You’ve got a great idea for a startup — the next step is to figure out how to fund it. While some entrepreneurs assume that raising cash through VC funding is the only way to go, many founders get their start by “bootstrapping,” or building their company from the ground …

Today’s guest is Zeynep Ton. Zeynep is an adjunct associate professor in Operations Management at MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founder of the nonprofit Good Jobs Institute (GJI). Before MIT Sloan, Zeynep spent seven years on the faculty at Harvard Business School. Zeynep’s research explores how companies can design and manage their operations …

You’ll need to go to school for over a decade, but getting a job in healthcare pays off — literally. Physicians, pharmacy managers, and dentists earn the highest salary in the US out of all other jobs, according to a new report released by job-listing site Glassdoor. In fact, the …

The billionaire private-equity guru Stephen Schwarzman in a new book offered fresh details about his role as a key figure in US trade discussions with China, depicting himself as a central figure who often carried messages between President Donald Trump and China’s leadership. “I try to be right in the …

LAS VEGAS — The swift rise of e-commerce, new digital platforms, and direct-to-consumer upstarts has forced large legacy companies to rethink their business models. One of them is the 108-year-old Mars Inc., which is undergoing one of the most significant digital overhauls in its history. To stay innovative, the privately …

Rhian Allen is a mother of two who founded The Healthy Mommy when she struggled to find a holistic support system for women to help her get healthy after giving birth. Allen built the business from an app and weight-loss challenge into the world’s most expansive health and weight loss …

Jobs in tech have a short shelf life. Josh Tetrick, the cofounder and CEO of Just Inc., a San Francisco startup whose mission is to transform the way we eat by swapping animal products for equally tasty plant-based foods, said he has learned that the way to keep employees for …

In an op-ed in the Atlantic on Tuesday, Bill and Melinda Gates said the “trickle down” approach to eliminating poverty works, but it doesn’t work fast enough. They plan to take a targeted approach. Using data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the foundation has examined inequality in …

WeWork CEO Adam Neumann told his staff to lay off 20% of the company’s workers each year, according to a new article from The Wall Street Journal detailing Neumann’s management style. The Journal also reported that his wife and cofounder, Rebekah Neumann, had asked for multiple employees to be fired …

If you’re the president of the United States, Barack Obama has two important tips to help make good decisions. The former US president spoke about his decision-making process on Wednesday at an event in San Francisco organized by the data-analysis company Splunk. First, Obama said, you should “make sure you …