This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features New York City-based friends and co-founders Millie Blumka, 31, and Taylor Borenstein, 31. The pair started a side hustle in 2021 called Stakt, an adaptable workout accessories brand. Blumka was a director of brand partnerships at Showfields and Borenstein was a product implementation manager at Bloomberg when they invested ..
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Target just promoted an insider to CEO, tasking him with turning the company around amid decreasing sales and foot traffic. Target announced on Wednesday that its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Michael Fiddelke, will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in February 2026. The company’s current CEO, Brian Cornell, who has been in the ..
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Most people think you need a massive ad budget to grow fast. But earlier this year, I helped a service-based business generate over $5.1 million in just six months — and we did it by focusing on strategy, not spending. Let’s Get Moving started as a single-location ..
Tony Lamb is the founder and CEO of Kona Ice, the mobile shaved ice franchise (ranked #30 on the 2025 Franchise 500) known for its tropical trucks, kid-friendly Flavorwave station and deep community involvement. Lamb started out in sales, then launched Kona Ice in 2007, initially as a side hustle to teach his kids about ..
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Too many corporate-startup partnerships fall apart despite everyone starting out with good intentions. Big companies say they want to work with startups. Startups jump at the opportunity to scale their ideas. But a year later, both sides often walk away disappointed and empty-handed. It doesn’t have to ..
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Poor pricing always comes with a profit margin, whatever the category or product you have. In 2024, returns in ecommerce reached $743 billion, almost 15% of all retail sales in the US. A significant part of these returns would not have happened if priced right. Such errors ..
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Despite all the talk about strategy, innovation and growth, one of the most undervalued assets in modern leadership is something deceptively simple: presence. Not stage presence. Not personal branding. But the steady, intentional presence of a leader who knows how to show up. Especially when it’s inconvenient, ..
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A stuffed giraffe named Joshie broke the internet — and taught a masterclass in client service. When a three-year-old boy left his beloved stuffed giraffe, Joshie, behind at a Ritz-Carlton in Florida, the hotel could’ve done what any service-oriented company might: return the toy. Instead, they gave ..
Serial entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis is helping lead Bed Bath & Beyond’s comeback as the company’s executive chairman (Bed Bath & Beyond Home opened its first store in Nashville earlier this month). And now, he’s looking for more brick-and-mortar locations. On Tuesday, Lemonis asked his 1.3 million followers on Instagram: “What city/town should the next @BedBathBeyond ..
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