I left my corporate career to start a cleaning business 5 years ago. I still don't take a salary, but my family is doing much better off.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
A man wearing glasses, a gray baseball cap, and a red and blue shirt smiles for a selfie. He is standing on a grassy lawn with a driveway and trailer in the background.
Burgess Heberer started his business 5 years ago and 6 weeks later left his job to pursue it full-time.

Courtesy of Burgess Heberer

My 7-year-old wanted to make money, so I helped him start a small business. He learned about confidence and rejection.

Tech Insider : Business
Chris Rosenberg's son
The author's son started a small business in the neighborhood.

Courtesy of Chris Rosenberg

I quit my corporate job to start a laundry business, now worth millions of dollars. 'Cockroach mode' helped me become a successful entrepreneur.

Tech Insider : Business
Alex Smereczniak in a laundromat
The author first started a laundry business in college.

Courtesy of Alex Smereczniak

Inside the company that calls itself 'Moneyball-plus'

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports, Sports
Michael Schwimer posing during photo shoot on baseball field at Bullis School.
"I'm a believer in capitalism," says Michael Schwimer, who founded Big League Advantage to cash in on the future earnings of teenage athletes.

Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images

How one woman turned her acting gig on Broadway into an investment portfolio focused on social impact

Tech Insider
Lisa Morris poses for a headshot.
Lisa Morris.

Brandon Jones.

Sue Wagner, Muffy MacMillan, and other big names denounce the enduring gender gap in funding during entrepreneurship summit for women

Tech Insider : Business
Martha (Muffy) MacMillan speaks on a panel at the WEDO summit.
Members of a panel at the WEDO summit.

Courtesy of WEDO.

Meet Bernie Marcus, the Home Depot co-founder who is fearful of 'socialism' and 'woke' workers ruining America

Tech Insider : Politics
Bernie Marcus home depot
Bernie Marcus, 90, grew up in Newark, New Jersey.

Photo by Erik Lesser/Liaison

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