Entrepreneurs
People who bet on an idea nobody else believed in yet.
Colonel Harland Sanders
The Man Who Refused to Retire From His Own Potential
Colonel Harland Sanders
The Man Who Refused to Retire From His Own Potential
Walt Disney
The Dream That Survived Bankruptcy and the Loss of Its First Star
Walt Disney
The Dream That Survived Bankruptcy and the Loss of Its First Star
Steve Jobs
Fired From the Company He Created—and Forced to Become More Than Its Founder
Steve Jobs
Fired From the Company He Created—and Forced to Become More Than Its Founder
Fresh StartsJames Dyson
The 5,127th Prototype
Sara Blakely
The Idea No Manufacturer Wanted to Make
Sara Blakely
The Idea No Manufacturer Wanted to Make
Fresh StartsSoichiro Honda
When the Factory Was Gone, the Need Was Still There
Featured Reelspiration
“When people cannot see your vision, create a version they can experience.”
Howard Schultz →
Jan Koum
From Food Stamps to a Product Built Around Simplicity
Told NoJack Ma
Rejected by Employers, Then Misunderstood by Investors
Fresh StartsReed Hastings and Marc Randolph
The Business That Kept Replacing Itself Before the Market Could
Henry Ford
The Company Before Ford Motor Failed
Henry Ford
The Company Before Ford Motor Failed
Fresh StartsSam Walton
The Store He Lost—and the System He Kept
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Jeff Bezos
The Bet Behind the Everything Store
Featured Reelspiration
“Conviction is not proof you are right. It is the willingness to keep testing whether you are.”
Elon Musk →
Oprah Winfrey
Turning a Painful Beginning Into a Platform
Oprah Winfrey
Turning a Painful Beginning Into a Platform
Fresh StartsMadam C. J. Walker
Building Opportunity From a Problem She Lived
Fresh StartsRichard Branson
Turning Dyslexia Into a Different Operating System
Fresh StartsPhil Knight
Selling Shoes From the Trunk
Fresh StartsRalph Lauren
Selling a Vision Bigger Than a Tie
Fresh StartsEstée Lauder
Giving the Product a Chance to Be Experienced