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Under Armour's Kevin Plank famously started his athletic-apparel company when he was a University of Maryland football player in the '90s. (He was looking for a moisture-wicking, form-fitting undershirt to...

One thing I've learned at Buffer is that being open to not knowing things seems to be the best way to learn quickly and teach others at the same time....

While running a large ad agency in 2011, Randy Browning found that brands focused marketing efforts on traditional advertising. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) But by doing so,...

Jim Koch is chairman of Boston Beer, a pioneer of the craft-beer movement and brewer of Samuel Adams. The business, which Koch founded in 1984, had $739 million in revenue...

Growing up I always admired Michael Jordan. In my opinion, he is the best basketball player of all time. At the time he was playing professional basketball, I never imagined...

DailyCandy founder Dany Levy sold at the peak of the market. But now the company is no more. In 2000, Dany Levy launched DailyCandy, an email newsletter touting one great...

Gordon Segal founded Crate and Barrel with his wife, Carole, in 1962. Today, the company has 120 stores and more than $1 billion in annual sales. Segal, who retired from...

Five years ago I was re-doing my last year of high school, managing a retail store full-time and performing in a play five nights a week. Suffice to say I...