Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways When my brother and I created our roofing business, we discovered an opportunity to educate other members of the industry and provide resources to help them improve their services — a dealer network. Establishing this dealer network helped us give back to our community and taught us valuable lessons about empowerment. It taught us that setting people up for success means providing resources (like training), that valuable partnerships depend on mutual benefit and that oversight isn’t the same as surveillance. Most founders who eventually find success remember their major accomplishments.…
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Flying first class just got a little less expensive, provided you’re willing to make a few compromises. Delta announced Thursday that it’s expanding its unbundled fare strategy into its premium cabins with new lower-priced fare options for Delta One, domestic first class, and Delta Premium Select that let travelers pay less in exchange for giving up some flexibility and premium benefits. What travelers still get Delta, like many other airlines, rolled out Basic, Classic, and Extra fare options in the Main Cabin across much of its network last year. The lower-priced premium fares do not change the onboard seat or…
President Donald Trump’s plans to build a skyline-altering arch in the nation’s capital is getting another review from the federal commission whose approval he needs, but the agency’s staff says the project should be revised before it gets the go-ahead.The National Capital Planning Commission is meeting Thursday, and the Republican president’s proposed 250-foot (76-meter) arch is one of the items on the agenda.In a report, the agency’s staff recommends that the commission approve the preliminary site and building plans for the arch. But the staff also recommends that the design be tweaked to comply with a federal law that limits…
The Ukrainian currency has been a perpetual short since 1998, and nothing has changed since. The central bank tried to fix the currency in 2022 when the war began. Our models could easily forecast precisely when the war would begin, for there was a massive outflow of currency in advance. Yet, I posted that the war cycle turned up in 2014, which marked the beginning at the 2011 World Economic Conference, and later I posted that the model had targeted Ukraine in 2013. Zelensky actually confessed to the Washington Post that he knew when Russia would invade but refused…
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here. A draft report leaked from the Treasury Department warns of the risks posed by the hot-burning AI economy, likening it to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s and noting its circular financial nature that has many of the key players investing in each other. The document, obtained by the nonprofit newsroom NOTUS, reveals more jitters over AI within the Trump administration, which won the support of tech industry elites by promising…
With its ensemble of doctors, nurses, interns and patients squeezed together into a small emergency department with scripts that play out in real time, “The Pitt” feels like a lab made to grow great performances. The Emmys rewarded it accordingly Wednesday.Thirteen of the 25 nominations for HBO Max’s drama about a Pittsburgh ER went to its actors in one of the great achievements for a cast in Emmy history.In its rookie season last year, “The Pitt” got just three acting nominations but it won all three: best actor in a drama for star Noah Wyle, best supporting actress for Katherine…
This week, the White House announced the opening of the first “Freedom Fuel” gas station. The gas station chain loosely ties the price of a gallon of gas to President Trump’s presidential number “47.” Here’s what you need to know about the stations, the price they charge for gas, and the mystery around their ownership. What’s happened? On July 7, the White House posted on social media announcing the arrival of the first Freedom Fuel Network gas station. “FREEDOM FUEL HAS ARRIVED,” the post read. “The FIRST Freedom Fuel Network gas station has LANDED in Philadelphia, lowering the price at…
A talking cat recently sat next to me on the couch, thanked me for interviewing his creator, and proceeded to tell me a series of dad jokes. It was the work of a company called Pixi Platforms, which recently launched an iPhone and iPad app that can send the augmented reality equivalent of talking greeting cards to other users of iOS devices. Other featured characters include a talking robot who can play a mean game of tic-tac-toe and Pixi’s newest creation: an envelope that can follow a user across the room, moving its flap as it delivers a message. Cofounder and CEO Mark Drummond, who…
For Anica John, the pandemic was a revelation. At the beginning of the lockdown, she had a 5-year-old child and worked in product management at Walmart Labs. John, whose husband is a professor at Stanford University, became the default parent while working remotely. By the time return-to-office mandates began to roll in, John had two children and was working at Amazon. “Things became impossible,” she says. “We outsourced household tasks as much as we could, but I didn’t feel like life was getting better. With the implementation of AI, the expectations increased at work and it became more and more…
The ability to use AI isn’t just important when it comes to applying tech roles. Per recent data, the skill appears on job listings across industries. And when it comes to a number of fields, the resume attribute is now a more sought-after one outside of tech than within it. According to new research from Indeed’s Hiring Lab, the number of job listings with “AI” in the title has multiplied in a few short years. From 2022 to 2026, job postings with titles mentioning AI went from 264 (just 2.6% of all titles with at least 5 postings) to 822…