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Mary Jo Fairhead felt that something was missing at the South Dakota public schools where she taught for over a decade, so she quit and started one in her home.The main challenge she’s working to solve at her school, Onward Learning, which launched in 2022, is individual attention. She said…

When most people think about entrepreneurship, they envision hoodie-clad coders building the next tech unicorn. My startup story? It began with dirty socks and a delivery van.My unusual passion began in my freshman year of college when I started running a laundry pickup and delivery service called Wake Wash. The…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chris Englert, 58, a woman who retired early after building up her savings and investment portfolio. Now, she travels full-time with her husband. The following has been edited for length and clarity.At my first job out of college, I attended an…