When the U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic on June 12 to immediately prevent all foreign nationals from using the artificial intelligence company’s two most advanced large language models, Anthropic disabled its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models within hours, making them inaccessible to everyone. The company had little choice. The letter, citing national security concerns, barred access by all foreign nationals, including Anthropic’s own noncitizen employees. With no way to immediately collect and validate each and every user’s nationality, including those who were outside the country, the company shut the models off for everyone. The Commerce Department agreed to…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The “feature trap” is the false belief that the answer to every business problem is a new button. In reality, every new feature introduces friction. The worst part is — it makes the onboarding process complicated for new users. Instead of making your product better, you are just making it harder to use. If you want to save your product, conduct a feature audit first and look at your data with honesty. Don’t just ask your users what they want; instead, look at what they actually do. Track their behavior.…
QUESTION: You mentioned that the S&L Crisis of the 1980s was caused by the Democrats winning Congress in 1984 and changing the tax code on commercial real estate. Could you explain that connection? Was the banking and real estate crisis primarily driven by Democratic policies at that time? DD ANSWER: Oh, most definitely. But there were TWO insolvency waves. Because of the OPEC oil shock of the ’70s, that set in motion a cost-push inflation, which Paul Volker raised interest rates to 14% trying to reverse an inflation that had NOTHING to do with DEMAND. Drastically higher interest rates resulted…
Cinnamon is having a moment, and Cinnabon might be the biggest beneficiary. More chefs are sprinkling on the spice’s cozy, nostalgic appeal than in years past, according to Restaurant Business, and Cinnabon has ridden that wave to its best growth year in company history. The chain opened over 300 new locations in 2025, more than almost every other fast-food brand except Wingstop, QSR reports. Only Wingstop opened more, with 382 net new stores. But it wasn’t just the cinnamon rolls doing the heavy lifting. Cinnabon has been quietly building out its drink menu, rolling Seattle’s Best coffee into stores nationwide…
There was a time when America’s industrial titans built railroads, steel mills, and oil companies. Today, influence is measured in data, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, media, and information. Few families illustrate that transformation better than the Ellisons. Larry Ellison built Oracle from a small software company into one of the world’s largest technology firms. His background and rags-to-riches story are quite interesting. Today Oracle is one of the dominant providers of enterprise databases and cloud infrastructure, serving governments, financial institutions, healthcare providers, defense contractors, and many of the world’s largest corporations. Oracle’s software touches enormous portions of the global economy.…
Robert Irvine does not do “small.” He is a celebrity chef, British Royal Navy veteran, bestselling author, relentless road warrior and the driving force behind the Robert Irvine Foundation, which supports service members, veterans, first responders and their families. His latest project is a six‑month national tour with rock band O.A.R., using their 30th anniversary tour to raise money and awareness for veterans with special donation activations at every stop. Last time I chatted with Robert, it was live on stage at a How Success Happens recording in New York City last summer. It was great to reconnect and dig…
Germany spent decades building one of the most productive workforces in the world. It trained engineers, scientists, technicians, physicians, and business leaders under the assumption that education, sacrifice, and hard work would provide a better standard of living. That social contract is now breaking apart. The people who followed the rules are discovering that the government regards their success as taxable property. Euronews reported that more than 288,000 German citizens moved abroad within a single year. Germany recorded roughly 97,000 more German citizens leaving than returning, the largest net loss since 2017. This is no longer limited to retirees looking…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Internal requests need the same clarity as external campaigns — a clear ask, context, and a real deadline or they’ll get deprioritized by default. Making work visible to stakeholders’ managers and following up on a consistent schedule turns accountability into a system instead of a personality trait. If your marketing projects keep stalling, the problem is rarely the strategy. It’s the system surrounding how work actually gets done. Most marketers are highly skilled at influencing external audiences. They know messaging, timing and what drives action. They can move a prospect…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Bad news doesn’t erode trust — surprise and confusion do; teams stay engaged when leaders explain the decision and the reasoning behind it, not just the outcome. Every hard conversation should hit four beats: state the facts directly, explain the business context, acknowledge the human impact and lay out a clear path forward. In 2008, the financial world was coming apart at the seams. I was at Morgan Stanley, and no one knew what was coming next. But when leadership came in to talk to us, they did it in…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A clear leadership message can change the language in the room. But when pressure returns, people follow what the organization has made safe, protected and survivable. If speed, ownership, transparency or accountability create risk for employees, the organization will continue defaulting to slower, safer behaviors. The sharper question isn’t whether the message was clear, but whether the system made the message safe to act on. The message landed well. You’d just told the organization specifically what needed to change. Decisions had to move faster, ownership had to become clearer, problems…