Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I signed on as a founding owner of the Houston SaberCats, people asked me the same question over and over: “Why rugby?” To be fair, it wasn’t the obvious move. I’d already built a successful career in commodities trading and entrepreneurship. Rugby wasn’t a mainstream sport in the U.S., and it was clear we’d be climbing uphill in search for new market, new fans and new infrastructure. But that’s exactly what drew me to it.Entrepreneurs know that if you only play safe games, you’ll never learn anything new. Rugby, in all…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When Jared Pobre and his wife, former WWE star Stacy Keibler, moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he expected more time outdoors, skiing, hiking, fly-fishing. What he experienced was how extreme conditions accelerate skin aging and damage, leaving his skin raw and red. When searching for solutions for his skincare, not only were options limited, but nothing seemed to help. Out of frustration, he tried one of Keibler’s pricey serums.”Within a week it cleared everything up,” he says. “That’s when I asked myself, why doesn’t something like this exist for men?”Pobre is the…
Kevin O’Leary, also known as Mr. Wonderful, is one of the original Shark Tank sharks who, since 2009, has made the dreams of some entrepreneurs come true and sent others home in tears. The 17th season premieres in about two weeks, and if my conversation with him for our show, How Success Happens is any indication, time has not mellowed this man.He calls b.s. when he sees it, but he isn’t a hater. As fast as O’Leary is to declare “I’m out!” he also doesn’t hesitate to throw his full energy behind the things he loves. If you follow Mr.…
When Shirin Behzadi arrived in the United States from Iran at 17, she had no money, no family and no clear plan for the future. But she carried a belief that seemed impossible at the time.”When people asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I’d say, ‘I’m going to run a big company,'” she says. “If you think about it — a young girl who’s working at a gas station, has no money, doesn’t have any friends, doesn’t have parents — why would I even think that way? All I know is that it gave me…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Over the years, I’ve worked with and invested in many early-stage companies.I’ve seen promising startups gain traction and scale beyond expectations. Sadly, I know too many founders fall into the same predictable traps. They make simple mistakes that stall growth or even derail their businesses entirely.It’s not incompetence or a lack of determination. Passion, drive and ambition are vital qualities for entrepreneurs. However, they can lead founders down a dangerous path if they go unchecked. If you’re building a business right now, especially your first one, I want to highlight three of…
By now we’ve all heard of tech debt—the costs we’ll have to incur in the future to maintain suboptimal software and technology decisions from the past—but in three decades as a tech executive, I’ve come to observe a far more insidious phenomenon that threatens to undermine business transformation: “process and data debt.” Unlike tech debt, process debt isn’t just IT’s problem. The accumulation of manual workarounds, inconsistent data practices, and inefficient workflows that build up over time spreads throughout the organization, affecting every department, from accounting to supply chain. And process debt is the number-one thing that will stand in…
Airline loyalty programs are a multibillion-dollar business, rewarding frequent fliers and credit card users with free travel, but they can be hard to navigate. Now, a new global ranking from Point.me of the world’s best airline rewards programs shows which ones provide the most value. On Wednesday, the travel rewards search platform released its second annual ranking of 59 global airline loyalty programs based on award earnings, redemption, and overall value, with the aim of helping travelers make smarter decisions with their rewards. For the second year in a row, Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue ranked first globally; followed by American…
“You are what you eat,” as the saying goes. But does the same apply to what you drink? Pinterest’s Summer Trend report flagged “skincare drinks” as a rising category, with searches up 176% on the app. Since then, the trend has spread across platforms, with TikTok creators touting skin-boosting drink recipes they claim clear complexion, racking up thousands of views. “Maybe you should drink your skincare instead of using all these products to fix your skin,” TikTok creator @xarabeq suggested in a video posted back in June. Her “retinol skincare” recipe includes carrots, lemon, orange, ginger, and turmeric to make…
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COMMENT: The comment you posted was correct. Jim Cramer always said bad news is good news. He and everyone else continue to advocate for lower interest rates, and you have shown that when rates decline, so does the economy and stock markets. It looks like Trump is not much better with his constant attack on the Fed. Joe ANSWER: I am a trader – not a promoter, academic, or a TV host. When you actually have skin in the game, you cannot trade based on stupid theories. The fact that these people can say that BS time and time again…