CEO Stories

Jack Welch says “I blew up a (GE) factory the first year I was there.” I was in mid-twenties then. “I was running a little pilot...

Satya Nadella shares a habit with Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates. Both leaders are voracious readers who apply what they learn to propel their organizations into the...

In 2012, Snapchat, when was little more than a year old, was struggling to shake a reputation that it was only popular for sending inappropriate photos....

BoxFox Cofounders Jenni Olivero, Chelsea Moore and Sabena Suri got the idea for their Los Angeles company, which crafts and ships personalized gift boxes, after struggling...

One of the rare women leading a public company is Pam Marrone, and her startup, Marrone Bio Innovations, develops natural alternatives to dangerous pesticides. She is...

Teatulia, an organic tea company with its CEO and cofounder Linda Appel Lipsius isn’t just banking on changing consumer preferences to sell their product, she’s confident...

An executive from Seattle visits Milan and is entranced by the coffee culture. He describes it as “the symphony of flavor, the romance and showmanship that...

On September 23, 1997, Steve Jobs told his staff that Apple had eliminated some 70% of its product line. “It’s way too much stuff,” he said....

Nearly seven years ago, Funlayo Alabi’s business, Shea Radiance, was thriving. And when her company got its all-natural skin and hair care products onto the shelves...

As the CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies, John Chambers of Cisco not intend to ever share the fact that he had a...