Western liberals imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion. They ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were told it would lead to this and they didn’t listen. I pray that France, a beautiful… https://t.co/y39o3JGlWh — JD Vance (@JDVance) October 18, 2026 France is being torn apart by criminals who have discovered that a demonstration provides the perfect opportunity to loot businesses, burn public buildings, and terrorize entire communities. The media continues to refer to these events as “student protests,” but what the hell does setting fire to a town…
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Key Takeaways Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla is hiring a chief of staff with a three-year commitment. Khosla emphasizes learning quickly, asking strong questions and thinking from first principles. Former chiefs of staff have founded companies and launched investment firms. Vinod Khosla, 71, spends his days betting on the future. Now the Silicon Valley billionaire is hiring someone to help him decide which big ideas are worth the investment. Khosla said in a recent post on X that he is accepting candidates for his next chief of staff. “You won’t know every field I work in,” Khosla wrote in the post,…
Key Takeaways Facing steep tuition costs, some young entrepreneurs are forgoing college to build businesses. New analysis from OnDeck examines which sectors have the most business owners without college degrees. Steve Jobs famously dropped out of Reed College after one semester in the fall of 1972 and co-founded Apple just a few years later. These days, amid rising tuition costs, some young entrepreneurs are following in the tech titan’s footsteps, skipping college to start businesses of their own. And while they might not found the next trillion-dollar company, many of them find success, particularly in certain sectors. A new report…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Kyle Van Noy is a linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings and is in his 13th NFL season. Van Noy is a two-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Bowler, and has played on six different teams. Subscribe to his free motivational and business insights on Substack at kylevannoy.com. The first thing a new teammate wants to know is whether you’re there to take their job. They may not say it out loud, but everybody is thinking it. I know because I’ve been that guy seven times, across six teams. I’m a…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Choosing the right speaker is critical to an event’s success, and there are six questions that can help you determine what you’re looking for and how to find the right person. Approach the speaker decision process like you’re making a hiring decision. Talk with several prospects, call references and ask for results from the last event they did. Last year, an executive at a tech company asked me whether I could keynote their employee resource group event. I knew there were speakers out there who were better aligned with their…
Jack Weis has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Ivy League powerhouse Princeton. His research on ice formation was cited by the Nobel committee. Now he can’t even get a food-prep job with a company that sells frozen crab cakes. Since graduating in 2024, Weis has applied to more than 2,300 jobs and still hasn’t landed one, according to The Wall Street Journal. He started with pharmaceutical science roles and national lab fellowships. When that didn’t work out, he widened his search to software engineering and eventually frozen crab prep. Two years after finishing his doctorate, Jack Weis is living…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 407.59 points or -0.62% to 64,916.70 • Shanghai increased 14.636 points or 0.39% to 3,730.92 • Hang Seng closed • ASX 200 increased 39.00 points or 0.44% to 8,845.70 • SENSEX decreased 876.37 points or -1.17% to 73,852.90 • Nifty50 decreased 257.20 points or -1.11% to 22,888.95 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00357 or 0.51% to 0.69813 • NZDUSD increased 0.00109 or 0.19% to 0.56639 • USDJPY increased 0.462 or 0.29% to 158.500 • USDCNY decreased 0.00345…
Key Takeaways E.l.f. Beauty’s annual sales rose 25% to $1.64 billion in fiscal 2026. CFO Mandy Fields recently said that one part of the company’s strategy is to turn customer comments into products. Requests from viewers during a TikTok Live inspired E.l.f.’s bronzing drops, while an online pickle social media trend prompted the brand to create a pickle lip balm. This beauty giant’s “secret sauce” for growth is hiding in the comments of a social media post. E.l.f. Beauty CFO Mandy Fields is steering the cosmetics and skincare company through a recent period of rapid expansion. E.l.f. built its name…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. AI answers rotate the brands they name every couple of days. A single check measures nothing, and a vendor selling one is selling noise. What a real measurement looks like, and what to ask before you pay for one. A founder forwarded me a report last month with a proposal stapled to it. The report showed one screenshot: a competitor named in the AI answer to the buyer’s question, her company absent. The proposal quoted a five-figure fee to fix that. I ran the same question through the same assistant six times.…
Elon Musk is feeling generous today. Or maybe just competitive. “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” Musk wrote on X. “This will be the first of many.” Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.This will be the first of many.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 19, 2026 Roughly 73 million Americans are under 18, which puts the giveaway at about $10.7 billion based on Friday’s closing price of around $146 a share, according to CNN. Musk didn’t say how the shares would be distributed…