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Published August 11, 2026 05:03AMPatagonia Summer Sale DealsMost outdoor gearheads love using Patagonia products, but we don’t always love paying Patagonia prices. The brand is committed to making high-quality, long-lasting products as ethically and sustainably as possible—a lofty vision that doesn’t translate to bargain-bin MSRPs.Luckily, Patagonia is currently having a massive summer sale. We’re talking up to 40 percent off on hundreds of products, from casual apparel and puffies to tester-beloved Black Hole Duffels and bison snack sticks. (Yup, Patagonia even makes sustainably sourced snacks under the Patagonia Provisions label. We haven’t tried the bison sticks, but the tinned seafood…

Published August 11, 2026 03:05AMJoining a gym after years of working out at home is a humbling experience. Don’t get me wrong, I knew how to exercise. What I did not know was how to walk into a room full of equipment and make a single decision about what to do with any of it. After ten minutes of inclined treadmill walking (which is my workout of choice when I want to pretend I look as if I know what I’m doing), I grabbed my things and left the gym so abruptly that I abandoned my car keys on the…

Published August 11, 2026 03:20AMIn 1990, a youthful Earl Swift hiked the Appalachian Trail (AT) from Maine to Georgia. Along the way, the Virginia journalist met a young couple he’d followed south from Mount Katahdin and through the high, wild White Mountains of New Hampshire, and whom he had come to know through their entries in the registers, or logbooks, kept in the AT’s trailside shelters.Molly LaRue and Geoff Hood turned out to be just as he expected them to be: friendly, capable, and doing everything right. His hike overlapped with theirs for three days and two nights before the…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The chatbot market is projected to drive a 23% market growth in the next five years, enhancing customer engagement and offering multilingual support. Automated chat services provide fast, around-the-clock assistance and personalized recommendations, significantly improving customer satisfaction. Despite their advantages, chatbots are best paired with human agents to handle complex issues, ensuring a balanced and nuanced customer experience. As a growing number of consumers shift to online shopping, businesses are having to invest in customer service technology capable of handling high volumes of inquiries efficiently. Chatbots are an emerging solution…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways When sustained effort produces stronger work but the outcome barely moves, the frustration is a signal — not a reason to work harder on yourself, but a sign that the system around you needs auditing. The activities that build a reputation for reliability are often the same ones that keep you far from the rooms where real decisions get made, which is why strategic unavailability and internal visibility matter more than external visibility for advancement. For years, I believed effort could solve almost anything. Like many ambitious leaders, I learned…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most startups have a hidden single point of failure — a partner, a channel, a person, an infrastructure provider — and mapping those dependencies before a downturn hits is what separates founders who can pivot from the ones who can’t. Even founders with authority to act often can’t move fast enough when the pressure comes, because control, cap-table structure and internal decision speed are usually only tested in the moment they matter most. Most companies don’t break all at once. They crack in predictable places, but founders often don’t look…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Model swaps are the new algorithm updates — unannounced and arriving on multiple platforms at once — and the only durable defense is content built on verifiable claims and named expertise. “AI search” is no longer one thing: only 11% of domains are cited by both ChatGPT and Perplexity, so each engine has to be treated as its own ecosystem. On January 27, 2026, the visibility of thousands of businesses changed overnight — and almost nobody noticed why. That day, Google quietly swapped a new model, Gemini 3, into AI…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The same instincts that helped you build the company begin to limit it — and if every decision still depends on you, the business cannot move faster than your personal capacity. Letting go does not mean becoming disconnected — it means building the conditions for other leaders to make strong decisions without needing your approval, and protecting your calendar for the work only the CEO can do. Founders are often celebrated for their ability to do everything. In the early stages of a company, that closeness can feel necessary. You are…

The wearables category has seen a surge in faceless, screen-free devices from competitors like Whoop and Oura, and Apple’s watch may finally be responding. Apple’s industrial design team has spent the past year exploring a shakeup of its smartwatch lineup, according to Bloomberg. The company is weighing devices with no display at all, along with different screen types and sizes, as it looks to keep pace with cheaper, screen-free fitness bands and rings. The pressure isn’t really about sales yet. Apple’s watch sales jumped 21% last quarter even as rivals like Samsung declined. But the broader Wearables, Home and Accessories…

Key Takeaways Peanut butter raises are small, across-the-board increases that ignore individual performance. According to a new Payscale report, 36% of U.S. employers used peanut butter raises this year. These flat raises run the risk of eroding morale and motivation, as high performers see little financial recognition for outsized contributions. Top-performing employees are giving it their all and expect to be compensated better than employees who aren’t driving results. Now, a new Payscale report shows that some employers are trading merit-based pay bumps in favor of peanut butter raises, a controversial method for increasing pay that spreads raises evenly to…