The Black Sea is rapidly becoming too dangerous for international commerce. Commercial vessels have been attacked near Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Russia within days of one another. Ships carrying agricultural products and petroleum are being dragged into a war. Politicians seem to forget that global trade depends on moving goods safely between nations. Once commercial shipping becomes a target, the economic consequences extend far beyond Russia and Ukraine. Insurance premiums rise, freight rates increase, and eventually those additional costs are passed directly to consumers who have absolutely nothing to do with this war. On October 5, a commercial vessel caught…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Better AI results come from better prompts, not pricier tools. To extract the greatest value from AI use, you need to provide the model with data about context, audience, examples and a clearly defined task. Treat AI use as an iterative process. Refine prompts and responses over multiple rounds rather than expecting a perfect answer from one request. AI can accelerate research, writing and routine work, but outputs should be validated by humans — especially when they affect customers or compliance. Imagine this. Two founders sit down with the same…
Key Takeaways Geoffrey Hinton is known as the “Godfather of AI” due to his pioneering work in the field. The Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist wants new AI models to be approved like drugs. Hinton’s call for greater oversight arrives as AI industry insiders raise alarms about the technology they are helping build. Should AI need regulatory approval before you can use it? Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “Godfather of AI” due to his pioneering work in the field, has a new, bold idea: an FDA-style approval system for AI. His suggestion raises the question of who decides which AI is…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Mindset varies by channel. The same buyer behaves differently depending on where you reach them. Customer interviews can reveal these mindset differences. Use interviews to improve the message, not just the channel. Interviews reveal how buyers describe their problems and which claims they trust or dismiss, which makes for better messaging. Customer acquisition doesn’t end when somebody visits your website. Interviews should uncover what buyers need to see, learn or believe before taking the next step. Marketers spend a lot of time deciding where to find customers. Should we invest…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways One of the biggest branding advantages of remaining private is the ability to maintain aconsistent long-term story. Public companies rarely communicate with only customers in mind; private companies don’t have that same problem. A company’s ownership structure can influence the way customers, employees and the mediainterpret its actions. Going public can provide enormous benefits, but staying private can offer somethingincreasingly valuable: control over how a company is understood. For decades, becoming a public company represented the ultimate milestone for ambitiousbusinesses. An initial public offering was a strong signal that a…
People love the taste of Dr Pepper soda, so restaurants are choosing new ways to work it into sauces, rubs and shakes. Round Table Pizza launched a Dr Pepper-inspired menu last month built around a Dr Pepper-infused barbecue sauce, according to The Los Angeles-based chain’s Dr Pepper BBQ Pizza is topped with bacon and mini pepperoni, then finished with a drizzle of the sauce that pools in the pepperoni cups. “You get these little pockets of smoky and sweet,” says VP of Marketing Corry Reid. The sauce also coats wings and comes with new bacon and cheese tots. The limited-time…
Score one for mankind and zero for the robots. A TikTok creator found a way to get under the silicon of an AI job interviewer by speaking nothing but gibberish to her. The creator, who posts as The Dreadful Studio, shared footage that appears to show an AI avatar screening him for a management role, according to . He answered every question in made-up, Minions-style babble. The bot’s polite smile soon soured into a scowl, and it told him it wanted his qualifications, “not a string of random words.” Things went south quickly from there. “This is an absolute waste…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 993.60 points or -1.42% to 69,042.11 • Shanghai decreased 30.29 points or -0.79% to 3,811.904 • Hang Seng decreased 344.71 points or -1.43% to 23,785.79 • ASX 200 decreased 66.80 points or -0.77% to 8,660.90 • SENSEX decreased 1,045.46 points or -1.44% to 71,593.24 • Nifty50 decreased 371.25 points or -1.64% to 22,231.80 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00166 or -0.24% to 0.69464 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00083 or -0.15% to 0.55917 • USDJPY increased 0.23 or 0.15%…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Customers are more likely to accept higher prices when they trust your recommendations and understand the value they’re receiving. Make price increases thoughtful, consistent and transparent rather than waiting until rising costs force a sudden, steep adjustment. Before charging more, improve workflows and give employees the support they need to serve more customers without sacrificing quality or burning out. One of the veterinarians in the hospital community I lead recently came in on her day off to see a long-time patient. It wasn’t an exception. This vet regularly answers urgent…
Key Takeaways Earlier this year, high school bass fishing champion Caige Bragg won a $5,000 scholarship, plus a $25,000 boat. Bragg’s winning catch weighed 11 pounds, 3 ounces, putting him ahead of 213 other teams. Youth participation in bass fishing has doubled in a decade, reaching about 12,000 members. Can you fish your way to college? A growing network of competitive bass fishing programs is giving young people an opportunity to earn scholarship money for college. In competitive bass fishing, contestants attempt to catch the heaviest freshwater fish within a set time. The final round of a prestigious high school…