Inc Editorial Director Bonny Ghosh Showcases 2026 Female Founders 500 List
Inc. published its 2026 Female Founders 500 list, expanded from an initial 100, spotlighting both household names (Kim Kardashian, Kendra Scott) and lesser-known builders such as Kelshi founder Lana Lopez. The list is curated using a mix of quantitative metrics—revenue growth and funding—and qualitative factors like brand impact, founder backstory and AI strategy, and this year it also opened to public-sector and international companies. Collectively the companies generated about $12.3 billion in revenue and attracted roughly $12.2 billion in funding over the past year, despite persistent VC shortfalls. Inc. will promote the cohort with events including an Inc. Founders House and female-founders programming at SXSW.
Scott and Jacob Margroff Discuss Flavor and Innovation at Strickland’s
Strickland's, a family‑owned ice‑cream shop founded in Akron in 1936, has grown to five Ohio locations and recently added a franchised store in Costa Mesa, California. Each outlet operates four vintage machines—two dedicated to chocolate and vanilla, and two for...
How We Built a $30M Business With Just 20 Americans
The video explains how a company built a $30 million‑a‑year business while employing only twenty American executives, relying on a globally distributed workforce for the rest of its talent pool. By placing CEO‑level, CFO, and CRO roles in the United States...
CEO to CEO: Timber Pizza's Chris Brady and Bun Mee's Denise Tran
In the latest QSR "CEO to CEO: Behind the Counter" episode, Timber Pizza founder Chris Brady and Bun Mee CEO Denise Tran sit down without a moderator to exchange candid insights on building emerging fast‑casual brands. They discuss the discipline...
Fukushima's Corporate Comeback 15 Years After Japan's Worst Disaster
Fifteen years after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, a handful of firms are planting roots in Fukushima’s hardest‑hit towns, hoping to spark an economic rebound. In 2023, Asano Nenshi, a textile maker from Gifu Prefecture, opened an...
This Artist-Run Record Label Is Competing with the Majors in a Big Way
Rebellion Records, founded by artist‑producer Michael Turner (aka Platinum), is an independent label that claims to be rivaling major‑label resources by rethinking every facet of an artist’s career—from touring profit‑share deals to publishing and master ownership. The label’s 2023‑24 financials...
How to Gain Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset
UCL Innovation & Enterprise now offers a free short course called "How to Gain Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset" for current students and alumni who graduated within the past two years. The program aims to develop practical business skills, boost confidence,...
Scaling to $60k Revenue at 14 Years Old
The video spotlights Jacob, a 14‑year‑old who has built a digital business that now generates roughly $30,000 in monthly recurring revenue, translating to about $60,000 in annual sales. He recounts how daily sales quickly escalated from $3,000 to $25,000 per week,...
How to Make $100K as a Graphic Designer
The video tackles a common pain point for freelance graphic designers: turning a chaotic, low‑pay hustle into a sustainable six‑figure business. The presenter breaks the journey into five stages, beginning with the "survival" phase where designers say yes to everything,...
How I Went From Being Burned Out at a Desk Job to Running a Bagel Shop with a Local Cult...
The video chronicles a former desk‑bound professional who, after hitting a burnout wall, quit his corporate job to open a small bagel shop that now enjoys a devoted local following. He emphasizes that while many lack control over their schedules,...
Why Starting a Firm Isn't the Same as Building a Business
The episode explores why launching a law firm is not synonymous with building a viable business, urging lawyers to pause and ask a diagnostic question: why am I doing this? The hosts argue that without a clear, intentional purpose, structural...
Crafting Your Life and Business with Matt Kuehlhorn - EP.279
In this episode of Crafting Your Life and Business, host Matt Kuehlhorn shares how he built a multi‑service company in rural Colorado and why he turned his personal podcast into a strategic networking platform. Kuehlhorn explains that the podcast began out...
How to Systematically Build Relationships That Compound Over Time
The video explains how to systematically build relationships that compound over time, emphasizing deliberate networking, mentorship, and consistent outreach. It advises founders and professionals to create a weekly list of three uncomfortable actions—such as contacting a former classmate or asking a...
What Convinces An Investor To Back A First Time Founder | João Moura X Data Science Dojo
The video features João Moura discussing what convinces investors to back first‑time AI founders. He frames the current AI boom as a rare, high‑stakes opportunity, but warns that the surge in tools and applications creates fierce competition and an uphill...
Founder to Founder: How Laurel Djoukeng Built Sparc to Expand Career Access
In a candid Founder‑to‑Founder interview, Laurel Djoukeng explains how Spark, an AI‑driven talent marketplace, expands career access by linking recruiters, hiring managers, and job seekers with professional organizations and college‑student clubs. The platform mirrors LinkedIn’s profile system but adds a...
Does Wealth Make You Selfish? | Office Hours
Scott Galloway examines why many billionaires choose silence, arguing it’s a strategic shield against regulatory scrutiny and market volatility rather than evidence of selfishness. He warns listeners about the perils of echo chambers, emphasizing how homogeneous feedback loops can distort...
