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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A successful acquisition starts with a clear strategy. Without one, you’re just buying an expensive distraction. The choice between buying the whole business or just its assets depends on how much continuity you need and how much risk you are willing to absorb. Retaining key employees, protecting customer confidence and ensuring cultural alignment during the transition are just as important as getting the financials right. The transaction itself is only the beginning. Integration determines whether the acquisition creates value. Entrepreneurship is often framed as starting from nothing. An idea, a…
Several hundred non-tenured full-time faculty members at New York University are on strike after the school failed to reach a tentative contract agreement with Contract Faculty United-United Auto Workers. Nearly 75% of the union’s more than 900 full-time NYU contract faculty—who teach across the university’s various schools—voted to authorize the strike in February. On Monday morning, a deal seemed possible, with CFU-UAW extending its 8 a.m. strike deadline by three hours after bargaining through the university’s spring break last week. By midday, union members and supporters were on the picket line outside NYU’s John A. Paulson Center in lower Manhattan.…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Structured as five-day sprints, hack weeks provide a balance between focused work and avoiding burnout. Hack weeks promote team building and serve as a platform for tackling big ideas, with recent sessions focusing on AI advancements. For some people, the idea of “group projects” causes a reflexive spasm of dread, complete with unpleasant flashbacks to high school assignments where one person always seemed to drop the ball and tank everyone’s grade as a result.In my opinion, workplace collaboration is unfairly maligned. Consider a different image, say, the movie Armageddon, or…
Published March 23, 2026 12:18PMI thought I knew what to expect when I sat down with Josh Rosen, host of Dirt, a Huckberry travel and adventure series that follows the former pro snowboarder around the world exploring food cultures, connecting with local farmers and chefs, and of course, getting a little wild.But I was surprised to hear how transformative the show has been for him. Not only has it changed the way Rosen imagines a collective future; it has changed the way he imagines his own. “I just want to be engaged with people, telling stories,” Rosen told Outside. “Dirt has made…
On March 19, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted to approve a commemorative gold coin that flies in the face of the law. On one side of the coin President Donald Trump is seen scowling as he leans with his fist on a desk; on the other, a bald eagle carries the Liberty Bell. Designed for the United States’ semiquincentennial, the coin would break a longstanding U.S. tradition established via an 1866 law that bans living presidents from appearing on currency. Only one other living president in history has appeared on a coin: 100 years ago when then-President Calvin…
Sam Altman saw the writing on the wall months ago. The OpenAI CEO issued a “code red” late last year after realizing the company was spreading itself too thin — chasing everything from video models to robotics while Anthropic focused on winning business customers. The strategy backfired. Business customers purchasing AI for the first time now choose Anthropic at three times the rate of OpenAI. Altman’s solution: hire aggressively and refocus. He plans to double OpenAI’s workforce to 8,000 employees by year-end, with new hires working across product development, engineering, research and sales. OpenAI is also ditching “side quests” to…
Rescuers found a 71-year-old hiker alive after a three-day search in the northern California wilderness. A chance encounter with a local guide company, Skunk Train, saved her life.A 71-year-old hiker was rescued after being lost for three days in the northern California backcountry (Photo: Smileus/Getty Images)Published March 23, 2026 12:30PMGuides leading a tour group on an old stretch of railway found a missing 71-year-old hiker on March 18 in a remote, heavily wooded part of Northern California. The woman, whose name has not been released, had been lost without food or water for three days.Xochitl Villa, a guide for the electric…
The price for a barrel of Brent crude fell 9.4% to $101.62, down from nearly $120 at one point last week, after Trump said the United States and Iran held productive talks the last two days “regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.” The S&P 500 rose 1.2% toward its best day since the war began.The market’s moves remain tentative, though, and Iran denied such talks took place. The S&P 500 trimmed its gain, which had reached 2.2% in the morning.Over the weekend, Trump had threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t open…
There is a chip shortage and Elon Musk isn’t waiting for suppliers to fix it. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO announced plans Sunday to build “Terafab,” two advanced chip factories in Austin, Texas. Musk says current global chip production meets only 3% of his companies’ future needs, according to Reuters. Given that several companies make advanced chips, but no companies have ever made fully reusable rockets or achieved SpaceX scale, I think Starship is harder, but we shall see.Terafab will technically be two fabs, each making only one chip design. This greatly simplifies…— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 22, 2026 One…
The Trump administration on Friday outlined to Congress how it wants lawmakers to regulate AI. It is urging Congress to preempt states from passing their own AI laws, while offering guidance on how a broader federal framework could address state-level concerns without overburdening the industry.Writing on X, White House “AI czar” David Sacks said the administration is responding to what it sees as a fragmented landscape of state-level rules, warning that a “patchwork” of regulations could slow innovation and undermine U.S. competitiveness in AI. But getting Congress to agree on sweeping AI legislation in an election year is a tall…