If you’re a creator or early-stage founder, your fastest path to meaningful revenue isn’t more views—it’s a focused digital course plus a simple, repeatable launch. That’s the core thesis Amy Porterfield shared in a recent conversation on the Think …
After months of disheartening job interviews and soul-searching in a San Francisco hotel room, Rebecca Dhrimaj chose purpose over predictability—and never looked back. As co-founder of The Empathy Collective, she now helps organizations lead change …
"There's no better way to be the expert than just to do the work." — Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash In a revealing interview on "How to Build the Future" by Y Combinator, DoorDash co-founder and CEO Tony Xu broke down the gritty, customer-obsessed…
When DevRaj Patel couldn’t find a drink that truly reflected his cultural roots, he decided to build one. Blending Ayurvedic inspiration with modern mixology, he launched Jivati—a premium Indian-inspired RTD cocktail brand rooted in identity and int…
How Meta Plans to Reinvent Connection, Creator Culture, and the Digital Neighborhood “People talk about wanting generational change in leadership and culture — this is it.” — Mark Zuckerberg In a rare and wide-ranging interview on the Call to …
Before she carried dual CMO + CRO titles at Calendly and led revenue marketing at Asana, Jessica Gilmartin was slinging frozen yogurt in the Bay Area. In her recent interview in The GMTnow Podcast with Scott Barker, her franchise thrived—and so did …
Andrea Marquardt Finck’s entrepreneurial path was shaped by profound personal loss, resilience, and a determination to give people back their most valuable resource—time. As a multipreneur leading businesses like Lightsome and Home Watch Madison, sh…
“We Have to Change the Way Technology Works” When Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel walked into The Colin and Samir Show, Southern California was literally burning—both hosts had just lost their homes to the Palisades fire. The conversation that followed f…
From lab research in New York to launching a platform uniting musicians worldwide, Alan Hegron’s path is proof that transferable skills can spark entrepreneurial breakthroughs. What started as a scientist spotting the struggles of friends and family…
In an interview on The Forbes Top Creator Show with Stephen Bertoni, 21-year-old Evangelina Petrakis shared how a simple quarantine hobby turned into a social media empire and a thriving jewelry business. With over 2 million followers and a direct-t…
After the NBA lockout, Wesley Horne turned a local coaching opportunity into a national movement by launching TruRep—a revolutionary AI-powered basketball training platform. From training Charleston kids in broken systems to creating a patented wear…
From Immigrant Hustler to Toy Tycoon When Isaac Larian arrived in the U.S. at 17 with a few hundred dollars and no English, the odds weren’t in his favor. Fast forward a few decades, and he built MGA Entertainment into one of the world’s largest pr…
In a wide-ranging appearance on Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin, Kevin O’Leary — investor, entrepreneur, and longtime Shark Tank personality — dropped one of the most raw and practical financial interviews of the year. From how he builds his portfolio…
After building and selling her own pet business, climbing the corporate ladder, and earning an EMBA, Claire Pickens realized her true calling wasn’t in boardrooms—it was beside entrepreneurs. In this Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Spotlight, Claire s…
“If your entire identity and self-worth is wrapped up in your company, there are too many factors outside of your control that can give you a real curveball type of damage.” — Tim Ferriss In a recent episode of How I Built This: Advice Line, Ti…
“All anxiety is separation anxiety — from self, from source, from your power.” – Mel Robbins In a deeply personal and emotionally charged conversation on The Oprah Podcast, bestselling author and podcast phenom Mel Robbins opens up about a subj…
Bill Ready doesn’t want to win the attention war. He wants to change the rules of it. When he became CEO of Pinterest, he challenged a decade-old social media formula—engagement via enragement—and replaced it with a deceptively simple product north…
“The browser is the only way to build true agents.” – Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity In a world dominated by AI chatbots and conversational interfaces, Aravind Srinivas is betting on something deceptively familiar: the web browser. In a recen…
If you’re an early-stage founder or ambitious wantrepreneur, the fastest way to accelerate your progress might be to say “no” more often and more strategically. That’s the central lesson from Carnegie Mellon economist Linda Babcock, co-author of The…
After trading his Army uniform for the high-stakes world of residential lending, Zach Farkas discovered a passion for entrepreneurship rooted in autonomy and impact. A former top VA lender in the country, Zach turned a major personal setback into th…
"If being healthy is a choice, then being sick is also a choice." — Naveen Jain When Naveen Jain arrived in America with just $5 in his pocket, he didn’t dream of becoming a billionaire — he dreamed of solving billion-person problems. Today, as…
"It was going to succeed, or it was going to succeed." — Patrick William, Founder of Rixson Capital Starting a fund sounds glamorous — until you realize what it actually takes. For Patrick William, founder of Rixson Capital, the journey from M&…
In an interview on On The Mend, former Citibank trader turned economic activist Gary Stevenson doesn’t just talk about finance — he talks about addiction. Not to substances, but to winning. At 23, Stevenson earned £395,000 in bonuses, the result of…
After two decades as a high-impact executive, Jess Lane found herself laid off from a unicorn tech company she helped build—a moment that catalyzed her entrepreneurial awakening. Rather than return to the grind, she chose to rewrite the script entir…