I used to resent my employees for taking long vacations. Here's why I no longer feel that way.

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I'm a professional chocolatier. When cocoa prices spiked, I found ways to make better chocolate — not smaller bars.

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Jerome Penafort, the founder of Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie in Singapore.
High cocoa prices pushed Singapore's Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie to innovate across its business.

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We're cofounders who left Amazon to build our own startup. We learned the hard way why Big Tech habits don't always translate.

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Andy Ratsirason and Shalini Aggarwal left Amazon at seperate times but reunited to run their AI startup, Tenafli.

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No network? No problem. How I built an AI startup at 18 with teens around the world.

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Alex Yang founded a startup with other high schoolers he met online.

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I founded Bala after a burnout recovery trip — but burned out again. Here's how I cope now.

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The gig economy is moving to Florida, just like everyone else

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Miami has quickly grown as a hot spot for independent professionals.

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Workers are leaning into entrepreneurship as the job market's Great Freeze marches on

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Ege Aksu, an economist at Revelio Labs, analyzed data on entrepreneurship and hiring.

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'Layers are dumb': Bobbi Brown doesn't believe in hiring too many consultants

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Bobbi Brown left her namesake brand in 2016, and founded Jones Road Beauty in 2020.

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'Think big': A 35-year finance veteran urges Gen Z to start their own businesses as entry-level jobs dry up

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A City veteran warns Gen Z to stop chasing shrinking graduate jobs and start building their own businesses as AI reshapes work.

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I quit a stable job at Microsoft at age 45 to try something new. I'm happy I took the risk and left on good terms.

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Joseph Landes.

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