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HOW TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS IN 2025 • If you’ve been waiting to sell your business, this could be the year to get the deal done. Analysts expect mergers and acquisitions to pick up, especially given the Trump administration’s promise of deregulation. So if you’re considering selling now, here’s what you need to know.

5 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SELLING YOUR BUSINESS

Shuman Ghosemajumder • How your company can get the most value from AI—whether it’s AI-focused or not.

Marina Khidekel • You can tap creative funding sources for your startup, but as these founders learned, it’s hard work.

The Customer Isn’t Always Right. But Here’s How to Do Right by Them • Three seasoned founders share their approaches to managing tricky client relationships.

Tory Burch Is Better Than Ever, but Don’t Call It a Comeback • The fashion veteran’s business is hitting its stride—and she says, at 58, she finally feels like a real designer.

the LONG GAME • A new longevity business at Canyon Ranch, the famed wellness resort, invites stressed-out founders to spend $20,000 on life-extending treatments.

BOSS STYLE • From Steve Jobs’s turtleneck to Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie, a founder’s style of dress can become a signature, and even a part of their company’s brand. Entrepreneurial outfitting is less about rules and more about individualism. Here’s how eight founders win with their wardrobes.

Jonathan Adler Is Grateful for Growth Capital • The home decor entrepreneur shares how he went from “outsider moron” to private equity-backed founder.

2025 FEMALE FOUNDERS 500

THE NEW FEMALE FOUNDER MODE

The 2025 Female Founders Advisory Board • The seven all-star founders, who helped select this year’s honorees, share their best entrepreneurship advice.

ARIAN SIMONE • THE INSPIRING FIGHT FOR FOUNDERS OF COLOR

BABBA RIVERA • THE YEAR OF THE BUILDER

Hitting Your Stride

JEN ZESZUT • HER STRATEGY TO COMPETE WITH KRAFT: “WE HAVE TO OUT-JOY THEM”

PATTY ARVIELO • YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BE IT

Fostering Growth

Female Founders The List

JENNIFER HYMAN • HOW TO STAY ON TOP: DON’T GET TOO COZY

KATE RYDER • HEALTH CARE FOR HALF THE WORLD

Overcoming the Odds

Female Founders The List

SANJA KOMLJENOVIC • SCORING BIG WINS OFF THE COURT

Finding Balance

CHLOE COSCARELLI • A SWEET HOMECOMING

SHEILA LIRIO MARCELO • A CAREGIVER’S JOB IS NEVER DONE

T.M. ROBINSON-MOSLEY • MAKING MENTAL HEALTH A TEAM SPORT

ZONE OF CONCERN • Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are as pervasive as they are insidious, afflicting businesses ranging from hotels to breweries to coffee roasters. In taking on this huge problem, entrepreneur Dean Wiltse has found his calling—and an opportunity.

COOKING UP SOLUTIONS • Shiza Shahid launched Our Place with a focus on minimalism– and avoiding forever chemicals.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN • HE DESIGNED THE INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. SO WHY ISN’T HE IN THE PANTHEON OF SILICON VALLEY FOUNDERS?

She’s Done With AI. Now Lucy Guo Is Making a Big Bet on People • Inside the Scale Al co-founder’s plans to help influencers get paid, like, never-have-to-get-a-real-job kind of money.

UP IN THE AIR • HOW JSX FOUNDER ALEX WILCOX BROUGHT THE PRIVATE JET EXPERIENCE TO THE MASSES WHILE NAVIGATING STRAIGHT INTO A CLOUD OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. AND WHY HIS RADICAL NEW WAY TO...