November 2025

Building a Business

Here’s Exactly How to Score an Investment From Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec

To impress an investor, you need to know what they're looking for. For Robert Herjavec, it's not what you'd expect.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

How to Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, According to Fundraising Experts

Follow this five page template to keep your pitch smart and focused.

By Rollups by AngelList

Building a Business

How to Raise Money In an AI-Obsessed World

The founder of AngelList says that the competition has changed dramatically. But the opportunity lies inidentifying new frontiers.

By Avlok Kohli

Building a Business

How to Know If Venture Capital Is Right For Your Business

Kevin Carter has invested in over a thousand companies, dozens of which have gone on to billion-dollar valuations. He says venture capital is not right for every business.

By Morgan LaVoie

Building a Business

Why Founders Outside Silicon Valley Have an Advantage

As an investor in emerging markets, George Rzepecki looks for opportunities — and founders — that don't fit the Silicon Valley mold.

By Morgan LaVoie

Building a Business

If Your Sales Are Falling Flat, Steal This Strategy From Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec

It's Herjavec's best sales advice. Case in point, he used it at his own company.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

This Losing Mindset Is Common Among Entrepreneurs — I’ve Interviewed Thousands of Them

Struggling entrepreneurs tend to fall victim to this fallacy.

By Jason Feifer

Building a Business

This Buzzy Platform Is Becoming the ‘Spotify of Events’ — Here’s How

The events platform continues to evolve, twenty years in.

By Jason Feifer

Thought Leaders

If You’re Drowning In Work, This Cheatsheet Is For You

I spent almost a decade at Ray Dalio's hedgefund, recruiting the world's best leaders. Here is their secret to getting more done.

By Dave Kline

Building a Business

I’m a Serial Entrepreneur With a Counterintuitive Hiring Strategy That Works

You won't get this advice in a business textbook, but it's served me well.

By Michael London

Business News

Founders Are ‘Generally Absymal’ at Hiring — But Can Take 6 Steps to Be Better

Founders are typically not great at interviewing people. But our four decades of data show the steps they can take to make the perfect hire.

By Richard Hagberg and Tien Tzuo

Building a Business

6 Leaders Reveal This Year’s ‘Gut Punch’ Low Moments, and What They Learned

As 2025 comes to an end, these business leaders share the hardest lessons they learned this year.

By Frances Dodds

Buying a Franchise

The Top Franchises for Veterans in 2025

Looking for your next act after military service? These franchises want you!

By Tracy Stapp Herold

Buying a Franchise

The 10 Hottest Trends in Franchising in 2026

Want to buy into a buzzy business? Look no further than these franchises.

By Tracy Stapp Herold

Buying a Franchise

Why Owning a Seasonal Business Is So Lucrative

Some franchises are very seasonal. That makes it easier for you to buy a second business

By Carl Stoffers

Buying a Franchise

This Florist Saw 3 Problems In the Flower Industry. Now His Business Is Growing Like Crazy.

French Florist was once a struggling florist shop in Los Angeles. Here's how it transformed into an innovative franchise that's taking on the industry.

By Jason Feifer

Buying a Franchise

What 4 Hot Franchise Trends Say About How We Live Now

Why are people spending more in these franchise categories, and what does that say about consumers today and opportunities for franchisees tomorrow?

By Kim Klavin

Entrepreneurs

Why Are Some People Lucky, and Others Not?

As I'm building my second business and challenging myself in new ways, I'm starting to think about luck differently.

By Tiffany Krumins

Buying a Franchise

Every Thriving Business Owner Must Go Through the ‘Hell Zone’

Between your first success and true scale, there lies a brutal, unavoidable stretch.

By David Barr

Building a Business

Avoid This Common Mistake That Kills Brilliant Products, According to the Inventor of the Selfie Stick

All product developers have blindspots. Here's my four step system for ensuring your invention gets the best shot at success

By Wayne Fromm

Building a Business

Founders Who Do This One Thing Are Most Likely to Win Over Investors

Jenny Fielding is a VC who has met with entrepreneurs all over the world. She says the founders who make the best impression tend to have something in common.

By Morgan LaVoie

Tech

These 5 Tech Gadgets Will Up Your Productivity — and Make Life More Fun

Emmy Award winner Mario Armstrong shares new tech finds that can helpmake your to-do list a bit easier—and maybe even enjoyable.

By Mario Armstong