Welcome to CEO Medium’s hub for entrepreneurship and startups. Here you’ll find the founder interviews, startup playbooks, and business ideas we publish for people building what’s next.
Starting a company is equal parts exhilarating and unforgiving. The founders featured here have lived it. They talk about spotting opportunities, surviving the early years, and turning small ideas into real businesses. Alongside their stories, you’ll find practical guides on choosing a business idea, growing through innovation, and using new tools like AI to experiment faster and cheaper.
This hub is for aspiring founders, early-stage entrepreneurs, and small business owners, whether you’re validating a first idea or scaling your tenth. Start with the featured reads below, then keep exploring our Business coverage for new founder stories and startup insights every week.
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- Polsia AI Raised $30M to Run Companies With Zero Employees. The User Reviews Tell a Harder Story.: Polsia AI raised $30M to run companies with zero employees. What the AI funding boom means for founders.
- Pricing Mistakes First Time Founders Make: The pricing mistakes first-time founders make, and how to fix them.
- How Much Should a Founder Pay Themselves in Year One: How much should a founder pay themselves in year one? A practical look at first-year founder finance.
- Temporal’s $550M Raise Proves the AI Agent Gold Rush Moved to Infrastructure: Temporal’s $550M raise shows the AI agent gold rush has moved to infrastructure. What it signals for startup founders.
- Ronny Leber Holds the Attention of Millions of People: Keynote speaker, TV host, and impact legacy coach Ronny Leber on commanding attention, and using it to build a business with impact.
- Small Business Ideas for 2026 Worth Starting: A practical roundup of small business ideas worth starting in 2026. A solid starting point for founders looking for a proven direction.
- AI Is Making Experimentation Affordable: Atoms AI founder Alex Wu on how AI is lowering the cost of startup experimentation, and what that means for founders in 2026.