co-founder of bakery delivery subscription company Wildgrain, tells Entrepreneur. “It’s such a cultural thing to have a fresh baguette. You buy a baguette every day, fresh croissants on every corner. It’s always warm because they churn bread so much that [every time] you go in, [it]...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features LeAnn Darland, 38, of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Tara Hankinson, 37, of Bronxville, NY. Darland worked in finance operations at Google and Hankinson in customer experience strategy for The New York Times when they started the homebrewing side hustle that would become TALEA Beer Co. Responses have been edited for...
Women drive 70%-80% of consumer purchasing, and companies with at least one woman on their board have a higher return on equity than those that do not, the Women on Boards Project states on its website — yet women occupy just 20% of board seats globally and aren’t expected to reach gender parity for decades,...
Former NFL linebacker Brandon Copeland saw his mother stick to a tight budget while raising him and his brother. She could afford to put them in sports and “make magic happen on Christmas” by sacrificing other small luxuries: candy in the checkout aisle or a soda from McDonald’s. One day, I want to have money,...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “I launched holiCHIC back in 2015 before it became the ‘cool’ thing to do,” says Megha Rao, founder of holiCHIC. “I never found what I was looking for in stores: the mixing and matching of a traditional Indian wardrobe with my modern American outfits. Because pairing a...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Anish Dhar, co-founder and CEO of internal developer portal Cortex. Cortex is a project management platform for companies’ engineering teams to collaborate and manage their work. Cortex has raised $53 million to date, per the company. Image Credit: Courtesy of Cortex. Co-founder and CEO Anish Dhar. What was your...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Cathryn Lavery, founder of BestSelf Co., a planner and conversation card deck company that sold $45 million in product before it was acquired in 2022. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of BestSelf Co. Cathryn Lavery. When did you move to New York City,...
Despite mass layoffs in recent years, the tech industry still has major appeal for job applicants seeking generous salaries; it’s not uncommon for entry-level roles at big tech firms like Google and Facebook to start in the six-figure range. Of course, those attractive salaries and other benefits often mean serious competition for the role, particularly...
Katie Lefkowitz, founder and CEO of “superfood-infused” candy bar company Harken Sweets, was a self-proclaimed “Snickers fanatic” for most of her life. However, when health issues and a colon cancer scare “flipped [her] world upside down,” she started considering food as medicine — and experimenting with the concept in her kitchen. “I wanted to recreate...