Aspirational

Running your own business can be considered one of the greatest accomplishments. However, that doesn’t mean it is easy.

With retail at the forefront of the sectors impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, luxury brands must contend with marketing themselves to a consumer base that has been fundamentally changed.

Though start-up success stories are widely known and lauded, most will never reach the height of success. For aspiring business leaders, could acquisition entrepreneurship represent a more viable route?

Failure can be devastating to an entrepreneur's motivation, and often seems irreversible. For those who feel discouraged, here are some case studies to show that no setback is insurmountable.

Rutger Bruining, CEO of personal biography-writing service StoryTerrace, offers perspective into the origin stories of some of the biggest entrepreneurs of the 2000s.