Business

Almost every method for how to validate a business idea gets sabotaged by the same thing: people are nice. Ask forty friends whether your idea is good and you will get thirty-five encouraging answers, none of which mean anything, because agreeing with you is free. Validation is the search for evidence that people will part […]

Hiring your first employee is the point at which a self-employed person becomes an employer, and almost everyone gets the arithmetic wrong in the same direction. They budget the salary, confirm the revenue covers it, and make the offer. The salary is not the cost. It is somewhere between two thirds and three quarters of […]

Is LinkedIn Premium worth it? The honest answer is that it depends on one thing, and it is not the feature list. It is whether you are already doing the work that Premium makes slightly easier. Premium does not create opportunities. It removes small amounts of friction from opportunities you are already generating. If you […]

Learning how to value a small business usually starts with a number the owner already has in mind, and ends with the discovery that nobody else arrived at it. The gap between those two figures is not a negotiation problem. It is an arithmetic problem, and it is usually visible years before anyone is at […]

Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys continues to strengthen its presence and build partnerships in Northwest Indiana. The firm’s Merrillville office has been open for more than a decade, and its Valparaiso office opened in September 2024, expanding access to its legal services in Lake and Porter counties. Through its nonprofit arm, Lerner and Rowe Gives […]

BEVI CEO Jazz Burila on building Kojie.san into a global Philippine beauty brand, backed by BEVM's manufacturing standards and BIGI's international expansion strategy.

For 72 years, Ahmadiah has built Kuwait's skyline by prioritizing client interests over the lowest bid — CEO Elie Hani on the model behind its lasting reputation.

Angelo Valenton, founder and CEO of POWER 4 ALL, is building the decentralized and climate resilient solutions to universal enablers that treat the Philippines' climate exposure as a proving ground for the world.

Fawaz Ghazal’s FLOOSS Group is redefining digital financing for a new generation of GCC consumers, delivering instant, Sharia-compliant financial solutions in minutes, with a growing presence across Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

Jerome Tuguin, CEO of Personal Collection Direct Selling, is scaling a Philippine direct-selling company by treating dealers as entrepreneurs and betting that trust, not just revenue, can thrive as the company expands into Malaysia.