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 B…
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 p…
"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 jou…
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 bonu…
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…
“You just have to really, really, really care.” – Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI When Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT at 19 to launch a startup, he didn’t have a perfectly polished AI business plan. What he had was obs…
After building and selling a successful business, Justin Wilhelms took a leap into his true calling—helping overwhelmed business owners regain control. In this edition of the Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Spotlight, Justin shares how he evolve…
If you’re an early-stage founder or wantrepreneur, here’s the unfair advantage you can start building today: a tight personal brand attached to a simple, scalable business model. That’s the spine of Daniel Priestley’s operati…
If software is eating the world, Replit’s bet is to hand everyone a fork. In his recent interview with Lenny’s Podcast, Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad laid out a future where product managers, designers, and even non-technical fou…
“You don’t have to be a CEO to lead. Leadership is deciding to step up and drive something forward that wouldn’t have happened without you.” — Wes Kao In a world flooded with performative leadership and LinkedIn so…
After discovering the transformative power of leadership coaching, Kelly Kienzle took a bold leap from working within corporate frameworks to forging her own path. Through one-on-one and team coaching, she empowers mission-driven leaders to reclaim …
“You can’t have a great product without a great team.” — Cameron Adams, Co-Founder & CPO of Canva *In his recent 45-minute AI Product Masterclass on the Behind the Craft podcast, Cameron Adams* shared how, just days …
“Ten, Eighty, Ten.” That’s how Gary Vaynerchuk scales billion-dollar ambitions. In his words, “I open and close. The middle is the problem.” It’s one of many frameworks he’s developed over a lifetime of bu…
Garrett Paul went from feeling professionally adrift to co-founding a fast-growing accounting firm with childhood friend and CPA, Matt Jones. While Matt leads on the technical front, Garrett drives client relationships, business development, and str…
In the pantheon of Silicon Valley origin stories, few are as personal—and quietly revolutionary—as that of Drew Houston. The Dropbox co-founder and CEO didn’t set out to create a billion-dollar company. He just wanted to avoid forg…
“If You Don’t Know Who You Are, Mastery Will Be Misery.” For decades, Robert Greene — author of The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature — has been the modern-day Machiavelli for entrepreneurs, c…
“Operating out of fear is always losing.” — Julie Wainwright In her recent interview on the Success Story Podcast, Julie Wainwright opened up with striking honesty about public failure, personal collapse, and what it really to…
“Your tone is how the prospect interprets your intention behind everything you say.” — Jeremy Miner If you’ve ever been ghosted by a prospect, dropped from a sales process, or treated like a commodity despite offering so…
"If you take everything from me, I still have the motivation to start over again and build something." — Diplo When you think of Diplo, you probably think of the Grammy-winning DJ who’s headlined global festivals, broken genre boundarie…
When you hear Neil Patel — digital marketing entrepreneur and co-founder of NP Digital — talk about building companies, one theme keeps coming back: focus beats diversification. In a recent interview on the Success Story Podcast, Patel …
After being laid off, Tomas Franc chose not to job hunt—he chose to build. With a background in SaaS and a long-standing passion for fixing knowledge gaps in fast-moving teams, Tomas launched NextKS: an AI-powered Slack-native platform that tu…
“The future belongs to those who can steal attention.” – Codie Sanchez In a world where AI is eating jobs, algorithms change weekly, and competition for eyeballs is relentless, Codie Sanchez has quietly (and then loudly) built…
After trading the grind of underpaid academia for the thrill of entrepreneurship, Kristin Clark found her calling by helping others share their stories. As the founder of Elite Content Creation, a boutique ghostwriting and hybrid publishing agency, …