Pay and perks aren’t the real issue. The problem is a leadership style employees are no longer willing to tolerate.

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After a Taylor Swift–fueled viral breakout, Fazit is embedding its glitter freckles into stadium culture, signing athlete partnerships and rejecting investors along the way.

Even as venture capital flowing to female founders has surged over the past decade, the startups reaching billion-dollar valuations remain overwhelmingly led by men.

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Great leadership isn’t just about your positives, the philanthropist says. It’s also about being open to being challenged.

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Naomi Barr is a freelance writer, editor and fact checker based in Brooklyn, NY. Her writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Oprah Daily, Real Simple, The Week, Barron's and more. As a fact ...

Fazit co-founders Aliett Buttelman and Nina La Bruna invented a genuinely new beauty category and turned glitterfreckles into a global phenomenon. Having hit $40 million in sales, the company has one ...

Inc.’s 2026 Female Founders advisory board opens up about confidence, customer obsession, and trusting your entrepreneurial instincts.