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Take These 5 Steps to Future-Proof Your Business
Small businesses are facing strong headwinds in today's dynamic business environment. Technology is evolving faster than entrepreneurs can keep up with, market and consumer demands are constantly changing, and there seems to be a new economic or geopolitical disruption every week. Surviving in this landscape requires businesses to have robust strategies and systems in place while simultaneously remaining nimble. This…
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How NFL Star Von Miller Became a Chicken Farmer
Von Miller knows what it takes to dominate a field.For more than a decade, he's been one of the NFL's most feared pass rushers, a Super Bowl MVP and the kind of player who changes…
Brands are producing original series for social. Here’s why
As if streaming wasn’t fragmented enough, audiences now have plenty of social media series to tune into, too.Short-form, original series like Brooklyn Coffee Shop, which satirizes café customers, and Bistro Huddy, which portrays a fictional…
Quiet Firing: How to Know If You Are Being Quietly Fired
A passive-aggressive form of management is making headlines: quiet firing, the practice where bosses make working conditions so unpleasant for an unwanted employee that the person leaves on their own accord.It's not a new maneuver,…
A Hiker Was Missing for Nearly a Year. Then an AI System Spotted His Helmet
How long does it take to identify the helmet of a hiker lost in a 183-hectare mountain area, analyzing 2,600 frames taken by a drone from approximately 50 meters away? If done with a human…
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The Real Reason You’re Procrastinating in Business
We hear it all the time: work hard, chip away a little at a time, take the first step. But…
Why BoxLunch teamed up with Regal ahead of ‘Fantastic Four’
Theaters aren’t just places to see movies—they can serve as a place for fans to gather, hang out, and build…
3 Traits You Need to Succeed as a Franchisor
Franchise leaders know what it takes to build something that lasts.So we asked some of the top names in the…
Your Next Customer Found You in ChatGPT — Here’s Why
Generative AI is changing how audiences discover, consume and trust information — and with it, the rules of PR and…
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Trump Is Undermining Trust in Official Economic Statistics. China Shows Where That Path Can Lead
Welcome back! Louise here. On Friday, President Trump fired one of the nation’s top economists after her agency published a disappointing jobs report. Trump claimed the numbers were “RIGGED,” but there’s no evidence that Erika McEntarfer or the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) did anything improper. The new employment data,…
Why Your 9-to-5 Might Be the Best Launchpad for Your Startup
The journey from a corporate cubicle to the helm of a startup is a well-trodden path. Many successful entrepreneurs, from Elon Musk to Sara Blakely, cut their teeth in corporate environments before launching their ventures.But what drives this trend? Why do so many entrepreneurs emerge from the structured world of…
Looking to partner with a brand parody account? Proceed carefully
Sylvanian Drama, the social media account beloved by brands and 3.5 million followers on TikTok and Instagram, could soon be back with a different name after its latest brand-deal related lawsuit was settled.Since its inception, the account, which is run by creator Thea von Engelbrechten, has featured “Calico Critters” (known…
10 things to avoid saying in a startup funding pitch
Sourcing funding for your business is a crucial part of your journey, but it’s not always easy to get.If you’re looking for investor funding specifically, you’ll have to present your business in front of people who hear pitches all the time. So, you’ve got to grab their attention fast and…
Struggling to Find New Clients? Use the ‘Lumberjack Strategy’.
I was exhausted. My B2B fulfillment business had grown rapidly and was doing $1.2 million annually, but finding new clients was a grind. I was trapped in an endless cycle of networking events, cold calls, and business card exchanges that yielded minimal results.Then I discovered what I now call the…
How to Rewrite the Mental Scripts That Limit Your Potential
Executive pressure has never been higher, and neither has the silence. CEOs today are navigating complex, fast-changing markets while projecting absolute certainty. But behind the boardroom polish, many are quietly wrestling with a deeper challenge: the inner belief that they're not enough. I must have all the answers. I'm too…
Inside Dylan Field’s Big IPO—and His Even Bigger Plans for Figma
When Dylan Field pops up on my Zoom screen, his face is a mixture of giddiness and fatigue. He’s back at work, after a whirlwind trip to New York City where he launched his company Figma on the New York Stock Exchange, bucking the trend of multi-billion-dollar startups staying private.…
Want to partner with Liquid Death? Get in line
An all-too-literal guillotine league. Chainsawed sandwiches. A moshpit diaper.Those aren’t just random words jumbled together to test your reading comprehension—they’re the outcome of recent brand collaborations with Liquid Death.The canned-beverage brand has been inking more than sports partnerships in the last year, striking deals with a bevvy of other big…
Is AI Truly Driving Your Growth — or Wasting Your Time?
Every agency today brags about using AI. But few can show exactly how it's fueling real growth or whether it's helping you at all.Is it running on autopilot, quietly optimizing campaigns while your team checks the metrics? Or is it being used to supercharge decision-making, surfacing insights, testing assumptions and…
What Does Palantir Actually Do?
In response to a detailed request for comment from WIRED, Palantir spokesperson Lisa Gordon said in a statement that the company is “proud to support the US government, especially our warfighters,” and that it has never wavered from its founding mission “to support the West and empower the world’s most…
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Walmart Employee’s ‘Magic’ Side Hustle Surpasses $1 Million
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features 35-year-old New York City-based entrepreneur Mehek Khera. Khera is…
Dhar Mann Studios is just one creator outpost coming for Hollywood
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How to Understand and Extend Your Company’s Financial Runway
Most small business owners are playing a game of financial chicken, and they don't even…
Why Entrepreneurs Should Stop Trying to Avoid Conflict
Conflict. Most entrepreneurs see it as a dreaded, disruptive force — something to avoid at…
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt
OpenAI’s GPT-5 model was meant to be a world-changing upgrade to its wildly popular and…