Here’s a problem most of us would love to have. What if you had so much money that you needed to hire someone just to help you enjoy it? For about 145 families, that someone is Fischer Unlimited, a New York luxury concierge firm that charges $150,000 just to become a client, plus a $25k annual fee. “Their time is precious,” says CEO and president Stacy Fischer-Rosenthal. “They really want to make sure that professionals are handling their needs.” Take Taylor Swift tickets. During the Eras Tour, one client wanted to go at the last minute. Fischer didn’t just find…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Cutting entry-level roles can weaken the future leadership pipeline and cause businesses to miss out on fresh perspectives that challenge established ways of working. AI can take on tasks, freeing junior employees to build practical skills in customer service, problem-solving and decision-making. Mentorship, structured training and regular feedback help businesses develop talent while making better use of AI. If you ask a group of business leaders where AI should fit within their teams, many will give the same reply: It can take over the kind of work we used to…
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said this morning that Democrats’ sweeping midterm victory sent a “very clear message” about the damage inflation has done to American consumers. During an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Khosrowshahi said the problem stems from how the economy has evolved since the 2008 financial crisis, as wages have not kept pace with skyrocketing prices. “When you look at capitalism, there’s capital investment and return on capital, and obviously there’s return on labor,” he said. “If you look over the past 20 years, return on capital has increased very, very significantly. You can’t say the same thing…
A blue wave has swept Democrats into control of both the House and Senate, dealing a major blow to Donald Trump in the midterm elections. But beyond the congressional shake-up, a handful of state attorney general races could prove just as consequential for the technology industry. Democrats won five closely watched attorney general races, including a surprise victory in Texas, where Nathan Johnson defeated Republican Mayes Middleton to become the state’s first Democratic attorney general since 1994. In Arizona, incumbent Kris Mayes defeated Republican Warren Petersen, while Wisconsin’s Josh Kaul secured a third term. Michigan’s Eli Savit defeated Republican Doug…
Progressive Democrats achieved significant victories in the 2026 primaries, positioning themselves to expand their influence within the Democratic Party. Nearly 30 new progressive candidates are expected to join Congress in January. Progressive candidates successfully defeated long-standing incumbents and established politicians in various races. The major influx of new progressive members is likely to shape legislative priorities and strategies within the Democratic majority. The implications will be profound. The success of progressive Democrats indicates a shift in the party’s dynamics, potentially leading to more left-leaning policies and initiatives in the upcoming congressional sessions. Nobody bothers to look has such…
A California measure to tax the net worth of billionaires that divided liberal leaders nationally and triggered one of the most expensive ballot fights in state history was too early to call Wednesday morning as the vote tally continued.Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion, with most of the revenue dedicated to replacing federal funding cuts to healthcare. The measure left the ultra-rich, some of whom spent heavily to defeat it, scrambling to figure out whether they would pay the tax or leave California.Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders framed…
There’s no two ways about it: Yesterday’s midterm election results were nothing short of a massive victory for the Democrats (a “blue tsunami,” indeed). The Democrats will now control both chambers of Congress by a wide margin, radically altering the balance of power in Washington. While change brings uncertainty—and no one likes uncertainty less than investors—stock markets have so far reacted positively to the news. As of the time of this writing, S&P futures are up more than 1%, Dow futures are up more than 1.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq futures are up nearly 1%. But while many stocks are…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Measure outcomes per activity, not total activity, because three meetings from 40 calls beats three meetings from 400 dials. Clean and verify contact data before scaling outreach, since wrong numbers waste dials and get your lines flagged. Back in the mid-2010s, I was one of those sales reps with a pretty bullish mentality towards outbound email outreach. Unfortunately, the tables turned, and my response rates to cold email outreach plummeted 90%. Over the last decade, the same amount of outreach has begun producing just a tenth of the results; not…
On our video call, Shreyas Narlanka holds up a 3-inch square screen called Meadow. It looks like a thick, equilateral iPhone 13 mini. It would easily fit in my jeans’ front pocket. I instantly wanted one. The Meadow is just one of a small but growing merry band of devices that want to help people cut their hyperdependency on their smartphones. There’s Ikko’s MindOne Pro, a kids’ phone called Freckle, the Light Flip phone, and even an aluminum case called RePod designed to turn obsolete Apple Watches into iPhone-iPod hybrids. These gadgets are coming at an opportune time because every…
We will run the models with the final numbers. But this is showing what we expected. Of course, the Democrats are cheering and assume they will already win the White House in 2028. We do not see that, but there is going to be a sharp rise in 3rd party in 2028. We had forecast that for 2016 and that ended up as a victory for the non-politicians Trump against Hillary. There too, Hillary dwarfed Trump in money but she could not buy the election. Here too, the Republicans dwarfed the Democrats in terms of money, but that did not…