Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Map out where accidents are most likely to originate, do periodic liability and safety assessments, and bring in an insurance broker, safety consultant or attorney to walk through your actual exposure. Create a clear accident response plan that employees can follow without hesitating, document everything after an incident, and know when to seek legal guidance. Coordinate legal preparedness with insurance coverage, protect business continuity during recovery, review what went wrong, and then improve. A forklift tips over in the warehouse. A customer slips on a wet floor. A company van…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A marketing problem means people understand who you are and what you offer but aren’t hearing it enough. A positioning problem means they hear you but can’t quickly grasp what you do or why you’re different. If you’re always explaining what you do instead of showing that you understand your clients’ problem, your sales process feels heavier than it should or your messaging hasn’t caught up with your growth, you likely have a positioning problem. Write down the one thing you want to be known for — something true, specific…
Key Takeaways AI is changing the way people work without giving them a pay raise or promotion. Employees spend more time managing AI bots that do tasks humans were initially hired to do. They spend less time on work responsibilities related to their professions. AI promises to make employees more productive. It may also turn them into managers of AI bots — without a promotion or pay increase. According to a recent Business Insider report, AI is changing the workday for many employees. Employees face pressure to use the technology and consequently spend more time managing AI bots that do tasks…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Motion isn’t progress. Networking can feel productive, but no introduction will make up for a weak product, poor service or a lack of customer trust. Build first, and the right relationships follow. Doing great work, collaborating well and following through on specific outreach earn the trust that turns contacts into lasting relationships. Most entrepreneurs spend a lot of time thinking about networking, and it makes sense. Industry events, conferences, panels, coffee meetings and dinners can lead to customers, partners, hires and investors that would never come through a cold channel.…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs spend an extraordinary amount of time thinking about growth. Customer acquisition costs. Conversion rates. Lifetime value. Retention curves. Marketing attribution. They’re all important metrics, and they deserve attention. But every now and then, something happens that reminds you that the most powerful driver of growth doesn’t appear on a dashboard. It’s a human decision. I am something of a creature of habit. When I find a brand I love, I tend to go all in. Once a company earns my trust, I tend to stop shopping around. It saves time, reduces…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 2,203.00 points or 3.30% to 68,956.72 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng closed • ASX 200 decreased 174.90 points or -1.99% to 8,614.40 • SENSEX decreased 570.59 points or -0.79% to 71,909.70 • Nifty50 decreased 198.50 points or -0.88% to 22,421.95 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.0021 or -0.30% to 0.69265 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00261 or -0.46% to 0.56069 • USDJPY increased 0.313 or 0.20% to 157.728 • USDCNY increased 0.00724 or 0.11% to 6.71611 The above…
Deep inside McDonald’s Chicago headquarters is a nondescript room that holds 71 years of fast-food history. The McDonald’s archive is a veritable McMuseum packed with giant stuffed Big Macs, a four-eyed Grimace, shelves of Happy Meal toys and even a 2020 Travis Scott Chicken McNugget body pillow, Restaurant Business reports. Senior archive manager Mike Bullington has overseen the collection for 21 years. He says the most valuable item is a 10-year anniversary ring Ray Kroc once wore. There are also Kroc’s Multimixer milkshake machines that he sold when he met the McDonald brothers in 1954. The archive is closed to…
Key Takeaways Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, studied how students worked before ChatGPT and their performance afterward. They found that AI lets students speed up homework in the moment but weakens long-term understanding. Still, students can use AI productively as a tutor while maintaining their critical thinking skills, according to a July study from Middlebury College. Scientists are finding that passive reliance on chatbots can blunt critical thinking — unless you change how you use them. A research team at the University of California, Irvine partnered with McGraw Hill to mine 10 years of usage data from Aleks, the…
Key Takeaways The teen couldn’t sell his ice cream on the pier, so he took Troupe’s Treats onto the water. In summer 2026, he upgraded his freezer and boat to grow the business — and broke new records. He looks forward to operating his business again next summer, and pursuing other professional interests. Maryland-based teenager Brian Troupe, now 16, was on a boat ride with a neighbor when business inspiration struck. Image Credit: Troupe’s Treats. Brian Troupe. The man mentioned that someone used to sell food to boaters, cooking it one location, then delivering it to another. Troupe loves being…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Growth adds more to your business, but scale is what keeps that from burying you. If employees are quietly working around your process, that’s not a compliance problem — it’s your org chart telling you where the friction actually lives. Automating a broken process just lets you do the wrong thing faster, so simplify first and digitize second. Entrepreneurs spend time, money and resources chasing growth: new customers, larger teams, and broader markets. The assumption is that a bigger business will eventually become stronger. Then growth arrives, and something unexpected happens. Decisions take longer. Managers spend more time solving internal issues.…