Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A recent report from the Charles Butt Foundation clearly indicates that many experienced and novice educators are leaving the profession due to a myriad of factors. For instance, today’s educators face strict scrutiny about what they teach, how they teach it and what materials they assign, especially...
In 1994, I became the president of Kentucky Fried Chicken. It was a big job, and I was excited. But when the news got out, I got more calls offering condolences than congratulations. I understood why. KFC had been struggling. It hadn’t achieved its business plan and had no same-store sales growth for seven straight...
Imagine what a tattoo shop looks like. All My Heart does not look like that. The Charlotte, North Carolina, studio is airy and suffused with natural light. In the reception area, there are modular chairs, midcentury couches, and a vase of fresh flowers on a Japanese-influenced cabinet. But the real surprise goes beyond aesthetics. All...
Gary Vaynerchuk is known across social media as Gary Vee, a serial entrepreneur worth over $200 million. Now he’s launching a four-month accelerator to transform founders from within — for a price. The accelerator, called vYve (pronounced “vive” like the number “five”), is running through Vaynerchuk’s group of companies, VaynerX. It gives a small batch...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is asking current presidential candidates to unite the U.S. in a new op-ed, without officially endorsing Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. Dimon published an op-ed in the Washington Post on Friday titled “Our next president must restore our faith in America” and urged the next President to win over all...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “I launched holiCHIC back in 2015 before it became the ‘cool’ thing to do,” says Megha Rao, founder of holiCHIC. “I never found what I was looking for in stores: the mixing and matching of a traditional Indian wardrobe with my modern American outfits. Because pairing a...
NYU Stern professor and serial entrepreneur Scott Galloway, who sold his second company, L2, for $158 million in 2017, says that every young person needs a plan for establishing wealth — and that they need to follow what they’re good at, not necessarily what they’re passionate about, to live the lives they want. In a...
A decade ago, Nvidia was a major graphics card maker, vying with competitors like AMD and Intel for dominance. Now it’s an AI giant with 70% to 95% of the market share for AI chips, and the brains of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It’s also the best-performing stock with the highest return in the past 25 years....
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Cathryn Lavery, founder of BestSelf Co., a planner and conversation card deck company that sold $45 million in product before it was acquired in 2022. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image Credit: Courtesy of BestSelf Co. Cathryn Lavery. When did you move to New York City,...
Even though there’s a .00006% chance that a startup will reach a $1 billion valuation, Silicon Valley investor Mike Maples Jr. has placed early bets on more than one startup that beat the odds. Across his nearly two-decade investing career, Maples found that startups he invested in early that are now worth over a billion...