I Left Finance and Bought a 'Stale' Fro-Yo Business — Now It Brings in $21 Million/Year
The video chronicles Neil’s pivot from a finance career to acquiring 16 Handles, a frozen‑yogurt franchise many deemed a dead‑end. He argues that the sector is on the cusp of a revival, citing recent consumption trends as proof. Industry data shows...
Rodolphe Landemaine - How Food Can Drive Ecological Transition | ESSEC iMagination Week 2025
Rodolphe Landemaine, founder of the Maison Landemaine bakery group, used the ESSEC iMagination Week stage to outline how a plant‑based food business can become a catalyst for the ecological transition. He traced his personal journey from childhood vegetarianism to vegan...
The Brutal Truth: Everyone Is Selfish
The speaker, a serial entrepreneur, outlines the current state of his three‑company portfolio, with Bolt Storage as the flagship asset. He emphasizes his personal commitment, having $60 million of personally guaranteed debt, and describes the business as a scalable, high‑value platform...
"Cursor Is Dead" Is Total BS: Here Is Why | Miles Clements
Miles Clements rejects the narrative that “Cursor is dead,” arguing that the coding-AI market is expanding rather than zero-sum and that cursor remains strong because coding tools combine fast time-to-value with durable productivity gains. He lays out a framework of...
Why OpenClaw Is History’s Most Important Software!
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, heralded OpenClaw as potentially the most consequential software ever created. The platform leverages generative AI to automate repeatable human tasks, turning labor‑intensive processes into scalable code. By shifting budgets from manual labor to automation, founders...
The Reason You Never Feel Ready to Start Your Business Is because You Don’t Have Any Leverage.
The video argues that the missing piece preventing many aspiring entrepreneurs from launching is a lack of leverage, which can be created instantly by building a personal brand. The speaker advises documenting day‑to‑day work, turning the skills you’re paid to perform...
How To Build The Future: Max Hodak
The episode features Max Hodak, co‑founder of Neuralink and founder of Science, discussing the latest breakthrough in brain‑computer interfaces: a 2 mm × 2 mm retinal implant that has already restored functional vision to more than 40 patients in a multi‑site European trial. The...
Manchester MBA Voices - Gloria #mba #businessschool #entrepreneurship
The video, recorded for International Women’s Month, features a Manchester MBA alumna offering concise guidance to women aspiring to business leadership and to current students. She frames her advice around three core actions: lean in when you feel the urge...
Apple: The First 50 Years
The video commemorates Apple’s 50‑year journey, tracing its evolution from a modest garage project in Cupertino to a global powerhouse whose products are used by more than 2.5 billion people—surpassing the population of China. Key milestones highlighted include the Apple II’s six‑million‑unit sales,...
One Thread Changed My Life Forever
The video recounts how a single Twitter thread posted on January 3, 2021 transformed the creator’s online presence, catapulting him from obscurity to 40,000 new followers virtually overnight. The thread’s success opened doors to an exclusive influencer group chat, marking a pivotal...
I Built a $10K/Month AI Agent
The video profiles Ivan’s Lancer, an AI‑driven SaaS that automates job discovery, qualification, and proposal writing on Upwork, and shows how it scaled to $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue within a few months of launch, all without paid advertising. Lancer solves...
Sometimes the Basic Businesses Are the Best Businesses
The video showcases how a minimalist fashion accessory—a tuck‑band that secures garments—evolved from a DIY hack into a half‑million‑dollar enterprise. Revenue jumped from $34,000 in year one to $84,000 in year two and exploded to $525,000 last year, driven by a...
School Is Broken: How To Escape The System
The video argues that the conventional school system stifles creative talent, forcing students like Arya to juggle uninspiring analytical tests with their artistic impulses. Rather than accepting the status quo, Arya launched a podcast to learn directly from industry professionals,...
Scaling Digital Assets and Driving Innovation in the African Fintech Ecosystem W/ Bidemi Oke
The video features a conversation with Bidemi Oke, CEO of Flash Change, about how his company is scaling digital-asset services and driving fintech innovation across Africa. Oke explains that Flash Change launched in 2022 with gift-card trading, a deliberate low-risk entry...
Meet 2025 President’s Innovation Challenge Finalist: Kura
Every year, up to $100 billion intended for families, communities and emerging markets never reaches its destination. The President’s Innovation Challenge 2025 finalist, Cura, a platform founded by Stephanie Joseph, aims to close that gap by leveraging artificial intelligence and blockchain...
Lyv Health: Satchu-Burgstone Runner-Up Rock Business Track, 2026 New Venture Competition
Lyv Health offers a clinical-supervision platform that lets wellness businesses—like health coaches and medspas—order labs, prescriptions and peptides for clients, addressing a market it estimates at $20 billion within the $2 trillion wellness sector. Launched three weeks ago, the startup...
Do You Even Need a Co‑Founder_ How to Test the Relationship First
The video addresses a common dilemma—whether solo entrepreneurs truly need a co‑founder and how to assess that need before embarking on a search. The speaker stresses that alignment, prior collaboration, and complementary skill sets outweigh networking breadth. He advises founders to...
