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Theirs is the ultimate meet-cute startup story--a romantic-comedy business tale. Rosie O'Neill and Josh Resnick were on their third date in 2010, at a screening of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. They started talking about a candy store that wou

When the price is nice, who's to argue if a hotel has no room service? The select-service category--hotels that typically lack restaurants and offer amenities in moderation--has grown 38 percent in North America in the past six years, according to Sm

Keri Ferry was working 14-hour days in private equity when she became fascinated by a new retail model: online brands that offer high quality and low prices by eliminating the middleman markup. Warby Parker, the designer eyewear company founded by he

Finding attractive clothing that fits is hard enough, but for plus-size customers, it's even more of a struggle. Despite the fact that more U.S. women wear a size 16 dress than sizes 0, 2 and 4 combined, many designers are hesitant to create clothing

Do you have an ethical dilemma? Write to The Ethics Coach at ethics@entrepreneur.com. Q: Employees at my restaurant are taking food home without paying for it and are not charging their friends for drinks. I made it clear that I'll fire people if the

The key to missing deadlines is, first, to miss them morally: fully aware of the problems you're causing other people and generally aware of the reason you're missing the deadline. (Note the active voice there. You--or your company--are missing the d

I have a love-hate relationship with so-called "influencer marketing." Not because I don't think it's a legit practice--it is--but because too often it's done badly. But before I get into that--what exactly is it? Influencer marketing is the process

Boris Sofman was a bundle of nerves. But who wouldn't be? He was about to launch his San Francisco-based startup, Anki, on the most pressure-packed stage imaginable: Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the annual showcase for the computer

For better returns, should you invest in businesses engaged in social responsibility, or those on the opposite end of the spectrum?

It just may be the crime of the century. Our minds, thoughts and chief productivity tool--attention--are being stolen by a thief operating with absolute impunity: incessant, unbounded interruptions. An ever-growing volume of intruders--e-mail, texts,

.florist? .coffee? .technology? The options are vast, but are any of these new domain extensions worth the money?

If it works for dates, it'll work for tutoring. That's the approach WyzAnt has taken to introduce its roughly 2 million registered users to the 75,000 active tutors on its database, available to help anyone from kindergartners to Ph.D. candidates nai

A: Zzz, what? Oh yeah, insurance--a boring topic until the day it saves your business from destruction or lets your startup idea get off the ground. Just ask home-sharing company Airbnb or car service Lyft, which were stuck in their tracks until they

Entrepreneurs and small-business advocates had hoped the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which President Obama signed into law in April 2012, would be a boon for startups needing financing. But with the Securities and Exchange Commission

When founders come to me for advice on fundraising, I always tell them to raise twice what they need and to plan on it taking twice as long as they expect. When I hear comments like "We don't need that much money," or "We're waiting to hit this miles

Lucky me. I came home from vacation last spring to find a letter from the IRS alerting me that they were auditing my 2011 tax return--specifically, my Schedule C (profit or loss from business). No problem! I thought. I'm honest and organized. Ha! Alt

Most entrepreneurs start from scratch, using their own and investors' money to fund their dreams. But there's another breed of entrepreneur, called a "searcher," who is more interested in growing a business than in creating one. The best part? They g

Social networks are a dime a dozen. So what prompted venture capitalists to kick in more than $100 million to back Nextdoor, which allows users to connect with others in their neighborhoods? In a word, prequalification. Nextdoor, launched in 2011, is

Traffic lights for toilet stalls cuts down on bathroom wait times at concerts, stadiums and other venues.

Since debuting their cloud-based coordination and communication platform for senior-care providers at a regional trade show in 2012, Asif Khan and Fahad Aziz have raised $2.5 million, won multiple awards and acquired more than 100 U.S. facilities as

These companies revamped their models while staying true to their core values, gaining new generations of customers along the way.

One day in 2009, Southern California native Bryan Weinstein went out back to fire up his gas grill. It had been a while. When he opened the lid, he saw crusted-on food, spots of mold and other manner of filth that would not be tolerated on any other

Danny Breaux has worked in the bar industry pretty much his entire adult life. He even began an MBA at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with the hopes of establishing his own nightspot. But as graduation approached in 2012, something felt wr

With his startup Everlane, Michael Preysman is cutting out the middleman markups from high quality fashion.

With his startup Kiip, Brian Wong is connecting consumers with brands by rewarding engagement.

With her startup Getaround, Jessica Scorpio is connecting individual car owners with renters.

With his startup SwiftKey, Jon Reynolds is breathing new life into the act of typing on a keyboard.

In this issue, we celebrate our Young Millionaires. These are the faces and the inspiration of tomorrow.

Take a moment to consider what you need to get done on your computer today. Chances are you can accomplish all of it with a value-minded Samsung Chromebook 2 ($400), a 3-pound laptop with a leather-like cover that runs Google's browser-based Chrome o

Imagination Yoga uses storytelling to encourage kids to move through a series of yoga positions.

This category, which includes children's enrichment, fitness, spa and senior care services, is among the fastest growing in the franchise world.