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This Popular Pickleball Franchisor Filed for Bankruptcy. Its Founder Says, ‘I Own It’
The Picklr stepped into the kitchen with too many lease guarantees, and now it’s in Chapter 11.
Netflix Is Cutting 1,000 Jobs in Its Biggest Layoffs Since 2022
Shares of the streaming giant have fallen more than 40% over the past year as engagement slows.
The Next Generation of Sports Stars Is Being Built Outside the Big Leagues — And Off The Field
College athletes are becoming the next big sports influencers, using NIL deals and brand partnerships to break into fashion and luxury.
Colleges Are Automating Admissions, but Their Most Time-Consuming Work Is Still Manual — And Costly
Colleges have embraced admissions automation, yet their most time-consuming tasks remain largely manual.
An Introvert’s Case for Skipping Small Talk and Building Real Connections
You don’t need to over-exert yourself developing deep relationships with everyone you meet — especially as an introvert. Here’s why.
Not Every Boss Deserves a Thank-You Card. Here’s What to Do When Your Boss Is a Bully
As some of us celebrate National Boss’s Day, it’s important to remember that not everyone has a good relationship with their boss.
The First AI Advantage Was About Productivity. The Next One May Give Entrepreneurs a Bigger Edge
The next AI advantage for entrepreneurs isn't about more content or productivity. It's moving from idea to execution faster.
AI Is Changing Your Company Culture Whether You Planned for It or Not. Here’s How to Shape What Happens Next
AI is changing how people work together. Leaders can shape those changes to reinforce the culture they want.
Creators Are Handing Their Video Edits to AI. Here’s Where It Starts to Backfire
AI can cut a video fast. What it can't do is know when fixing one thing just broke another, and that's the part turning full AI editing into an endless prompting loop instead of a shortcut.
He Leads a $240 Billion Food Giant. Here’s the Difficult Management Rule He Follows
This CEO used to struggle with giving tough feedback.
Why Your AI-Generated Marketing Strategy Looks Great on Paper — But Fails in Practice
It's okay to use ChatGPT and other LLMs to formulate a marketing strategy, but your marketing plan should not be formed without using real data and inputs from your business.
These Plumbing Pros Are Using a ‘Jackpot’ Strategy to Fix Your Boring Bathroom. Their Colorful Business Made $3.9 Million Last Year
Benjamin Fix and Greg Reinecker started a business to appeal to the next generation.
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The Timeless Power of Human Leadership in an Automated World
As AI accelerates how work gets done, the leaders who matter most will be the ones who double down on what technology can't replace.
Why Your Business Sometimes Needs an Uncomfortable Leap to Get ‘Unstuck’
When your business is "stuck" in neutral, sometimes you have to take an uncomfortable leap of faith to get your business moving again.
Who’s at Fault When AI Makes a Serious Mistake? Managers Can’t Agree
A Wharton study finds a growing accountability problem as businesses hand more impactful decisions to AI.
Dave’s Hot Chicken Started With $900 in a Parking Lot. It Now Has 500 Restaurants
The chain has eight openings in one day, deals across Europe and no sign of slowing down.
A Masked Gang Stole 30,000 Bottles of Wine Worth $5.8 Million From an Italian Winery. It’s Being Called the Biggest Vino Heist in Italy’s History
The vino villians disabled the cameras, used the company’s own forklifts and drove off with two truckloads of prized Tuscan reds.
Higher Ed Got More Money This Year. So Why Are Colleges Still Broke?
Is higher education facing a temporary funding squeeze or a deeper structural problem? Rising costs, enrollment uncertainty and uneven public investment raise important questions.
This Former Engineer and Preschool Teacher Teamed Up to Start a Creative Business: ‘Haven’t Regretted Choosing a Franchise.’
Antima Jain and Pooja Choudhary brought different backgrounds to Color Me Mine, a pottery-painting franchise.
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What Really Separates Successful CEOs From the Rest — A Private Equity Founder’s Unfiltered Take
Tide Rock CEO Ryan Peddycord shares the principles that shaped his career and the no-debt private equity strategy most firms keep to themselves.
Better Messaging Only Gets You So Far. Before You Change Your Marketing, Learn From Your Customers’ Complaints
Better messaging can't repair a bad customer experience. Sometimes the smartest marketing move is solving the problem behind the complaints.
How AI Is Helping Companies Catch Performance Issues Before They Turn Into Major Incidents
Most companies are still running performance tests the way they did in 2015. The winners have moved from reactive validation to predictive intelligence.
This Major Red Flag Could Mean That the Role You’re Applying for Is a ‘Ghost Job’
Are you applying for ghost jobs, or positions a company never intends to fill?
Cyberhackers Just Took Down the Freezers at 400 French Supermarkets, Forcing Grocers to Throw Away Food
Nobody has claimed responsibility, and many of the targeted systems were running outdated software.
