Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Listen to this post Key Takeaways Own growth before anyone asks, and arrive with a growth thesis backed by evidence, not just spend discipline. Act like an owner by joining decisions while they’re still forming and running work outside finance. Put yourRead More

Listen to this post Walt Disney Co. is preparing to swing the axe again. The entertainment giant plans to cut thousands of jobs and has asked some managers to find 20% in annual cost savings, Bloomberg reports. Not all of it will come from pink slips. Some savings could comeRead More

Listen to this post Popeyes is pulling back on its wings, one of its most successful menu additions in years. The reason? It wants to reverse a prolonged sales slump, according to Restaurant Business. It may sound counterintuitive, but the chicken chain says Popeyes wings add operational complexity, and itRead More

Listen to this post When Andi Bailey was laid off from her tech job, she decided to revisit an old dream: owning a bookstore. Then a 1961 Studebaker Champ turned up on Facebook Marketplace, and an idea bubble popped over her head. “If I didn’t do this now,” she toldRead More

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Listen to this post Key Takeaways Measure outcomes per activity, not total activity, because three meetings from 40 calls beats three meetings from 400 dials. Clean and verify contact data before scaling outreach, since wrong numbers waste dials and get your linesRead More

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Listen to this post Key Takeaways There’s something that happens when you’ve seen the same pattern play out hundreds of times. It stops feeling like insight and starts feeling like obvious. The better starting question is not what we should post. It’sRead More

Listen to this post Key Takeaways Mehul Nariyawala and his cofounder Navneet Dalal wrote a 21-page problem memo focusing on why customers disliked existing robot vacuums. They designed Matic to be a privacy-focused home robot that easily navigates through the spills and messes of a standard household. Matic has soldRead More

Listen to this post There are some founders who think that only good ideas can come from them. Haniff Brown is not one of those founders. In 2024, the Williams College math major and former private equity investor was promoting his company Fit:match’s AI body-scanning technology as a way toRead More

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Listen to this post Key Takeaways You don’t have to answer every question, but you do need to know your expertise and communicate it clearly. Prepare three key messages, lead with your main point, and avoid unnecessary jargon. Journalists want useful insights,Read More

Listen to this post Key Takeaways At age 24, Mark Cuban shared a three-bedroom apartment in Dallas with five roommates. The billionaire entrepreneur, who is now 68, slept on the bedroom floor for two years and kept his belongings in a corner. Split six ways, the apartment’s rent amounted toRead More