Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Now that everyone has access to AI, our ability to compete is shifting toward critical thinking, judgment and taste. Tasteology is the discipline of making better marketing decisions through critical thinking, accumulated human experience, cultural intelligence, multidisciplinary knowledge and evidence. Taste is accumulated experience turned into judgment. But in the age of AI, judgment doesn’t operate alone. I think of it through a framework I call HEJA: Human, Emotional Intelligence, Judgment and AI. Before putting anything into the world, ask yourself: Would I invest $10,000 of my own money to…
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QUESTION: Marty, Bessent is plainly no trader. As you’ve pointed out, he’s spent far too long in the company of market manipulators. I remember your warning that rolling debt into shorter maturities only deepens future fragility. And as you put it, it’s Groundhog Day on repeat. So the question is: does this bring us closer to Socrates’ prophecy of even higher rates? SK ANSWER: This is a dumb move. With war circling around like vultures waiting for the carcas to die for a free meal, the Bessent announced that the federal government will buy back up to $6 billion of…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Layoffs may reduce costs quickly, but companies that simply rehire into the same org chart risk recreating the inefficiencies that created the crisis in the first place. Rebuilding successfully requires real-time workforce data and managers equipped to make better hiring, compensation, promotion and team-design decisions. AI-related layoffs tend to generate headlines, and they’re rarely flattering.Just ask Amazon, which drew fire for eliminating thousands of corporate positions while doubling down on generative AI investments. Or Klarna, which was skewered for firing 700 customer support agents, only to hire them back when…
Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out of the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom’s air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. Delays continued for a second day Wednesday, rippling across 15 U.K. airports and beyond as airlines and airports worked to clear a huge backlog of canceled and delayed flights. The problems stranded passengers for hours on airport runways and in terminals. Flight delays were expected to continue through the day Wednesday as airlines rebook stranded passengers and work to reposition aircraft left at the wrong airports by the cancellations. NATS,…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI agency requires founders to think like owners protecting equity and data can matter as much as adopting the latest technology Capital follows defensibility as investors are pouring unprecedented money into AI, entrepreneurs still need sustainable business models Founders need to turn AI into proprietary data, intellectual property to gain a competitive advantage Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming table stakes for entrepreneurs. The next competitive divide may not be between entrepreneurs who use AI and those who don’t. It could be between founders who simply consume AI and those who…
For more than ten years, the only way into the Planet Fitness system was to buy an existing franchisee’s gym, the way mega-operator Flynn Group did in 2023. That changed this year. Ian McClure, who builds hotels for a living, just did something no outside franchisee has done in over a decade. He signed a brand-new development deal with Planet Fitness instead of buying out an existing operator’s gyms, Franchise Times reports. His company, Gulf Coast Hotel Management, has 40-plus extended-stay properties across 14 states and 30 more Wyndham locations under construction in Texas, Florida and Colorado. He landed three…
It’s one of the hardest writing jobs to get in America, and it pays up to $178,000 a year. What is: “Jeopardy!” clue writer? Correct! The quiz show just filled a rare opening, the first time in its 42-year history the clue writer job has ever been publicly advertised, according to the Wall Street Journal. More than 1,300 people applied in just eight days before the role was filled. The application was brutal. Candidates had to take the same 50-question test contestants do, with 15 seconds per answer, then submit six full categories for the Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy rounds,…
Although leadership is often portrayed as a glamorous career destination, being put in a position of power or responsibility is by no means an indicator of your ability to actually lead effectively. In fact, decades of research highlight an uncomfortable and pervasive gap between the leaders we have, and those we actually need. Indeed, some of the traits that help people emerge as leaders appear far less useful once they actually have to lead: narcissism, for example, predicts leadership emergence but not leadership effectiveness. Consider that the failure rate for corporate managers is estimated at least 50%, the confidence in…
QUESTION: Marty, care to comment of your old adversary Bessent and his latest boast “I am the house” warning traders not to bet against him? They called you Mr. Yen and Milton Friedman called you the World’s Ambassador. Socrates seems to take issue with Bessent. They never learn. K ANSWER: He is trying to use his position to manipulate markets as usual. This is why these people hated me because they judged me by themselves. I would say they would lose, and when they did, they claimed I had greater influence than all the bribes they could pay. They even…
A forthcoming selling exhibition at Christie’s Beverly Hills promises to bring together 50 of the most interesting chairs in Los Angeles. Their make spans antlers, steel, balloons, cardboard boxes, and resin. 50 Chairs at Christie’s includes famous and unique designs as well as chairs that have had famous former owners. They’re colorful and unconventional—and a reminder that even the most basic piece of furniture can always be reinvented and reimagined. The exhibition is being put on in partnership with the marketplace Basic.Space, which curated the collection. The chairs will be viewable by appointment at Christie’s Beverly Hills from September 25…