Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A lot of founders, especially new ones, think that growth is all about expanding — getting a bigger team or more projects. But real growth is about being ready to change, adjusting your company culture and sometimes even redefining roles. It’s also about being open to experimenting…
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…
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…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Let’s talk about jobs. Not in the old-school, “What do you do for work?” way, but what a job really is. For decades, a job was described through a title and a list of responsibilities. You get hired, and you’re given a job description; that’s your professional…
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…
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…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We live in an age where founding an online business has never been simpler. Through the internet and AI, you can do more things and reach more people than ever before. And yet, many aspiring founders fail or burn out, never realizing their goals. Why? Perhaps because…
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…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Marketing executives normally devote between 7% and 10% of their companies’ revenues to marketing. Out of that, at least 72% of their overall marketing budget goes to digital marketing channels. Digital marketing spending is also on the rise, increasing by 11.1% from the first to the third…
When you round the final bend in the road and see Villa Avellana, a 10-bedroom residence located on Costa Rica’s Peninsula Papagayo, it’s as if the house is growing out of Guanacaste’s north Pacific landscape itself. Designed by Sarco Architects, the property sits in a gated neighborhood within a gated community and boasts more than…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Despite significant growth in recent years, women are still a notable minority within STEM fields. Women make up an estimated 34% of the STEM workforce overall, yet in more lucrative fields like engineering and computer science, women only account for roughly 20% of college majors. While the…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When you set out to solve a problem that only a few people fully understand — let alone know they have — you step into a space where the rules are still being written. That’s both the thrill and the risk of a “Blue Ocean” opportunity. For…
