QUESTION: You have mentioned that the neocons never look behind the end of the nose. Do they ever assess the risks correctly? Is it because they are just biased by what you have pointed out in Wolfowitz’s policy? D ANSWER: I have studied military tactics. As I have said, my father was a colonel with General Patton from North Africa to Berlin. In any military action, you must begin every operation with a detailed look at the enemy. Before a commander approves a mission, the staff MUST explain the opposing force’s capabilities, intentions, and likely courses of action. Get the threat…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The team behind a popular restaurant in London cracked the code for authentic content sharing and built a massive audience. The restaurant creators never set out to become YouTube stars. It just happened. Their philosophy for anyone trying to make it on YouTube is to keep it scrappy and authentic. Make your restaurant the main character. Some restaurants use YouTube to market their business, and some use it to help build one. Inside Fallow in London, the restaurant is buzzing with customers. On social media, it’s even busier. When Will…
Washington keeps insisting the economy is healthy because unemployment has not collapsed and inflation has moderated. Then you look at housing, and the entire narrative falls apart. A nation cannot call itself prosperous when ordinary working families can no longer afford the most basic measure of financial stability—a home. The National Association of Home Builders reported that builder confidence fell to 34 in July, marking the fifteenth consecutive month below 40. That is the longest stretch of depressed sentiment since 2012, when the country was still climbing out of the housing crash. Builders are not pessimistic because they suddenly forgot…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways As an entrepreneur, it’s essential to continually learn from the experiences and insights of others to enhance your business and personal skills. These five books offer a well-rounded playbook for leadership — from avoiding stupid mistakes to sharpening decision-making to protecting your mental health. With summer in full swing, many entrepreneurs are taking their final vacation days before the busy post-Labor Day period. While I plan to enjoy time on a friend’s sailboat, I am most looking forward to uninterrupted beach and poolside reading. Early in my career, I read…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Mario Draghi in Brussels to discuss the EU’s competitiveness agenda and the implementation of Draghi’s 2024 report at Draghi’s request. Whenever these two gather behind closed doors to discuss “competitiveness,” the European taxpayer should grab his wallet because Brussels has never encountered a problem it did not believe could be solved with more centralized power, more borrowing, and more government spending. The Commission claims that it is making “excellent progress” on trade diversification, regulatory simplification, and a new roadmap called “One Europe, One Single Market.” Paula Pinho, von der Leyen’s chief…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The two-word term “customer experience” contains a whole world in itself, defining the success of the company. Regardless of the scale of the business, it’s the top priority of the customer success department to collect, optimize and refine the user’s journey. But with the advancement of tech, traditional strategies are now being replaced with the latest AI-enabled frameworks that are much more effective and ensure better ROI.Here’s how you can transform your customers’ journey to its peak and set autonomous development as a default framework.Before AIOnce, the customers’ research department used to…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Every week, you enter the same loop. You have to pull the stats, sample the calls, file the reports. One week goes by. Nothing happens. You didn’t miss a goal. You missed a phase. As a result, your business ultimately doesn’t grow. It’s not because you have a discipline, motivation or procrastination problem. You’ve got a flow problem, and you’ve never been taught how to solve it. As a business owner striving for growth you look for two things: The activities that truly move the needle in your business. A productive state…
Next time you’re making a sports bet, check what Drake is backing, and then do the opposite. The rapper doesn’t have the best track record. In fact, a whole website called TheDrakeCurse.com is dedicated to tracking his “outlandish sports bets.” Since February 2022, Drake has placed 88 bets worth $40.2 million, winning just 35.7% of them, according to The Press Association via Bloomberg. He’s down $3.06 million all-time, including a rough stretch since April 2024. Per TheDrakeCurse.com, “Drake has lost $7.20M betting since Kendrick Lamar released ‘Euphoria’ on April 30, 2024, triggering one of the most infamous rap beefs in history.” The…
Key Takeaways On a mission to take better care of themselves, the Yues experimented with freeze-fried fruit. The couple invested about $5,000 to buy the necessary equipment and launch their side hustle. The business made about $100,000 at weekend farmers’ markets, then expanded into retail. This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Jenny Yue, 31, of Richmond, British Columbia. She is the CEO and co-founder with her husband Han Yue of OHME! Foods, a freeze-dried snack company. Yue started the business as a side hustle while working in health informatics and digital health within British Columbia’s provincial health system. Two years…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Many leaders believe they’re overwhelmed because too many people depend on them. In reality, some have unknowingly built their identity around being the person everyone depends on. Secure leadership means being humble enough to be replaced, but confident enough to know there’s no one else like you. Ask yourself, “How am I being complicit in the conditions I say I don’t want?” The best leaders don’t build organizations that depend on them. They build organizations that are stronger because of them. I’ve worked with founders, executives, entrepreneurs and high performers…