Mentor Spotlight: Anuj Adhiya on Why Speed Means Nothing Without Learning
In a Mentor Spotlight for Techstars Boston, Anuj Adhiya argues that the startup mantra of "move fast" is hollow unless it is paired with disciplined learning. Drawing on his experience from early‑stage employee to hyper‑scaling founder and author of a...
How to Actually Start a PROFITABLE AI Agency in 2026
The video presents a step‑by‑step blueprint for launching a lean, AI‑powered agency in 2026, arguing that traditional tactics—websites, paid ads, broad service menus—are unnecessary. Instead, the presenter promotes a “simple AI agency” model that can be built from scratch with...
Sell First, Build Later: The Founder's Secret
Stephen Pope, founder of My Amazon Guy, argues that founders should prioritize sales over product development, selling a concept before it exists to validate market demand. He frames the "sell‑first, build‑later" approach as essential lean entrepreneurship, warning that years spent...
Sergey Gorchakov (Cryptaccount): Lessons and Insights
Sergey Gorchakov introduced Cryptaccount, a subscription SaaS that functions like QuickBooks for blockchain transactions. He explained the startup’s origin, identified a market gap, and detailed challenges in building a crypto‑specific accounting platform. The model targets auditors and accountants, emphasizing client‑centric...
Give Me 15 Minutes and I’ll Build a $10K/Mo Shopify Store
The video teaches how to turn a basic Shopify store into a $10,000‑per‑month business by concentrating on the offer rather than traffic or design. The presenter argues that most new merchants waste ad spend because their conversion rates sit in the...
João Moura on Multi-Agent Systems, Autonomous Workflows & AI Entrepreneurship | Ep 09
In this episode, João Moura (Joe Mora), founder and CEO of Crew AI, discusses the company’s mission to deliver end‑to‑end multi‑agent workflows for large enterprises. He explains how the startup grew from an open‑source library into a platform that handles everything...
Matthew Kerbis - Practi - CodeX Group Meeting - February 26, 2026
Matthew Kerbis, co-founder and CEO of Practi, presented a subscription-billing platform designed to help law firms pivot away from the billable hour as AI reduces time-based revenue. Practi lets firms sign up free, build subscription packages, and currently charges $20/month...
The Simplest AI Agency to Start in 2026 (Step-by-Step)
The video outlines a lean agency model built around a single AI‑powered receptionist service that answers, qualifies, and books calls for local businesses. By offering a 7‑day free trial and a flat $297 monthly fee, founders can avoid the complexity...
Will AI Replace Humans? #podcast #customerservice
The podcast examines whether artificial intelligence will replace human workers, zeroing in on the customer‑service arena. While AI is reshaping legal, software engineering, and marketing roles, the discussion highlights that call volumes have not fallen; they are actually climbing each...
Something's Not Adding Up... #sharktank
The clip shows a homeschool‑born chemistry set, dubbed “The Tiny Science Lab,” pitching on Shark Tank. The founders ask for $1 million for a 20 percent stake, implying a $5 million valuation. Sharks quickly dissect the numbers: the kit sells for $350 while costing $200...
João Moura on Multi-Agent Systems, Autonomous Workflows & AI Entrepreneurship | Teaser
João Moura, reflecting on building CREI, argued that startups often must build complete systems in-house because partial solutions fail to reach production—teams expose the wrong data, lack deployment and monitoring, and ultimately don’t trust their models. He advised first-time AI...
Women Entrepreneurs for Good | Reimagining Inclusive Education with AI
The video features Falguni, a neurodivergent founder from India, introducing Cogniti – an AI‑plus‑human platform that reimagines inclusive education for children with ADHD, autism, dyslexia and other neurodevelopmental disorders. She explains how the solution blends adaptive technology with specialist teachers...
How SXSW Works For Music
South by Southwest has re‑engineered its format for its 40th anniversary, collapsing the once‑segmented music, film and interactive tracks into a single, seven‑day convergence. The demolition of the historic convention center forced organizers to relocate the music hub to the...
Why Public Health Students Belong in Entrepreneurship
The video argues that public‑health students are uniquely equipped to thrive in entrepreneurial ventures, citing their tenacity, integrity and deep subject‑matter expertise as assets that complement business acumen. Speakers stress that these students excel at making “the invisible visible,” exposing discrimination...
Before You Buy a Franchise
The video warns investors that buying a franchise portfolio is rarely a clean transaction; every bundle contains at least one underperforming outlet, the speaker calls it “the dog in the pack.” Recognizing that a single weak zip code can drag...
Interview: Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel on the Remarkable Success of Mewgenics
The Game Business Show interview spotlights Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel’s latest indie hit, Mewgenics, a roguelike tactical strategy game that sold one million copies in its first week and quickly eclipsed the concurrent‑user record of The Binding of Isaac. The...
How to Rank #1 in the App Store
The video walks through a step‑by‑step App Store Optimization (ASO) framework designed to push a new app to the #1 spot in the Apple App Store. It contrasts ASO with paid acquisition, emphasizing that proper metadata can deliver organic users...