Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Few small businesses possess a legal department, compliance manager or IT personnel who review AI applications before launching them. But privacy laws, consumer protection legislation and laws on automatic decision-making systems affect small businesses in the same way they affect a big company. Businesses that consider proper AI literacy and AI governance as an integral part of the implementation of AI technologies will be able to gain benefits without risks. The rate of AI adoption in small businesses is quicker than the creation of regulations. Chatbots respond to customers 24/7.…
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I love talking to entrepreneurs whose mission goes far beyond profits — they genuinely want to improve people’s lives. McCall McPherson, founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic, has done exactly that, redefining thyroid and metabolic health diagnosis and treatment through nationwide telemedicine. She built the business from a solo brick-and-mortar practice in Austin into a 16,000-patient network with 10 clinicians and three physicians in leadership — all self-funded and with zero marketing spend. Her team uses proprietary lab ranges and treatment protocols, with documented remission of Hashimoto’s disease. And because she speaks from lived experience (she was debilitated for a year)…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 2,342.91 points or 3.66% to 66,300.44 • Shanghai increased 56.145 points or 1.47% to 3,878.43 • Hang Seng increased 62.90 points or 0.24% to 25,915.82 • ASX 200 increased 82.00 points or 0.90% to 9,227.80 • SENSEX increased 152.05 points or 0.19% to 78,581.00 • Nifty50 increased 9.75 points or 0.04% to 24,624.65 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00131 or 0.19% to 0.70595 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00050 or -0.08% to 0.58893 • USDJPY decreased 0.037 or -0.02%…
Today the beauty conglomerate E.l.f. Beauty released its earnings, delivering growth of 36% in net sales, to $479.4 million, across its portfolio of brands. The brightest spot in the company’s portfolio? Hailey Bieber’s Rhode, which E.l.f. acquired just over a year ago in a deal worth up to $1 billion, just three years after the brand launched. Rhode has built a niche demonstrating that skincare products under $30 can feel luxurious. It has also created viral ad campaigns starring unexpected celebrities including the actor Harris Dickinson and the Love Story star Sarah Pidgeon. In doing so, it has also lent…
Zillow plans to lay off “just over 500 employees,” or about 7% of its workforce, as part of a company-wide restructuring. The Seattle-based online real estate company had 7,058 employees as of March 31. CEO Jeremy Wacksman made the announcement in a blog post on Tuesday, citing a “flat housing market” and “what is required of us to grow at scale.” “These changes are about ensuring we have a disciplined cost structure and getting more efficient, with the right people in the right positions,” Wacksman said. “The opportunity in front of us is as large as it’s ever been, and…
AI is making it harder for companies like Apple to keep up with the outside researchers hunting for bugs in their software. The company capped how many bug submissions researchers can have open at once, responding to a flood of what Apple itself calls “slop,” low-quality reports where AI tools hallucinate security risks that don’t actually exist. Bynario, a seven-person Italian cybersecurity startup team, found more than 50 bugs in the latest version of macOS in just three weeks, according to the Financial Times. One was serious enough that it should have been impossible to miss: a flaw that could…
Jeff Bezos filed to sell about 15 million Amazon shares worth roughly $4.1 billion, but the timing is almost comically bad. The filing landed a day after the stock hit an all-time high and pushed Amazon’s market value above $3 trillion, according to CNBC. Amazon shares fell more than 2% Tuesday right after the filing went public. Lest you think he’s raining on Amazon’s parade, though, this wasn’t some spur-of-the-moment cash grab. The sale was set up months ago under a prearranged trading plan Bezos adopted back in November 2025, the kind of scheduled arrangement executives use specifically so they…
Whatnot has turned bidding on trading cards, sneakers and secondhand designer fashion into a live, high-speed spectacle, and it’s working. The company added 20 million new accounts in 2025 and is on track to surpass $1 billion in revenue this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. “I’m totally addicted to it, and it’s weird because I don’t drink. I never did drugs,” said Julie Johnson, a 58-year-old user who estimates she’s spent around $120,000 on the app over three years. Whatnot started in 2019 when co-founders Grant LaFontaine and Logan Head built a place to trade collectible toys and…
A San Francisco startup is using AI to help businesses create marketing, launch, and other videos—without just generating unexciting “AI slop.” Osmo Studio, which bills itself as a “storytelling studio with a software factory” rather than a pure tech business, announced on Wednesday the general availability of its signature product, which generate short videos based on existing customer assets, including fonts, logos, product images, videos, and assets stored on platforms like Figma. The goal, says cofounder and CEO Chris He, is to enable marketers, sales staff, and other users to keep up with the breakneck pace of Silicon Valley launches without sacrificing the…
Donald Trump’s America First approach to governing has produced plenty of unusual developments. But taking stakes in potential national champions in AI may be among the most curious. Late last month, the Commerce Department announced $874 million in proposed funding for seven companies developing the memory, packaging, photonics, and materials needed to build faster AI systems. In return, Washington will receive a minority equity stake in each company. The investments span several key parts of the AI supply chain. The Commerce Department is giving GlobalFoundries $300 million to bring co-packaged optics, which place light-based connections alongside AI processors, to market…