This week on How Success Happens, I sit down with Forrest Galante, a biologist, TV host, producer, and all-around wildlife maniac who’s been called a modern-day Charles Darwin with a splash of Indiana Jones. (And a splash of some squid slime as well.) You’ll see a lot more of Forrest as a host on the upcoming “Shark Week,” where his new special “Alien Sharks: Untamed America” dives into the wildest shark and ray species lurking in U.S. waters. We’ve broken down Forrest’s success insights to help you dive into your own plan for success in three, two, one! Listen here…
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Winter Storm Uri, the multiday freeze that slammed Texas in February 2021 and pummeled the state’s power grid, has been on Kenneth Kovar’s mind ever since. Though the resident of New Braunfels, northeast of San Antonio, didn’t lose power at the time, he wasn’t able to run his septic tank—it is independent from local systems. He had to fill his toilets with water from his backyard pool. So when Kovar, 64, bought a Ford F-150 last fall, his hope was to be better prepared for any new crisis. “I was interested in trying to find some sort of power backup situation,” he…
The release of Kimi K3, the latest model from Moonshot Labs, a Chinese AI firm founded by a former Carnegie Mellon computer science graduate, has shaken both the AI and political worlds. In an instant, the seemingly comfortable lead held by U.S. frontier AI labs over their Chinese competitors appeared to narrow sharply. K3’s release has rattled the chattering classes in Washington and Silicon Valley. In response, they have begun fighting among themselves. Samuel Hammond, director of AI policy at the Foundation for American Innovation, says Washington had been operating under the assumption that China remained several months behind the…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Know what you’re signing. Review the FDD with an attorney and ask questions before committing. Follow the system. Franchising works best when franchisees stick to the brand’s proven model. Relationships matter. Strong communication and support are just as important as the contract itself. Let’s face it. There’s nothing fun or entertaining about a Financial Disclosure Document (FDD), which your prospective franchisor is legally required to provide, so you will have full transparency into the deal you’re considering. It’s a contract, with page after page of dry, densely composed legal language for your attorney to wade through and explain. Like all contracts, the FDD is a roadmap to the kind of business relationship you will have…
Tom Howell IV has a day job in fintech marketing, but on weekends, he has a side hustle as an ump for Little League games. It isn’t as easy as it sounds. “I got hit in the face, groin, shin, foot, hand and head,” he told the Wall Street Journal. But the bruises aren’t the real problem. Nearly 70% of new officials quit within three years, and the top reason isn’t errant fastballs. It’s abuse from parents, coaches and fans. Nearly 12% of officials reported being physically assaulted during or after a game, and almost 69% say sportsmanship is getting…
The Terminator movies continue to become more premonition than fiction. On Tuesday, OpenAI revealed that two of its AI models hacked a startup—oh, and they did it completely on their own. That’s right: The AI models went rogue during an internal test of cyber capabilities and got into Hugging Face, an open-source AI community. Hugging Face alerted OpenAI to what the latter is calling an “unprecedented cyber incident.” But don’t worry (read: worry a lot), as it won’t be unprecedented for long. In its announcement, OpenAI states that it’s “something we expect to become more commonplace with the proliferation of…
The never-ending debate about voter ID has come to the home of never-ending pasta. Over the past few days, a clarification from Olive Garden about guests providing ID to use their Never-Ending Pasta Pass has become a flashpoint for prominent conservatives. Several have seized on the comic possibilities of boasting that the preeminent fast-casual Italian chain is more vigilant about fraud than Democrats. “It shouldn’t be harder to get a mid Fettuccine Alfredo,” the argument goes, “than it is to vote in the midterms.” Abigail Jackson, the White House deputy press secretary, made the comparison recently, as did Virginia Foxx,…
When it launched a decade ago, Away captured the hearts of millennials with its colorful, affordable suitcases with ridges. Those original customers are now in their thirties and forties, traveling around the world with their kids—many of whom are entering their tween years. Away wants to equip the entire family for their trips. This week, it launches a new collection called In-Between, aimed squarely at tweens and teens. The products were carefully designed with focus groups of young people, and a new marketing campaign offers a glimpse into the way they live and travel. [Photo: Away] The Bags Tweens Need…
The CEO of Allianz just announced that the travel division of the German insurance giant will cut up to 1,800 jobs over the next 12 to 18 months. The business unit employs around 22,600 people. Roughly 14,000 of them answer customer inquiries and settle claims by phone; all of these positions are ripe for AI-driven transformation. And Allianz is far from alone in cutting these types of jobs. In February, Munich Re announced job cuts of around 1,000 positions because the repetitive work could be done more efficiently by AI models. Jobs like these are the most obvious place to…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Something subtle but significant happened last holiday season — and most brands missed it.Before heading to Amazon or a retailer’s website, millions of consumers turned to tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini to research what to buy. It wasn’t a novelty. It was a behavioral shift — one that could redefine how commerce works over the next decade.The data makes that clear. As many as 30% to 45% of U.S. consumers used AI during their holiday shopping journey. At the same time, Adobe reported a 1,200% year-over-year surge in traffic from generative…