A pair of college students infuriated by a documentary. A law student who launched a record label in honor of her murdered cousin. A real-estate founder driven by social injustice.
They all run businesses that have grabbed top-ranked slots on this year’s Inc. 5000 Regionals lists, which measure the fastest-growing companies across six different regions of the U.S. And because no two startups are alike, they all took wildly different paths to get there.
Chicago-based Open Water, for example, took five years of development to launch before becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral bottled-water company in 2020. Orlando-based Get Low Records gained traction by focusing on live shows and physical sales amid a world of digital streaming. Austin-based real estate powerhouse Ojo Labs started as an A.I. experiment, before Covid-19 and the killing of George Floyd gave the multi-million dollar company a new mission.
Use these three tips from other startup founders to preserve your mental health and become a stronger leader. --Inc.
How just a few days cost some small businesses thousands of dollars on their Paycheck Protection Program loans. --CNBC
Stripe’s new $95 billion valuation shows the gap between public and private markets, as the payments company readies an IPO. --TechCrunch (subscription required)
Want to know why hiring for “culture fit” doesn’t work? Just look at Facebook. --Inc.
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