Sweet Loren’s Founder and CEO Loren Castle on Building a Health-Focused Business and Turning It Into a Baked Goods Powerhouse, Part 1

Contractor or Employee: The Classification Test That Decides

Federal and state tests, the penalties, and how to structure the switch.

SBA Loans for Founders: The Full Requirements List

7(a) vs 504, personal guarantee reality, and the documents to have ready.

How to Raise Money From Angel Investors (Without a Warm Intro)

The cold-outbound playbook: sourcing, the first email, the second meeting, and the close.

The Operating Agreement Clauses That Prevent a Founder Divorce

Vesting, buy-sell, deadlock, and what happens when someone wants out.

Paying Yourself: Salary, Draw, or Distribution

Reasonable compensation rules and the split that holds up under audit.

Quarterly Estimated Taxes Without the Panic

Safe harbor, the four dates, and how to stop lending the IRS money.

Health Insurance When Nobody Employs You

Marketplace, spousal plans, associations, and the deduction that offsets it.

Redefining Retirement Planning for Women in the Workforce

Discover strategies for women to craft a retirement plan that addresses gender-specific financial challenges and maximizes long-term security.

The Salary Negotiation Script That Works on a Written Offer

Exact language for the counter, the silence, and the second number.

KiwiCo Founder and CEO Sandra Oh Lin on Cultivating Curiosity and Creativity in STEM, Part 2

KiwiCo Founder and CEO Sandra Oh Lin deconstructs stigma and biases in STEM and discusses how her company develops its products with the future of STEM in mind.

How To Be Bold Today and Achieve Your Dreams—A Conversation with CEO and Founder Leigh Burgess

CEO and Founder of Bold Industries Group (BIG) Leigh Burgess dives into her signature BOLD Framework from her forthcoming book Be BOLD Today.

Don’t Cut Off Those Bootstraps Just Yet—Here’s How You Can Start Your Business Self-Funded

Steps to successfully build a business through bootstrapping.

How to Enter Your Villain Era Without Your TikTok Algorithm

How successfully to enter your villain era, and become your own hero.

How Jessica Boskoff Created Dedicated Brands in The Event Space to Service Her Clients’ Needs

This interview is part of the Entrepreneurial Women Series, a column published by Leila Lewis, to shine the light on the inspiring women making waves in the business world.

Social Impact Startups: Harbingers of Change or Just A Mere Mirage?

Golden Currencies Review - The Ultimate Guide to Starting an Online Business

The Woman Who Invented Wedding PR

Leila Lewis built an agency for an industry that did not know it needed one. Nearly two decades and 7,000 press placements later, the category she created is standard practice.

Emma Grede Wrote the Playbook Everyone Is Copying

Good American, a founding stake in a $5 billion Skims, a book and a podcast. The celebrity-plus-operator model is the default now, and the hard half is the part nobody copies.

Phia, and the Price of the Last Name

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni raised $43.5 million at a $185 million valuation, took nothing from her parents, and then spent 2026 answering for an affiliate scandal.

How Sarah Ghabbour Found a Unique Way to Service Brides’ Needs

Sarah Ghabbour shares with SWAAY readers how she's servicing a unique bridal niche.