So faced with the prospect of getting very lonely very quickly, Mathias devised a cunning plan."I decided that I would hire rooms in shared Airbnb houses, and move somewhere...

The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Nick Mowbray, the co-founder and co-chief executive of toymaker Zuru....

Five young Danish entrepreneurs had launched the online marketplace several months earlier. Restaurants and shops post what leftover food they have available, together with a time-slot for collection.Members of...

Within three years Magazine Luiza had a few hundred of its shops across Brazil, with some large cities having as many as 58 outlets. Today the company has more...

His big break came in 1975 when, aged 22, he was appointed to the writing team of a forthcoming new US comedy sketch show called Saturday Night Live. Aykroyd...

Working part time in a computer store, Richard had shown his role-playing game - Akalabeth: World of Doom - to his manager. The man was so impressed that he...

When Rob Bernshteyn and his family escaped the Soviet Union, they initially found the US was worse. Source link

Sales grew quickly, and Invisibobble went international in 2013. Pairing up with distributors around the world, the firm started shipping to 12 countries.Although the company was growing, Sophie says:...

"I quit my job, and I started to write a lot of pitches," she says. "I'm like, 'Okay, I'm going to start an e-commerce business, because I know a...

"Divorce ultimately is a sad thing, but it's not a bad thing," says Pip. "People shouldn't be punished for coming to what no doubt is a really, really difficult...

Born and raised in a middle-class home in Ecuador, South America, Manny's first job was helping out every summer on his family's shrimp farm. He first moved to the...

Retaining a 16.6% share in Stitch Fix, Katrina's net worth stands at more than $200m. However, she didn't initially set out to become an entrepreneur.After growing up in Minnesota...