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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Seasonal demand is highly unpredictable, so simply hiring more staff isn’t enough. You must build teams that can scale up quickly, adjust in real time and stay coordinated as conditions change. Technology (especially high-volume hiring platforms and workforce management tools) is speeding up recruiting and enabling real-time staffing adjustments while keeping labor costs under control. Strong communication systems are key. Mobile workforce communication platforms help by giving employees a single place to see schedules, get updates and coordinate with their teams. Seasonal demand is a reality for many small and…

Congrats! You got your first job! While you may have had temporary jobs while going to school, you might be feeling a variety of emotions, including excitement as well as some anxiety at the prospect of a first full-time job. While being hired means your employer believes that you already have the basic technical skills and academic knowledge to succeed, emotional intelligence will make the difference between thriving and surviving. Emotional intelligence is commonly described as your ability to recognize and understand your own emotions while also having an understanding of other people’s emotions. This is critical in your first…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Growth doesn’t come from leads alone: If you have lots of leads coming in but no real growth, the problem is conversion (or a lack thereof). Many businesses lose potential customers simply by not responding quickly (or at all) to calls, voicemails or online inquiries — despite those leads already showing interest. Once contact is made, listening, understanding, clear communication and follow-up are essential to building trust and guiding prospects to commit. Imagine for a moment that you’re a small dental practice with a full schedule of patients every day,…

All change for iMessage.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIt’s finally here — almost. Almost 18-months after the FBI warned Americans to stop texting between iPhone and Android, Apple has fixed the problem. Next week, iOS 26.5 should bring encrypted cross-platform messaging for the first time. But Apple warns this “is not available to all.” That availability affects devices — suggesting not all iPhones will be capable of sending fully secure RCS messages — and also carriers, which affects even iPhones with the upgrade. And it’s this second type of availability that’s the bigger issue.Forbes‘Increasingly Urgent’—Microsoft Issues Password And 2FA WarningBy Zak DoffmanWhen…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Perfectionism is a planning addiction and a form of procrastination. Founders stuck in perfection mode are delaying contact with reality, which is the only place where businesses grow. Iteration beats perfection: Launching a “good enough” version early allows you to test assumptions, gather data and improve quickly, rather than spending months building something no one asked for. Speed is a competitive advantage: Founders who can test ideas quickly have a structural advantage over the founders waiting for ideal conditions. At the same time, perfectionism has been consistently increasing over time.…

Wendy’s shares rose on Friday after the fast-food giant reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings, beating analyst estimates despite poor U.S. store performance, with U.S. same-restaurant sales falling 7.8%. That slow but steady growth reflects the burger chain’s effort to turn around sales by shedding low-performing American restaurants and improving menu quality. The plan comes amid an overall decline in fast-food store traffic, as American consumers grapple with higher prices and the cost of food and living soars. “We are in the early innings of our turnaround,” Ken Cook, Wendy’s CFO and interim CEO, told analysts on Friday’s earnings call. In the earnings…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In entrepreneurial culture, success is often framed as a linear ascent—build, scale, exit, repeat. Metrics dominate the conversation. Revenue, valuation, reach. The assumption is that more is always better, and that momentum, once achieved, must be sustained at all costs. But what happens when an entrepreneur reaches that inflection point earlier than expected—and begins to question whether continued acceleration is the goal at all?  Donatello Bonasera, known as “The Golden Artist,” represents a less conventional trajectory. By traditional standards, he achieved a level of success before thirty that many spend decades pursuing. His…

A content delivery company best known for moving video bits faster has just signed the largest customer contract in its history with a frontier artificial intelligence lab. The structural read for technology buyers is bigger than the dollar amount.Akamai Technologies disclosed in its first-quarter 2026 earnings that a leading United States based frontier model provider has committed $1.8 billion over seven years to Akamai’s Cloud Infrastructure Services. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, identified the customer as Anthropic. Both companies declined to comment on the identification. The stock closed up 27% on May 8, the largest single-day rally in…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways I’ll reveal the one AI tool I’d open instead of ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini — and the seven prompts I run on it daily. I’ll show you the agent room live: one agent updates the blog, another researches the web, another inserts SEO links — all running while you’re offline. I’ll demo a website audit that delivers what a $10K consultant takes weeks to write — applied to a real site that launched this week. If I only had 30 minutes a day to grow a one-person business, I wouldn’t…

Chili’s has had a major comeback in recent years. The casual dining chain turned 50 last year, and recently reported 20 consecutive quarters of growth. Chili’s CEO Kevin Hochman told Business Insider that the success of the chain boils down to two things: marketing and operations. “We have a saying here: Marketing brings them in, and ops brings them back,” Hochman told BI. Hochman shared this sentiment with analysts and investors during an earnings call last year. It’s clear that the Tex-Mex chain has continued to lean in on that strategy. “The marketing has to be exciting,” Hochman said. “And…