Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In a world where GPS is a thumb stroke away, most people take maps for granted. It’s hard to fathom that the oldest surviving maps had little to do with reality. The Babylonian Map of the World, for example, was a clay tablet about the size of … Read more
Laura Reyes was in the middle of her shift as a cook at Burger King in San Jose, when she started feeling a sharp pain in her abdomen and lower back. As the day went on, Reyes started bleeding, and the pain became so severe that she felt like she might die. She had asked … Read more
Knockbacks at work happen everyday. They are sometimes small and mildly irritating, sometimes big and deeply disappointing. The word “knockback” can mean a physical blow that causes the person on the receiving end to fall backwards. Or it can mean a metaphorical blow—something that delays or halts an individual’s personal or professional progress. At work, … Read more
Already the author of seven books, Cal Newport’s eight book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout, is about doing less—though he seems to be self-aware of this irony. In the acknowledgement section of Slow Productivity, Newport thanks his wife for “putting up with all the sacrifices involved in having a partner with … Read more
In 2021, when Tom Rinks was asked to rebrand an oral care company, he had a few thoughts: The name sucked, for one. The market looked impenetrable. And the product was boring as hell. It was right up his alley. Rinks is an unusual guy, with an even more unusual skill set. Intense and given … Read more
For a little over a year, consumers and businesses alike have been fascinated by the possibilities of generative AI. With customers already familiar with the fluency of conversational tools like ChatGPT, software companies are working to develop AI into a robust business tool. Part of the challenge is packaging the new technology—with a reputation for … Read more
Rapid growth in the highway network, along with an increase in the spending power of consumers, is pushing up sales of vehicles in India, German automaker Volkswagen’s executive director, international sales, Michael Mayer, told ET. The company, he said, is invested in bringing more premium vehicles to strengthen its presence in this market. India has … Read more
When Shizu Okusa decided to start a new business, she knew where to find the best guidance. “I wanted to reverse engineer everything I did wrong in my last company,” she says. Raised on a farm in Vancouver by Japanese immigrants, she’d founded a cold-pressed juice brand called JRINK after feeling burned out at Goldman … Read more
According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, 84,638 U.S. employers have laid off workers in 2024 so far. Of these layoffs, 15,225 were attributed to a “technological update” and just 383 were explicitly blamed on artificial intelligence. It may be that AI is not yet capable of replacing many workers. Or it may be … Read more
Investors are pouring money into the Artificial Intelligence industry. And now, the AI sector is offering some of the most exorbitant salaries in tech. AI-related startups raised close to $50 billion last year, according to Crunchbase data, with certain companies, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, raising billions all on their own. A 2023 survey by … Read more
