As the cyclosporiasis outbreak continues to rage across the United States, salad chains like Sweetgreen are preparing for a significant decline in sales. The company’s second quarter earnings report, released on Thursday, included a new outlook for 2026 that “reflects reduced consumer demand for fresh prepared foods due to the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis since mid-July.” Sweetgreen now predicts same-store sales for the year will drop between 7% and 8%, worse than its previous outlook, which projected a 2% to 4% decline. The company has also lowered its restaurant-level profit margin from a range of 14.2% and 14.7% to 10.5%…
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In a corporate job, somebody else initiates your raise. There’s an annual review on the calendar, and you may or may not get an increase based on performance, cost of living or both. Working solo, none of that exists. If you want to be paid more, you’re the one who has to bring it up with clients. Most solopreneurs put it off, because that conversation feels so uncomfortable. Raising your rates is a routine business operation, and if it’s not something you plan for, you’ll find that your pay doesn’t reflect changes in your business and expenses. {“blockType”:”mv-promo-block”,”data”:{“imageDesktopUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/11/work-better-1.png”,”imageMobileUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/11/work-better-mobile-1.png”,”eyebrow”:””,”headline”:”u003Cstrongu003ESubscribe to Work…
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. I love apps like Metronaut and Tomplay, which let me carry a collection of classical (sheet) music on my phone. They also provide piano or orchestral accompaniment for any violin piece I want to play. Today’s story shares 10 other recommended tools for music lovers from my fellow writer and friend, Chris Dalla Riva, who writes Can’t Get Much Higher, a popular Substack focused on the intersection of music and data. I invited Chris to share with you his favorite resources for discovering, learning, and creating music. By day,…
You might think about rockets as powerful vehicles that blast astronaut crews and robotic missions off into space. But what if they could be used to send cargo from one side of the Earth to the other, in a fraction of the time it would take a plane? The company SpaceX recently announced a project that aims to use its rockets to do just that. SpaceX launched its Starfall demo mission on June 23, 2026. According to a document from the Federal Aviation Administration, Starfall has two main purposes: to use rockets to quickly deliver cargo around the world, and…
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. Darin Alpert is the co-founder of Gheelish, a CPG company that is taking over snack aisles across the country. He spoke with Entrepreneur to share how he and his co-founder brought his concept to life, and all of the small details that resulted in nationwide success. Please give us the…
Russia is now doubling the military content imposed on school children. Beginning September 1, military instruction in the compulsory course called “Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Motherland” will rise from 20% to 50% of teaching time for students in grades six through eleven. The Russian government is converting the classroom into a military recruitment center. The program reportedly includes drone operation, engineering instruction, military camps, and preparation for future service. Occupation authorities in Donetsk have approved a ten-year plan extending through 2036, while vocational students in occupied Kherson are being taught to operate, maintain, and repair drones. In…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Managing up is a skill that’s rarely taught but increasingly important as you climb the corporate ladder, and it’s particularly difficult when the person you’re managing up to is an executive. There are four common mistakes you must avoid: not knowing the executive’s goals, failing to adapt to the leader, providing too much context and not marketing the value of your work. Managing up to executives is a skill, and like any skill, it improves with intention and consistent practice. Managing up to executives is one of the most underrated…
The latest polling from Europe exposes the hypocrisy behind the entire war campaign. Europeans have been frightened into supporting larger military budgets, common European debt, weapons for Ukraine, and an EU defense structure, but when they are asked whether they would personally pick up a rifle, the enthusiasm suddenly disappears. They support war in theory as long as Ukrainians, professional soldiers, or somebody else’s children are forced to die for it. The European Council on Foreign Relations surveyed 19,481 adults across 15 European countries in May 2026. The results were presented under the absurdly triumphant title “Europeans are ready to…
Key Takeaways Matthias Hofmann saw a growing shortage of eye care providers as an opportunity to rethink how routine vision tests are delivered. After a smartphone vision-testing startup failed to catch on, he realized convenience mattered to people more than the test itself. Eyebot’s 90-second kiosks aim to make eye exams easier to access while helping retailers address a shortage of optometrists Getting a vision test can take weeks or even months, depending on where you live. Blame it on a simple supply-and-demand problem. More than 40,000 eye doctor positions were open in the U.S. last year, while the number…
A United Nations proposal would replace the current system of taxing each multinational subsidiary separately with a global unitary tax system. A corporation’s worldwide profits would first be combined into one total and then divided among countries according to a formula measuring where it employs workers and where its customers purchase goods and services. Each country would apply its own corporate tax rate to the portion assigned to it, regardless of where the company legally reported the profit. Tax Justice Network estimates that this reallocation would produce an additional $500 billion in annual corporate tax revenue worldwide. It would…