Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A website can become outdated even when the business is growing and the team is making reasonable updates along the way. Growth changes what a website needs to do. It may need to serve new audiences, explain new services, support sales, build trust and reflect a more mature business strategy. The strongest signal that a site is outdated is often confusion, not only appearance. If sales teams, founders or marketing constantly have to explain what the site should make clear, it may no longer be supporting the business properly. A…
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If there’s one universally beloved form of nostalgia-inducing retro tech, it’s pinball. The thing about pinball, though, is you can’t just play a particular table at home whenever you want—at least, not unless you’re willing to spend thousands of dollars to own and maintain it. Unlike arcade games, most of which you can play at home on a console, pinball tables are machines. They have all kinds of mechanical parts, all of which sometimes need repair or replacement. You can’t play pinball on your computer, or in an emulator—not really. Real pinball can only be experienced in person. But get…
When Spanish midfielder Pedri zips across the field this Sunday, microscopic pillars on the Nanostrike+ fabric of his Adidas Predator cleats will help him control the ball. The microstructure technology—designed by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign mechanical engineering professor Bill King—uses a friction-engineered surface mesh to give World Cup players a constant level of grip in rain, shine, or mud. When a player dribbles with low pressure, the cleats have a low grip level. But when a player strikes, it activates the microstructures’ grip, hitting the ball with increased force and spin. [Screenshot: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign] But King’s technology wasn’t…
The FIFA World Cup comes to a close on Sunday, as Spain and Argentina face off for the championship. The tournament’s scale is difficult to overstate: More than 75% of the world’s population was expected to engage with it in some way, whether by attending matches, watching on TV, or following online, according to Bank of America Global Research data. Along with memories of unexpected upsets, festive crowd scenes, and controversies, many of the technologies and design systems showcased at the 2026 World Cup will live on in one form or another. Here’s a look at some of the innovations…
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. We’re currently amid a 14-month streak in which year-over-year nationally aggregated worker earnings growth (+3.4% YoY) has exceeded year-over-year nationally aggregated home price growth (+1.3% YoY). This period of housing market softness—with some pandemic boomtowns in the Sun Belt and Mountain West experiencing outright corrections—is helping improve underlying national housing affordability on paper, which became stretched following the overheating during the Pandemic Housing Boom and the subsequent mortgage rate shock. To better understand how far nationally aggregated housing affordability remains from its long-run…
How much money parents can invest in their kids is one of the biggest factors in upward mobility. The inability of many families to provide their children a financial leg up has helped drive income inequality in the United States. There is now a partial solution, offered by the last person I’d have expected to address America’s income inequality problem: Donald Trump. Trump child investment accounts (officially known as 530A IRAs), started accepting contributions as of July 4, and are designed to provide American children a head start on financial security. As part of this initiative, the administration is providing…
From tomatoes and berries to lettuce and peppers, shoppers are feeling sticker shock in the produce aisle. Recent headlines have focused in particular on soaring tomato prices. They spiked by roughly one-fifth from June 2025 to June 2026, according to consumer price data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But across the board, fruits and vegetables have gotten more expensive. Lettuce prices jumped by about 32% during that same 12-month period, while prices for all fresh vegetables increased about 10%. Fresh fruit saw smaller hikes, with apples up 7% and citrus fruit prices rising 6%. As an agricultural…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Burnout starts with subtle shifts in mood and focus, long before exhaustion sets in. Structure, boundaries and purpose — not constant busyness — are what sustain founders long-term. Entrepreneurship is often associated with passion, ambition and relentless drive. Founders are expected to solve problems quickly, make decisions under pressure and carry the responsibility of the entire organization.But there is a cost to the cumulative weight of that responsibility. Founder fatigue rarely appears suddenly. More often, it builds gradually through chronic stress, decision overload and the constant urgency that accompanies leadership.…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Brands are increasingly getting cultural moments wrong because they’re prioritizing speed over understanding and visibility over legitimacy. To get cultural relevance right, define your role before entering the moment, design for participation (not passive visibility), pressure test ideas through the audience lens, and commit to consistency beyond the campaign. A campaign launches with the right intentions, taps into a cultural moment that feels relevant, and within hours, the reaction shifts. What was meant to connect starts to divide. The comments tell the story before the brand has a chance to…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Investors aren’t evaluating how polished your pitch is — they’re testing whether your business can survive the structural realities of taking their money. From cap tables to burn rate to governance, the founders who close rounds are the ones who’ve pressure-tested the fundamentals long before they walk into the room. The first time I fundraised, I assumed my success hinged on the persuasiveness of my pitch. I refined the deck, rehearsed the narrative and memorized every metric. My belief was simple: if I could communicate the vision clearly enough, the…