Your Employees Are Already Using AI. Here Are the 6 Questions Every Business Owner Should Be Asking Now
AI is becoming part of everyday work whether business owners planned for it or not. The next challenge isn’t adoption. It’s learning how to manage an AI-enabled workforce.
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This Founder Sold His Company for $1.04 Billion and Planned to Take 2 Years Off. His Retirement ‘Lasted 7 Minutes’
Wesley Lones’s company Daybreak tackles sleep apnea entirely from home, replacing the CPAP mask with a custom-fit oral appliance.
Scaling a Service Business? Don’t Let This Overlooked Risk Scale With It
As your service business grows, so does your driving exposure.
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These 2 Friends Quit Their Blue-Collar Jobs to Sell BBQ. They Weren’t Making Money Until They Broke Every Rule About How BBQ Should Taste
They spent years selling food on weekends while working day jobs. When they finally quit everything, they made a bet most people told them was wrong.
AI Leaders Are Privately Gaming Out What Happens After a Major AI Disaster: ‘Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Damage’
Insiders expect a large-scale attack within 6 months to a year, though some security pros say the worst-case warnings are overblown.
Taco Bell and Milk Bar Are Stuffing a Birthday Cake Into an Empanada
The $3.49 dessert is the latest move in Taco Bell’s push to win the afternoon snack crowd.
Kelly Clarkson Accused a Brooklyn Shop of a ‘Pretty Woman’ Snub. Now the Small Business Is Fighting Back
Clarkson says the store gave her attitude. The store says it was a misunderstanding. The internet is divided.
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Cash Only, No Reservations, No Problem: Why This Long Island Restaurant Thrives by Saying No
Step inside Robke's to learn how a beloved business earned the kind of loyalty that lets it make its own rules.
The World’s Largest Eyewear Company Isn’t Just Selling Glasses. It’s Solving Problems
From Ray-Ban and Oakley to Nuance Audio, EssilorLuxottica is redefining eyewear with smart glasses that combine hearing support and fashion in one wearable device.
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3 Steps to See a Payroll Shortfall Coming While You Can Still Fix It
Payroll doesn't wait for your customers to pay — here's how to see the gap coming before it becomes a crisis.
A Bad Performance Review Isn’t Always About Your Performance. Here’s How to Recover
Your review may reflect your internal PR skills more than your work. This is how to respond, diagnose your company and rebuild trust.
The Side Hustle a Mom Started in Her NYC Apartment Hit $50K in 3 Days, Then Surpassed $1.7M in Sales: ‘A Power Move’
Alexandra Rutkay, a makeup artist on film and television sets, has a parent-friendly side hustle.
The Startup Hiring Mistake That Looks Like a Win
A senior marketing hire can look like proof you’ve made it, when it’s really proof you’ve moved faster than your company can support.
This Income Bracket Is More Likely to Trust Influencers — And Want Their Jobs
A September survey of about 2,000 U.S. adults found that this subset was more likely to trust influencers and buy from them.
Why Your Digital Strategy Keeps Falling Short — and What the C-Suite Needs to Do About It
Here's why true digital growth requires a top-down mindset shift to bridge the gap between online leads and real revenue.
Meta’s Muse Wants to Own the Moment Before the Purchase
Most brands still plan media around a familiar sequence: earn attention, create interest, drive the click and optimize the conversion. Meta’s Muse suggests that sequence is about to get compressed.
The New Non-Negotiable for Small Businesses? Knowing Your Cyber Risk. Here’s Where to Begin
This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, SMEs must protect their business to propel their dreams.
Colleges Are Admitting Students Who Never Applied. Here’s What That Doesn’t Fix
Direct admission can simplify applications and expand access without sacrificing holistic review, as long as clear eligibility criteria are balanced with individualized evaluation.
Hilton’s AI Trip Planner Wants To Book Your Travel. Customers Aren’t So Sure Yet
The hotel is using AI to keep bookings in-house, but most travelers still don’t trust a chatbot to plan their vacation.
This Company Warns Applicants About Its ‘Controversial’ Jobs. 800,000 People Still Applied
The tech company owns both Vimeo and AOL.
Claude Submitted a Fake Homicide Tip to Police, Raising New AI Safety Concerns
The chatbot gave a fake homicide tip to police and filed unauthorized visa applications.
Elon Musk Admits He Has ‘No Idea How to Make Microchips.’ He’s Building a $15 Billion Chip Factory Anyway
Musk is betting that his experience building cars and rockets will help him take on the world's top chipmakers. How hard could it be?
Building Features Nobody Uses Is an Expensive Mistake. Put These 5 Principles in Place to Avoid It
Most product teams struggle because the structure around ideas and team talent isn't optimized for impact. Here's how to get it right.
You’ve Been Overlooking Your Best Idea People. AI Is About to Fix That
For a century, work rewarded people who could package ideas neatly. AI makes packaging free, and that changes who gets ahead.
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