Salary dissatisfaction, lack of appreciation and poor work-life balance are corporate America’s top frustrations — according to the nation’s HR pros. A new survey of 1,000 human resource professionals revealed the biggest challenges facing the workforce today, along with the pain points HR problem-solvers are feeling in their departments. Twenty-nine percent of respondents said feeling...
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This Survey Reveals What’s Working for Small Businesses Right Now
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...
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...
Elon Musk’s Tesla Has 800 New Job Openings: AI, Energy, Tech
Elon Musk says that Tesla now has jobs open — three months after informing Tesla staff about layoffs affecting tens of thousands of people. A new analysis breaks down what these jobs are and where they’re located. On Monday, Musk posted on X that Tesla and xAI, his AI startup taking on ChatGPT, were looking...
Here’s How Piece of Cake’s Founder and CEO Pushes the Limits
At 20 years old, Voyo Popovic, now the founder and CEO of Piece of Cake Moving & Storage, immigrated to the U.S. from Montenegro and took a job at a McDonald’s to make ends meet. However, just a few months in, Popovic was already looking for his next opportunity, one that would allow him to...
Costco May Stop Selling Books Year-Round. Here’s Why.
Starting in January, what was once a year-round section at Costco could become a seasonal occurrence. The New York Times reports that Costco’s famous book table may cease to be a regular fixture in stores around the U.S. starting next year, and only return around the holiday season, from September to December. Though Costco has...
A Former Starbucks Employee’s Side Hustle Earns $70k Monthly
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Tom Saar. Saar has been using Taskrabbit, an online marketplace that pairs freelance workers with local jobs, to help build his moving business. He currently works with two other approved “Taskers” and has earned more than $150,000 in the past seven months. Image Credit: Courtesy of Tom Saar What...
His $2,000-a-Month Side Hustle Now Sees $10+ Million a Year
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Darpan Munjal, founder and CEO of Atom, the AI-powered startup ecosystem “on its way to becoming the go-to naming and branding destination.” Image Credit: Courtesy of Atom. Darpan Munjal. When did you start your side hustle, and where did you find the inspiration for it? The inspiration for my...