What I’ve Learned to Audit Before Every Global Expansion — and What I Now Rebuild From Scratch
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Success in one market never automatically transfers to another — the product may stay the same at its core, but positioning, distribution, communication and compliance have to be rebuilt for every region you enter. Purpose is not a brand exercise in global expansion — it […]
Jennifer Rubio, billionaire techie Stewart Butterfield split
They’re getting rid of baggage. Away luggage co-founder Jennifer Rubio and billionaire tech entrepreneur Stewart Butterfield, the co-founder of Flickr and Slack, are splitting after six years of marriage. The couple announced the news on Instagram Wednesday saying, “With deep love and respect for one another, we’ve made the decision to separate. Though we will no […]
Neil Peart Documentary: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Guest Drummers
Chad Smith, Stewart Copeland, and Danny Carey all play Rush songs with Lee and Lifeson in Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple, which debuts in September A new documentary about the late Neil Peart, Rush’s drummer and lyricist, will debut on Canada’s CBC network Sept. 23. Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple will tell Peart’s life story, and […]
Sam Smith Releases Single “When He’s Gone”
Smith’s fifth studio album arrives on Aug. 21 Sam Smith has released “When He’s Gone,” the third single from their upcoming fifth album, Hazel Eyes. Listen to the bluesy lament below. The track opens with finger-picked guitar as Smith croons over a long-lost lover. As the song progresses, the guitar swells and invites the rest […]
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Their Weight and Energy
I love talking to entrepreneurs whose mission goes far beyond profits — they genuinely want to improve people’s lives. McCall McPherson, founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic, has done exactly that, redefining thyroid and metabolic health diagnosis and treatment through nationwide telemedicine. She built the business from a solo brick-and-mortar practice in Austin into a 16,000-patient […]
An AI Boss Ran a San Francisco Store for the First Time
Key Takeaways For the past four months, staff at the Andon Market store in San Francisco have been getting a firsthand glimpse at what it’s like to answer to an AI boss. Andon Market is the world’s first retail boutique run by AI, and it shows that AI is a lenient supervisor. However, the technology […]
A SpaceX Rocket Was Due to Crash Into the Moon Today
This hasn’t been the greatest week for Elon Musk. First his SpaceX stock took a hit as its post-IPO lockup expired. Now one of his rockets likely crashed into the moon. Early Wednesday morning, the discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was due to slam into the moon at 5,400 miles per […]
Dawn Richard Announces ‘Creole Culture’ Album Inspired by New Orleans
The singer previews the record, out in October, with the new single “Enough” Dawn Richard will go back to the beginning on her forthcoming studio album, Creole Culture. Out Oct. 9, the record draws extensively from the artist’s New Orleans roots without relying too heavily on historical nostalgia. “Creole Culture is my way of saying […]
D4vd Accused of Murdering Celeste Rivas Hernandez: 10 Takeaways
Last September, the dismembered, decomposed remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in the front trunk of a Tesla sitting in a Los Angeles impound lot. The car was registered to David Anthony Burke, better known as D4vd, a rising singer-songwriter who’d become a Gen Z favorite with his brooding, moody bedroom pop. While […]
You Don’t Need to Apply to Get a $24k College Scholarship
Key Takeaways Direct admissions is a practice in which institutions admit incoming college students who never filled out an application. Once a niche strategy, direct admissions is now spreading quickly, with 215 partner schools using the technique through the Common App. Supporters of direct admissions state that this model widens the group of students considering […]