Entrepreneur Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm partnered with Entrepreneur Media that is dedicated to backing passionate and innovative founders as early as day one. In this series, we are profiling the amazing entrepreneurs Entrepreneur Ventures is working with to share their insights on building and growing a thriving business. Zac Choi has spent two decades building and implementing data and AI systems for companies of every size, from mid-market SaaS darlings to global enterprises — and he saw a big problem coming before almost anyone else did. As AI adoption exploded, Choi predicted the technology would outpace most companies’…
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QUESTION: Why do you appear on Russian TV in Moscow? DF ANSWER: First of all, it is the Neocons who always wants to prevent any dialogue because that might lead to peace. I go on RT and they do not censor me, it is always LIVE. Moreover, I find it imperative to understand their viewpoint which comes across by their questions. As long as I am free to say what the computer is projecting, then I have no problem.I find ironically more censorhip in the West. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/JFK-We-all-breathe-the-same-air.mp4 When I was called in and asked to write the peace plan…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Maria Zhang saw firsthand how AI could power recommendations, matching and personalization at companies like Tinder and Meta. Restaurants have opportunities hiding in plain sight. They just need to find the right AI tools to help with catering, answering calls and supporting staff in an effective way. Zhang sees AI as a way to handle repetitive work without distracting employees from the guests in front of them. When TikTok exploded, Instagram had a problem. Short-form video was changing how people consumed content, and Instagram needed an answer. Maria Zhang, now…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI has made building software dramatically easier, but the harder question is now “should we build it?” Building software comes with ongoing risks and costs — reliability, maintenance, security and the responsibility for failures that vendors would otherwise handle. Experiment and build for the things that are low-stakes and safely contained inside your own walls. The companies that get this right are the ones that encourage internal innovation within safe guardrails. I’ve had conversations with so many people who have built software in the past year, and I’m not just…
Key Takeaways America’s wealthy are no longer limited to a small class of tech billionaires or celebrities. Millionaires often live in plain sight as local veterinarians, contractors and restaurant owners. These familiar members of their communities often started from scratch. 50 years ago, Dick Portillo didn’t expect to become a millionaire. When he opened a hot dog stand in 1963 with $1,100, he didn’t even know how to cook a hot dog. “I came from a poor family, and at one time thought I didn’t have anything to offer the world,” Portillo wrote in his memoir, titled Out of the…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Founders and business owners are increasingly looking toward private capital — not only as investors seeking returns, but as operators who understand firsthand what it takes to build enduring businesses. Investors considering the space should know that private investments should complement a portfolio (not dominate it) and that diversification matters as much in private markets as it does in public ones. They should also understand that complexity is part of the tradeoff and patience is often the real differentiator. For most investors, the “market” is whatever shows up on the…
Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal U.S. trade secrets and committed wire and bank fraud, among other crimes.Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday.The indictment alleges that, besides stealing trade secrets, Huawei and some of its subsidiaries did business in North Korea despite U.S. sanctions there and installed surveillance equipment that helped Iran spy on protesters during 2009 anti-government demonstrations in Iran.Huawei’s lawyers have tried to get the broad criminal case dismissed, arguing in court filings that the U.S. allegations were too…
Star Trek first beamed into our lives at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 8, 1966, and the science fiction world was never the same. The show, though canceled after just three seasons, went on to become a lasting pop culture phenomenon that has spawned an entertainment empire, with movies, spinoffs, merchandise, and a fan following that few intellectual properties can match. But Star Trek proved to be more than just an entertainment property. The technology the show imagined inspired many future developers to try to recreate the gadgets they saw growing up. And some of those fantastical devices have become part…
I used to have a manager who worked for me and would often come to me with a tricky problem to be solved. We would go to a conference room and she would explain the details. I would ask a few questions, but would mostly listen. After about ten minutes, she would jump up, having solved the problem herself and exclaim, “Thanks, you really helped me!” I didn’t have any answers, but my listening helped her find them. One thing I’ve noticed teaching undergraduates is that we train people to give answers, but not to ask questions and listen. By…
Shares in the five most prominent quantum computing companies are rising today despite a larger market pullback. The stock price jump in the companies controlling the nascent technology comes after three of the companies secured hundreds of millions in funding from the US government. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Today, three of America’s most prominent publicly traded quantum computing companies—Rigetti Computing (Nasdaq: RGTI), D-Wave Quantum (Nasdaq: QBTS), and Quantinuum (Nasdaq: QNT)—are seeing their stock prices surge along with two other players in the market, Quantum Computing Inc. (Nasdaq: QUBT) and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ). Rigetti, D-Wave, and Quantinuum…