Paul Hedrick looked down at his ostrich boots and found a business idea. Then came the work of making it fit. yespress.io/paul-hedrick?utm… via Yespress

Chegg’s next assignment: help students get hired. Our cover story on @chegg yespress.io/chegg-inc?utm_so… via Yespress

SEO.com has the obvious domain. Its harder job is connecting search to sales. Our cover story on @seocom yespress.io/seo-com?utm_sour… via Yespress

The car moves. The title waits. Meet Vitu. Our cover story on @MVSCorp yespress.io/vitu?utm_source=… via Yespress

DailyPay makes payday move. The interesting part is what happens behind the transfer button. Our cover story on @dailypay yespress.io/dailypay?utm_sou… via Yespress

Octane began by finding lenders for motorcycle buyers. Then it became the lender. Our cover story on @Octane__Lending yespress.io/octane?utm_sourc… via Yespress

Virtual Latinos built a staffing business around a surprisingly useful feature: being awake at the same time as the client. yespress.io/virtual-latinos?… via Yespress

Excelencia’s cloud migration lesson: count the integrations before you celebrate the upgrade. Our cover story on @EICPL yespress.io/excelencia?utm_s… via Yespress

Your employee left. Did their access? NetIQ lives inside that awkward gap. Our cover story on @NetIQ yespress.io/netiq?utm_source… via Yespress

Yami began with a two-hour grocery trip. Now it helps Asian brands make the trip to America. Our cover story on @yamibuy yespress.io/yami?utm_source=… via Yespress

Hudson Gilmer saw the electric grid through the eyes of a telecom veteran. Then came years of persuading utilities to use what his sensors could see. yespress.io/hudson-gilmer?ut… via Yespress

Jack McDonald built Upland by buying businesses. His final chapter as CEO was about choosing what to keep. yespress.io/jack-mcdonald?ut… via Yespress

Mike Mayer took air conditioner designs to bars. Strangers gave him something friends could not: less polite feedback. yespress.io/mike-mayer?utm_s… via Yespress

Zack Naylor built a tool for better decisions. Then his customers challenged his own. Our cover story on @zacknaylor yespress.io/zack-naylor?utm_… via Yespress

Alfatih Timur built Kitabisa around a familiar habit: people pooling what they could. The difficult part was helping strangers trust one another. Our cover story on @AlfatihTimur yespress.io/alfatih-timur?ut… via Yespress

Omair Ansari spent fifteen years in finance. Then he moved to Karachi to argue with payday. yespress.io/omair-ansari?utm… via Yespress

Markus Witte built Babbel by changing his mind. The first lesson was for the founders. Our cover story on @mkwi yespress.io/markus-witte?utm… via Yespress

Raymond Zheng keeps asking what happens after the water meter is installed. yespress.io/raymond-zheng?ut… via Yespress

Prem Bhatia once helped put IPL cricket on a phone through a call and an SMS. Today, he is building retail AI. The connection is closer than it looks. yespress.io/prem-bhatia?utm_… via Yespress

Daniel Pearson spent eleven years leading Bamboo. His next company starts with the work that happens before a video edit. Our cover story on @danielpearson yespress.io/daniel-pearson?u… via Yespress