Is starting a business on your agenda in 2025? If you don’t want to launch one of the roughly 20% of businesses that fail within two years, you should consider all of the factors that make or break success. And exactly where you start your business is one of the most essential pieces of the … Read more
President Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday as the 47th U.S. president. Incoming White House officials told reporters that Trump would sign executive orders in his first days in office, and possibly at his rally Monday evening. The orders are expected to address economic issues like inflation and tariffs, reiterating remarks made by the … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As we start the new year, it’s time to focus on what you truly want to accomplish. We usually start with resolutions that we do not keep. So, how do we set meaningful goals and actually stay on track? The answer: reverse engineer your year. I was … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As I write this, I’m surrounded by destruction and devastation. Here in Agoura Hills, California, we are on the cusp of the evacuation area, as fires have decimated thousands of homes and businesses in the Pacific Palisades and expanded westward through Malibu. Our power is out, and … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. While vision is important to success, execution matters most. Startups can succumb to multiple points of failure — people, products, competition and legal challenges, to name a few. These issues can be interconnected, compounding the difficulty of overcoming them. Ours is a cautionary tale concerning key man … Read more
I felt so sad on learning about Bhaskar Das’s passing away as whoever knows Bhaskar will agree that it is a great loss for the entire media and entertainment industry. He will always be fondly remembered and missed by anyone who came in touch with him even once because he had this infectious twinkle in … Read more
For me, the intersection of my scientific roots and the creativity that helps me lead innovation for one of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies came from an unlikely place—the bass! Playing the bass is a deep passion of mine. I could spend hours covering the greats, from James Jamerson Jr. (You may not … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Work is becoming increasingly borderless, and with that shift come exciting opportunities to reimagine how we structure our teams and operations. A common misconception is that outsourcing only works for large enterprises. In reality, businesses of any size can benefit from thoughtful outsourcing strategies, and there’s a … Read more
Entrepreneurship is starting a company. Intrapreneurship is transforming a business from within as an employee. Elizabeth Funk is familiar with both paths. As an early employee at Yahoo! and Microsoft, Funk helped pioneer services like Yahoo! Shopping and Microsoft Word. After thinking online shopping would be a cool feature, she pitched and wrote the first … Read more
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday … Read more
