Success Stories

Charlie Munger liked to say that many of life's big wins come from a few small habits repeated over decades, and he once boiled those habits down to a simple daily routine. Three Simple Rules Behind Munger's Daily Routine In a 2017 interview at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business,...

Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) legendary former CEO, once told shareholders that the company gives employees two simple instructions before they begin work. Buffett’s Two Rules For New Employees In a 1995 annual meeting clip, he said, "We only give a couple of...

A Harvard Business School student once told Jeff Bezos that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) had little chance against traditional retailers and should sell to Barnes & Noble and cash in while he could. A 1997 Classroom Doubts The E-Commerce Upstart The moment, which dates back to 1997, recounted...

Bill Gates says the best business book he's ever read is older than many of today's CEOs and he first heard about it from Warren Buffett in 1991. Warren Buffett's Timeless Book Recommendation When the two met that year, Gates asked Buffett for his favorite business book. The answer pointed him to a...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak says Hollywood has captured Steve Jobs’ best not in the splashy 2013 biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, "Jobs," but in a lower-profile 1999 made-for-TV film, "Pirates of Silicon Valley." Gave Kutcher's 2013 ‘Jobs' Biopic A Chance His verdict...

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield shocked the business world this week when he resigned, saying parent company Unilever (NYSE:UL) had stifled the brand's once fierce independence on social issues. Fellow co-founder, Ben Cohen, posted a letter to X on Greenfield’s behalf: After...

When the world's well-heeled want love, they call Jennifer Donnelly. The founder of The Ultimate Matchmaker understands what truly drives high-net-worth individuals in love and why it’s a serious investment in happiness. So serious that clients have paid Donnelly over $500,000 to help them...

From Arkansas to New York, HonestWaves is riding the cell-phone crackdown in schools. As more states enact bans on student phone use, principals are scrambling for solutions that go beyond confiscation and fabric pouches. Enter Emily Smith, an entrepreneur whose high-tech lockers, already adopted...

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) CEO Alex Karp reveals his unconventional journey from modest financial goals to leading a data analytics giant worth over $370 billion in market capitalization. Humble Beginnings With Big Dreams When Karp co-founded Palantir with Peter Thiel in 2004, his...