Success Stories

Originally published on Hackernoon It’s not easy to predict which companies will grow into big businesses but there are often early signs of something special. In 2013 I met Harry Glaser, CEO of Periscope Data, which recently raised $25M at a (likely) valuation north of $100M. Even though...

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE) is holding its annual Money in the Bank event on Sunday. To commemorate this year’s show, Benzinga came up with a list of the nine wrestlers with the most money in their personal bank accounts. The list is based on net worth estimates from...

LeBron James lost his fifth NBA Finals, but it surely wasn't due to a lack of effort, as he became the first player ever to average a triple-double in the NBA Finals series. Despite his incredible performance, the Golden State Warriors simply had too many weapons. This was a team that went 73-9...

Benzinga recently had the chance to chat with Will Rosellini, a 37-year-old retired pro baseball player with six graduate degrees who now serves as the CEO of Nexeon MedSystems, a company that has developed a neurostimulation system for the treatment of neurological diseases. In previous articles,...

The beginnings of the fast-casual restaurant chain Zoup! came in an unlikely place: a former General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) factory. The building on Detroit’s east side was where Zoup! founder and CEO Eric Ersher was leasing kitchen space and began holding soup tastings for family and...

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK)'s Larry Fink oversees trillions of dollars in assets under management, which is presumed to be more than any other human. Needless to say, he picked up a few tips along the way since he helped take BlackRock from eight executives in 1988 to now managing more than $5...

For Harvard, it's commencement day. In the pouring rain, Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) founder Mark Zuckerberg delivered the Class of 2017 commencement address. It was a speech focused on the importance of finding a sense of purpose in a world that so desperately needs one. Highlights From The...

The following was originally published on Hacker Noon.  One of the hardest parts of raising a seed round is finding the lead investor — a VC fund that will take at least ⅓ of your round. The problem gets even tougher as some investors want to wait for a lead before committing themselves...

She's a lifelong factory worker who now runs her own auto-supply business and spends half her time in China. He's a former professional boxer who is content raising their three kids. Mary and Scotty Buchzeiger are a power couple who spent years figuring out how to make their unorthodox...

Chesapeake Capital’s Jerry Parker joined the investment world by no conventional means. “I read an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal that [Richard Dennis] was hiring people, teaching them how to trade and staking them with money,” Parker told Benzinga. From there, the then-...

Benzinga recently shared the story of Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado,” founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL) and several other companies. During a conversation after Williams’ keynote at Green Flower...

At the Founders Brewing Co. headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, evidence of the craft beer maker's exponential growth is everywhere. “Six months ago, this was a parking lot,” Cofounder and CEO Mike Stevens told Benzinga, while observing a new automated canning line from a...

The cannabis industry is creating rapid wealth among investors. However, few entrepreneurs have been as successful as Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado” and founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL) and several...

Is there a relationship between innovation and chances of long-term prosperity? Intuition would lead one to think there has to be. But, does data support this assumption? The results are more complicated than counterintuitive. By using three separate reports from WalletHub* and comparing the...

If a net worth of $87.5 billion and a heart for philanthropy are any testament, Bill Gates has wisdom. So, naturally, his advice is aggressively sought. Parents want it to guide their progeny. Youth covet it to, well, become Bill Gates. The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder wouldn...