As the oldest members of Gen X continue to turn 60 this year, the so-called “sandwich generation” is getting closer to the typical age for retirement (62, on average).Unfortunately, many Gen X professionals lack the financial resources to retire well.Just 54% of Gen X savers said they’re on track for retirement, the lowest percentage of any generation, according to a BlackRock report.Related: 25% of Boomers Face a Bleak Retirement — Are You Making the Same Mistakes?An annual research study from Northwestern Mutual casts the spotlight on some of Gen X’s most pressing retirement issues as the group approaches its golden…
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Nvidia may be the most valuable company in the world, surging to a record-high $4.395 trillion market capitalization over the past few months, but when it comes to stock growth, one surprising company has it beat: Build-A-Bear Workshop.Build-A-Bear’s stock grew by more than 2,000% over the past five years, making it one of the top 20 companies in the world by share growth, per The Washington Post. Company shares are up over 60% year-to-date at the time of writing. According to Build-A-Bear’s earnings report for the second quarter ending August 2, total revenue hit $124.2 million, an 11% increase from…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For entrepreneurs, few events are more damaging than a product recall. The immediate image is always financial: refunds, fines and settlements. But anyone who has been inside these cases knows the true cost runs far deeper. Recalls erode consumer trust, unravel years of brand building and expose systemic failures in leadership.I have seen firsthand how these crises unfold. In nearly every instance, the warning signs were there. Companies knew about risks. Employees raised concerns. Complaints trickled in. Yet leadership chose to wait, to monitor, to hope the problem would fade. It never…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For all the hype around blockchain, many enterprises remain hesitant to make the leap. The hesitation is not about whether blockchain has potential. It is about risk. Most blockchain projects today require committing to a single chain, which is placing a long-term bet on a rapidly shifting market. If the chosen chain fails, becomes too expensive to operate on or is outpaced by competitors, that investment could quickly unravel.The result is that countless pilots never progress to full-scale deployment. Enterprises stall, developers burn time rewriting code, and innovation slows. Since 2021, over…
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Running a business is already a mental marathon—juggling meetings, client names, deadlines, and numbers that matter. And when your brain doesn’t keep up, it’s a problem.According to the National Institute on Aging, our memory changes as we get older, and “some people notice that they don’t remember information as well as they once did and aren’t able to recall it as quickly.” Needless…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you know anything about me, you know I’m all in. On music memorabilia. On people. On my work. On whatever’s in front of me.I don’t know another speed. I’ve never been great at “halfway.” I either care enough to give something everything I’ve got, or I don’t touch it at all. For me, that’s the essence of entrepreneurship. You can’t dabble your way into building something meaningful. You have to decide. You’re either in or out.That’s why, when I meet founders, I’ll usually ask them one simple question: “What would make…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We all love to hear the stories of individuals who started a business and became overnight successes. You know the narrative. The entrepreneur starts working out of their basement or garage. Creates a great product or service. Gets noticed or catches a lucky break and suddenly is making over seven figures.I love to read about these motivated individuals, but I also know that the reality is very different for many business owners. Everyone wants to grow. No one wants to be just a caretaker. But growth is tricky. Do you want to…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A few months ago, I wrote about resource misuse warning signs, and the response was overwhelming. But fellow entrepreneurs kept asking: “What’s the solution?”After considerable research, I have concluded that the answer isn’t stricter policies — it’s smarter tools. Specifically, virtual cards that build proactive spending control into every transaction.I’m part of a massive shift: Virtual card transactions are projected to exceed $17.4 trillion by 2029, with B2B spending dominating the market. After implementing these systems across Tyler Petroleum, I saw wasteful spending drop and cash flow visibility improve dramatically. Here are…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Artificial intelligence has changed my business entirely. The majority of my business is ecommerce-based, and AI has allowed me to automate many of the most time-consuming tasks. This shift hasn’t just saved me time; it’s made daily operations more efficient and enabled smarter, data-driven decisions that have elevated both productivity and customer satisfaction. In the early days, I spent nearly every waking hour creating products and listing them online. Every process was manual — from product descriptions to market research — and if I wasn’t actively working, nothing moved forward.But once I…
For decades, we’ve been told that technology would liberate us from mundane work, yet somehow we ended up more tethered to our desks than ever. Now, groundbreaking research from GoTo suggests we may finally be reaching the inflection point where artificial intelligence doesn’t just promise freedom—it delivers it. But the real revelation isn’t that AI might make offices obsolete. It’s that AI is creating the conditions for what I call “cultivation-centered work”—an approach that prioritizes human development over performative productivity. The Great Workplace Liberation The numbers tell a compelling story: 51% of employees believe AI will eventually make physical offices…