My husband and I have worked together for 15 years — and still like each other. Here's how we manage marriage and our business.

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The author and her husband pose while dining outdoors.
The author and her husband have worked together in a corporate environment and while running their own business. They've learned how to be successful in business and marriage along the way.

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As a nonprofit-focused software company, AI tools help our clients fundraise with limited resources

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Neon One CEO Keith Reed standing against a wall.
Keith Reed is the CEO of Neon One.

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I got tired of the corporate hustle, so I quit my 6-figure banking job and opened a chicken farm in the Philippines

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Andrew Fletcher with a chicken in one of his farms in the Philippines.
Andrew Fletcher quit his corporate banking job in Toronto to open a chicken farm in the Philippines.

Andrew Fletcher

I spent 30 years building a fertility benefits company. After listening to our clients, we've become a full family-building platform.

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Roger Shedlin, CEO of WIN, on a couch in a shared space in his office.
Roger Shedlin is the founder and CEO of WIN.

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A bakery owner who wakes up at 12:48 am to start prepping croissants says her success comes from social capital and 'radical hospitality'

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Clemence in her kitchen at Petitgrain
Clémence de Lutz is the owner of Petitgrain Boulangerie in Santa Monica.

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Addiction nearly killed me. Once I got sober, I started my own company and shared my story to help others.

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A woman holding a candle in a jar.
Lisa Devine with one of the hand-poured candles she makes and sells.

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I run a 30-year-old bookstore. Here's how I've kept sales rising for 4 straight years.

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Kandi West, Owner of WordsWorth Books in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Kandi West is the co-owner and general manager of WordsWorth Books.

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My small business modernized a 2,000-year-old tourniquet. We've already sold hundreds of kits through word of mouth.

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Founder Hannah Herbst with AutoTQ kits at the Golden Hour Medical headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida on March 2, 2026. Herbst developed the AutoTQ automated tourniquet after learning about the frequency of blood loss deaths. (Photo by Jennifer Ortiz)
Hannah Herbst is the CEO of Golden Hour Medical.

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I started drinking when I was 14. When I finally got sober, I lost 100 pounds and saved over $55,000.

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A before-and-after photograph of a woman who lost 100 pounds.
Emily Susman before and after quitting alcohol and losing 100 pounds in weight.

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New York lawmakers want to give your favorite dive bar a rent freeze

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military surplus store army & navy bags from inside
Army & Navy bags in New York's Lower East Side has hung in there.

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