Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Family businesses aren’t a fallback plan. They’re among the most powerful engines of entrepreneurship in the world. With a family business, you inherit an in-progress story, and you have a unique advantage in that ideas don’t stop when the workday ends. The goal isn’t to preserve everything exactly as it was; it’s to protect the values that built the company while constantly evolving how those values are delivered. Understand that reputation compounds faster than revenue, and ask, “Will the next generation thank us for this decision?” instead of “Is this…
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The snowballing opposition to data centers in communities across the United States has transformed the midterm election landscape, thrown a wrench into the plans of the world’s richest companies and brought perhaps the industry’s biggest booster, President Donald Trump, to its defense.It’s a dramatic shift from two years ago, when few people had even heard of a data center.But the late 2022 debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT ignited worldwide demand for chatbots and other generative AI products that typically require large amounts of computing power to train and operate. Now, Oracle, Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft expect to plunge more than…
The U.S. data center boom is driving such a surge in gas power developments that the country is now outpacing China, with nearly three times the amount of gas-fired capacity in the works. In the first half of 2026 alone, the gas-fired capacity under development for data centers in the U.S. nearly doubled, according to a new report from Global Energy Monitor, a research nonprofit that tracks energy infrastructure. At the end of 2025, the nonprofit identified 97 gigawatts (GW) of gas power projects in development that were specifically planned here on-site for data centers. Now, that figure has jumped…
It is rather common these days to say that there are no such things as stupid questions, but (and apologies if this sounds stupid) does anyone actually believe that? Interestingly, we tend to praise those who ask smart questions but rarely condemn the reverse. Yet, unsurprisingly, smart questions are far less common than dumb, and especially average ones. Let us start with those … {“blockType”:”mv-promo-block”,”data”:{“imageDesktopUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/10/tcp-photo-syndey-16X9.jpg”,”imageMobileUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/10/tcp-photo-syndey-1×1-2.jpg”,”eyebrow”:””,”headline”:”Get more insights from Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic”,”dek”:”Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is a professor of organizational psychology at UCL and Columbia University, and the co-founder of DeeperSignals. He has authored 15 books and over 250 scientific articles on the…
Are Dick’s Sporting Goods investors waiting for the other shoe to drop? Shares of the Pittsburgh-based retailer plummeted more than 30% yesterday after a second-quarter earnings report that wasn’t promising. Despite seeing a 53% increase in consolidated net sales, the company reported earnings per diluted share of only $3.50, compared to last year’s $4.71. The number falls short of Wall Street’s $3.76 prediction, as cited by CNBC. Dick’s says it has initiated a review of unproductive assets, hoping to optimize inventory, close underperforming stores, and re-evaluate assets that don’t align with the company’s mission. A key component keeping the company down…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Reviews have become machine-readable reputation data, not just customer feedback. Reviews are now shaped by AI, user trust, customre rankings or decisions. Online reviews have always influenced buying decisions, but they now play a direct role in how AI-powered search engines rank and recommend businesses. From Google’s AI Overviews to conversational tools like ChatGPT, reviews signal credibility, relevance, and trustworthiness — making them one of the most powerful tools in your digital marketing strategy. Most business owners know that reviews matter. A few glowing testimonials can nudge a hesitant customer…
A playlist is like a time capsule. It can capture a moment and feeling better than almost anything else. Spotify is uniquely aware of that power, which is why it’s dedicating dozens of billboards to the beauty of the playlist. In a new campaign called “Playlist List,” the streaming giant worked with Uncommon Creative Studio to create a series of billboards that showcase the unique place the playlist has in culture. Up in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City, the billboards feature the names of delightfully obscure user-generated public playlists that tap into local culture. (See a billboard that…
Investors in private equity firms are in a bit of a bind. Maureen Farrell reported in The New York Times this month that they are sitting on 33,575 companies they have not been able to sell or list at prices their investors will accept. This is up from 32,451 at the end of last year and roughly double the 15,923 they held a decade ago. It is the third consecutive year the pile of unsellable assets has grown. And the way PE firms like to exit their holdings, by selling their companies to a buyer for a rich premium, is…
QUESTION: What is going on? You were on Russian TV again today, and now there’s a question about a U.S. military transport aircraft that, according to tracking data, secretly landed in Moscow. You’ve appeared on Russian TV twice within days. I saw the film Brink of War. I also remember attending a major conference you did for Bain & Co here in Sydney, where the press ran a full-page article on you claiming you were an advisor to Reagan. You predicted communism would fall by 1990, and in that film, Reagan says he was meeting to bring Russia…
For anyone who’s twiddled their way through several dozen hours of Halo or Grand Theft Auto, the newest Ikea home furnishings collection will probably look very familiar. The nine-item collection, named Yxstaby, is a collaboration between Ikea and Xbox focused on furniture and objects meant to be used by gamers. Several of the main design moves come directly from the Xbox controller itself. [Photo: Ikea] There’s a mint green pillow that’s X-shaped like the directional arrows of the controller’s D pad. There’s a faceted metal dish that mimics the form of the rounded D pad buttons on special Elite Series…