Oprah Winfrey’s South African school for girls to close after 20 years
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year. Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 after being inspired by conversations with former South African President Nelson Mandela about the transformative […]
The Infrastructure Mistake Founders Make in Relationship-Driven Businesses
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways As your company scales, critical relationship data gets scattered across inboxes, Slack threads and CRMs — investing in an extended relationship management (XRM) layer centralizes that institutional memory and makes it visible across your team Client relationships aren’t transactions to close but long-term assets to […]
All 55 European Football Federations Voted to Boycott FIFA
Last week, FIFA announced plans to sell a $20 billion stake in the World Cup to outside investors. The organization is looking for more ways to cash in, working with JPMorgan to raise up to $4.2 billion by selling roughly a 20% stake in a new commercial entity. But all 55 UEFA member nations are […]
This $200 MacBook Air Deal Is Perfect for Entrepreneurs Who Work on the Go
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. TL;DR: Tackle your work from anywhere with this Apple MacBook Air, on sale now for just $199.97 (MSRP […]
Harassed Couple Wins $48 Million Settlement With eBay
eBay is paying nearly $50 million to a couple its former employees once tried to terrorize into silence. David and Ina Steiner, founders of the e-commerce newsletter EcommerceBytes, will receive $48.7 million total, including $46.15 million from eBay itself and personal payments from three former executives, the AP reports. The harassment began after the Steiners’ […]
Bankruptcies Are Up Nearly 50% — Here’s the Surprising Upside
Bankruptcy is usually associated with a failed business or company, but personal bankruptcies are far more common, and they’re climbing fast. Filings were up almost 12% year-over-year by the end of March, part of a nearly 50% surge over the past three years, NPR reports. But researchers say bankruptcy isn’t the disaster people assume. It […]
JetZero Lands $3 Billion Deal to Build Blended-Wing Aircraft
For decades, the default design for an airliner has been a long tube with wings. JetZero just landed a preliminary $3 billion deal from the US government to help build something really different: a “blended-wing” plane that looks more like a manta ray, with four aisles, no passenger windows, and a shape that the company […]
For Two Years, I Was Using AI Wrong. Fixing It Is Why My Clients Are Winning While Other Brands Fall Behind.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI does not build a premium personal brand by producing more content — it builds one by sharpening your thinking, deepening your positioning and turning years of expertise into scalable intellectual property. Stop starting from zero every time you open Claude or ChatGPT — build […]
This Restaurant Chain Went Back to the Basics to Boost Sales
Key Takeaways Chili’s parent company, Brinker International, is focusing on core restaurant tech upgrades before aggressively pursuing AI. Brinker International CIO Chris Caldwell recently said that the chain is “not all in” on AI, choosing to prioritize foundational systems instead. His investments over the past two years have gone into fixing basic issues that were […]
What Separates Entrepreneurs Who Endure From Those Who Quit
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways We are conditioned to worship overnight successes, assuming industry leaders possess a secret ingredient, a genius intellect or massive venture capital. But talent in the startup world is vastly overrated. What truly separates successful founders is simple: They lack an “off switch.” Ignoring the applause, […]