Why Freshbooks Launched A Competitor To Itself
Mike McDerment saw the future, and it wasn’t bright. His accounting and invoicing company, Freshbooks, was doing well with customers -- but behind the scenes, its software code was a mess and it wasn’...
23 Jul 201821min
She Raised Millions From Investors... Then Almost Lost It All
Raquel Tavares, founder and CEO of a ghee company called Fourth & Heart, had just finished raising a round of funding -- and then her team looked at the company's numbers and realized they were almost...
16 Jul 201815min
How MailChimp's CEO Became the Leader His Company Needed
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9 Jul 201822min
How to Survive When the Money Runs Out
It's perhaps the most terrifying situation an entrepreneur can face: Suddenly, the bank account is nearly empty. You can't pay your staff. You can barely keep the lights on. What now? This is what Sai...
2 Jul 201818min
What Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From The Bicycle
Entrepreneurs must embrace change, or risk becoming outdated. In this episode, we offer a cautionary tale from history: What happened when entrepreneurs of the late 1800s tried to resist a newfangled ...
25 Jun 201837min
Nobody Believed In His Vision. But He Knew Better.
Everyone who’s experienced setbacks, rejection, and frustration will ask themselves the same inevitable question: “What if the naysayers are right?” Mike Rothman did that. As he built his company Fath...
18 Jun 201821min
Califia Farms Had To Start Saying, "We're Out Of Product"
Califia Farms makes a popular line of plant-based milks, yogurts, and coffees—but they became too popular, too quick. In 2017, demand began significantly outstripping supply, and so the company had to...
11 Jun 201818min
When Your Staff Can't Agree On a Vision for the Company
Orchard Mile, an online shopping site, had a promising platform and a talented team. But they had two very different ideas about what the company should prioritize. How CEO Jennie Baik made tough deci...
4 Jun 201820min
