This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Lauren Stephens and Kaki McGrath. With their mother, Bonnie Dudley, Stephens and McGrath co-founded the “high-performance, eco-friendly, elevated everyday-wear” brand Dudley Stephens in 2015. The digitally native brand has sold over 445,000 products to over 330,000 customers, resulting in more than $45 million in sales over the past 10...
If you want to start a business, don’t try to follow in anyone else’s footsteps — not even Daniel Lubetzky’s. Lubetzky, who founded Kind Snacks in 2004 and sold it in 2020 to Mars for an estimated $5 billion, told Entrepreneur in a new interview that though his journey may inspire others, he doesn’t want...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Karen Frederick, 43, founder of Kole Jax Designs, an online brand selling personalized jewelry and accessories. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of Kole Jax Designs. Karen Frederick. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle? I was...
“I always wanted to make a difference,” Emily Hikade, founder and CEO of luxury sleepwear and home company Petite Plume, tells Entrepreneur. “I wanted to make a change. I wanted to do something that meant something.” Image Credit: Courtesy of Petite Plume. Emily Hikade. Growing up in Central Wisconsin, Hikade was curious about the world...
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features 20-year-old college student Jacob Shaidle, founder of Ontario-based barbecue cleaning business Shaidle Cleaning. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Courtesy of Shaidle Cleaning. Jacob Shaidle. What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle?I was a 15-year-old high school student when I...
“We are coffee-obsessed in Australia,” Tom Baker, co-founder of Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, tells Entrepreneur. “It’s like a religion. It’s a point of national identity.” Image Credit: Courtesy of Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur. Tom Baker. After World War II, Italians immigrated to the country and brought espresso machines and European cafe...
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...
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...
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...
Not long after Michael Levin graduated from Columbia Law School in 1985, he realized he didn’t want to be an attorney. “I worked briefly for two firms in Boston, was all but fired by the first and was sat down and fired by the second for not really belonging or having my head in the...