Microsoft AI CEO: ‘Plenty of Room for Startups’ in This Area

Microsoft AI CEO: ‘Plenty of Room for Startups’ in This Area

How should entrepreneurs think about new business opportunities in AI? Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman on an October episode of the podcast Masters of Scale that startups can find a niche in fine-tuning AI models with accurate examples. Fine-tuning means revising the models with examples so they perform better with … Read more

CEO reveals surprising answer to interview question that won’t get you the job

CEO reveals surprising answer to interview question that won’t get you the job

A CEO has revealed the one answer to a common interview question that will stop him from hiring you. When candidates for a new job are asked when they can start, they may assume the sooner the better. But Gary Shapiro, the chief executive of US trade association Consumer Technology Association (CTA), argues a too … Read more

Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post’s Kamala Harris endorsement: report

Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post’s Kamala Harris endorsement: report

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos reportedly put the kibosh on the paper endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election — leading to one editorial board member to quit and backlash from its left-leaning staff. The Beltway broadsheet said Friday that it will not endorse either candidate, breaking 36 years of tradition, following a … Read more

4 Strategies Successful CEOs Use to Navigate Change and Uncertainty

4 Strategies Successful CEOs Use to Navigate Change and Uncertainty

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In my own journey, I know firsthand how leadership and being an entrepreneur can sometimes feel like navigating through stormy seas, especially when I left my corporate career without a clear plan. The landscape was constantly shifting around me, and it was easy to feel overwhelmed by … Read more

Boomerang CEOs are returning. Here’s why it’s a risky strategy

Boomerang CEOs are returning. Here’s why it’s a risky strategy

CVS Health last week named as CEO a tried-and-tested company veteran, the latest in a handful of firms this year that have turned to an experienced executive to take the helm, hoping to quell investor concerns amid economic uncertainty. “Investors tend to be comforted when someone with a track record comes in,” said Brian Jacobsen, … Read more

Home Depot to require corporate employees to work one 8-hr retail shift

Home Depot to require corporate employees to work one 8-hr retail shift

Time to dirty up those loafers. Home Depot will be requiring their corporate employees – including the executives and senior management – to work one 8-hour retail shift in a store per financial quarter, according to reports. Starting in the fourth quarter of this year even remote workers will have to schlep onto the grey … Read more

Why did CEO pay decline in 2023?

Why did CEO pay decline in 2023?

For decades, chief executive pay has climbed precipitously, buttressed by generous stock awards and six-figure bonuses. Since 1978, CEO compensation has spiked by 1,085%, a far cry from the 24% bump in pay that the average worker has seen. In 2023, however, overall CEO compensation—which includes salary, bonuses, stock awards, and stock options—actually dropped by … Read more

Utah-based software company CEO Justin Bingham dies after 200-foot fall at Zion National Park: officials

Utah-based software company CEO Justin Bingham dies after 200-foot fall at Zion National Park: officials

The CEO of a Utah-based software company tragically died over the weekend after falling 200 feet while climbing in Zion National Park in Springdale, Utah, according to officials. Around 6 p.m. local time Saturday, Justin Bingham, 40, was canyoneering near the exit of Heaps Canyon, where he fell approximately 150 to 200 feet, the National … Read more

Red Lobster’s new CEO Damola Adamolekun admits the endless shrimp deal caused “chaos”

Red Lobster’s new CEO Damola Adamolekun admits the endless shrimp deal caused “chaos”

Red Lobster’s new CEO Damola Adamolekun admitted that its $20 endless shrimp offering — which contributed to the restaurant filing for bankruptcy — stressed out employees and created “a lot of chaos.” Adamolekun, 35, was tapped to take over the floundering company in August after the Orlando-based chain suddenly shuttered 100 locations and filed for … Read more

How to Grow a Business: Yum! Brands Co-Founder David Novak

How to Grow a Business: Yum! Brands Co-Founder David Novak

As the co-founder and former CEO of Yum! Brands, one of the world’s largest restaurant companies with a portfolio including franchises like KFC and Pizza Hut, David Novak drove tangible results. In the 17 years he was CEO, from 1999 to 2016, Novak helped scale the company to eight times its original size, from a … Read more