Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. On May 9-10, SailGP completed its fourth race on the island of Bermuda, with the Australian Ryan Reynolds-owned Bonds Flying Roos taking home first place. But the event was already underway long before the F50 catamarans ever hit the water. From global shipping and on-site construction to customs clearances and government coordination, SailGP undertakes a logistical odyssey before every race, moving around the world with enough cargo to outweigh seven blue whales. Charting a course The first step is choosing the right location. “When we created SailGP, we wanted to be a…
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Dunkin’ wants to conquer Canada. The franchise is staging a comeback through a master franchising deal between Foodtastic and parent company Inspire Brands, with the first location expected to open in late 2026 or early 2027. The Montreal-based restaurant operator Foodtastic plans to blanket Quebec and Ontario first, with audacious goals of opening 600 to 700 locations across Canada, including nearly 200 in Quebec. The chain’s last Canadian chapter was a disaster. Dunkin’ limped out of the market in September 2018 after a $16.4 million civil court judgment awarded to Quebec franchisees who successfully sued for failing to adequately support…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are days in entrepreneurship where everything feels like it’s working. Momentum is building. Conversations are productive. Decisions feel clear. You feel confident in the direction you’re heading. And then there are days when it feels completely different. Problems stack up. Plans shift. Things take longer than expected. You start questioning decisions that felt obvious just a few days earlier. When I first started building a business, I didn’t expect this level of variability. I assumed progress would feel more consistent, more predictable, more stable. It doesn’t. Entrepreneurship doesn’t feel linear From…
Key Takeaways Bozigian’s business hit $100,000 in sales, driven by TikTok, during its launch month. Weeks before its flagship store opening, the brand found itself facing a lawsuit. Bozigian harnessed the power of social media — and sales have been better than ever. Kelly Bozigian and her husband, Colt Bozigian, were living out an entrepreneur’s dream. The handmade jewelry company Kelly founded in 2024 — then called Coastal Caviar — had taken social media by storm with its charm necklaces and bracelets. After a spotlight from influencer Alix Earle, the business enjoyed “pretty instant success” during its first month live…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Third-party corroboration is the new domain authority. Context-matched placement beats raw mention volume. Distributed review signals function as proof, not just social proof. Your trust proof needs to be machine-readable. Specificity wins over superlatives. The past two decades have seen search engines and social media as the twin engines of online visibility, and the rules — while always shifting — remained at least broadly the same. That playbook isn’t obsolete, but it’s no longer complete. Generative AI has introduced a third channel that some analysts believe will eventually eclipse traditional…
Every four years, the men’s World Cup delivers some certainties. The pitch dimensions are tightly regulated, offside is signaled with a flag, and referees end the match with a blast of a whistle. But one key piece of equipment is changed on purpose: the ball. Adidas, which has supplied World Cup soccer balls since 1970, introduces a new match ball for every tournament, and with that comes fresh aerodynamic calculations for players. How will it fly through the air, weave and dip? For the past 20 years, my engineering colleagues in Japan and England and I have put the new…
As if college students didn’t have enough to worry about, now undergrads at Harvard University may see their A grades go up in smoke. With over 60% of Harvard students getting A’s in the mid-2025 academic year, faculty are currently weighing a proposal that would cap that to no more than 20% of the class, plus four students. (A more detailed breakdown: 66% of undergraduates earned A’s, and 84% earned an A or A-minus in the 2024–25 academic year.) “The Student Handbook recognizes an A grade as one reserved for work of ‘extraordinary distinction.’ We recommend returning to this definition,”…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up critical talks on Friday, claiming important progress in stabilizing U.S.-China relations even as deep differences persist between the world’s two biggest powers on Iran, Taiwan and more.Following the trip, Trump said he had not yet made a determination on whether a major U.S. sale of arms to Taiwan can move forward. Speaking to reporters as he flew back on Air Force One, Trump said he’d not decided on the sale, but he added, “I will make a determination.”Trump’s Republican administration has authorized the sale but it has yet to…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The most successful marketers today share a counterintuitive trait: they ship imperfect campaigns and win anyway. Every marketing leader knows the feeling. You’ve crafted what feels like the perfect campaign. The positioning is sharp, the creative is polished, the strategy deck is airtight. Then it sits — waiting on another round of feedback, another stakeholder review, one more tweak in pursuit of perfection.Three weeks later, your competitor launches their “good enough” version. They’re already collecting data, optimizing messaging and generating revenue while your team is still debating headline variations.The hidden cost of…
Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. When the software engineer and entrepreneur Deon Nicholas was CEO of Forethought, a customer service automation platform, he had an executive assistant to manage the minutiae of his workday. Not surprisingly, he appreciated the help. “That was something that I found was critical, something that actually helped me as a leader,” he explains. Few of us who aren’t in the executive suite have the luxury of calling on another person to wrangle our schedule, triage email, and otherwise keep the chaos of our professional and personal lives under control. As…