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When I first launched my business, I believed growth meant saying yes to everything. Every client who reached out, every opportunity that landed in my inbox, every late-night email that felt urgent. It all felt like momentum. I had spent years in the finance industry learning how to be reliable, responsive, and endlessly available. So when I went out on my own, I brought those habits with me. I believed boundaries were something you earned later, once you’d proven yourself. To make matters worse, there’s an unspoken belief in founder culture that “serious” entrepreneurs are always available, always hustling, always…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Custom visual content builds trust faster by showing real people, products and operations. Original photos and videos outperform stock by improving engagement across web and social platforms. A professional photo or video shoot can provide high-quality, custom visual assets essential for effective marketing. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation, you can benefit from photos and videos that help build trust, enhance your website’s visual experience, drive social media engagement and create impactful print media campaigns that stand out from competitors relying on generic stock imagery.Photo and…

After a long day in the office, you catch a sight of yourself in the bathroom mirror: Hair, frizzy. Skin, dry. Eyes, puffy. “Office air” has claimed yet another victim. The term, which has recently gone viral on TikTok, puts its finger on a complaint office workers have suffered in silence for years. Coined by content creator Noa Donlan, her videos documenting the phenomenon have recently amassed millions of views across TikTok and Instagram. “I first noticed it as a student, but it became unmistakable once I started working full-time four years ago,” Donlan told People in a recent interview.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI is making phishing harder to detect. The messages are increasingly polished and professional, often mimicking colleagues or executives, which removes the obvious signs people used to rely on. Employees generally know how to spot phishing, but they still fall for it because they’re busy, multitasking and making fast decisions under pressure. It’s not because they lack training. Leaders must accept that cybersecurity is an operational problem. They must examine communication norms, look at after-hours expectations and build friction deliberately. There’s a version of the phishing problem that most companies…

Today’s work environment is more challenging than ever. With layoffs, the uncertainty that comes from the intrusion of AI, and changing codes of conduct, tempers are bound to flare up. Insults may follow. If you are a recipient of one of the six following insults, here’s how you can best respond.1. SHOUTING AT YOUSuppose you are in a meeting and your boss shouts at you, for example: “You didn’t hear me. I said we’d save that discussion for next time.” Don’t answer that rudeness with your own anger. That would only make things worse.Instead, respond to the substance of his words. You…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Autonomous agents are expanding the attack surface in organizations, as they increasingly operate with direct access to sensitive data — often without human oversight or key security controls in place. Traditional identity and access management strategies were not designed for this shift since they’re built around human users rather than autonomous systems. Automated management must be prioritized in the boardroom, security teams need access to tools that can comprehend what the user is asking for, and there must be a separation of duties at the user level. For almost two…

Sara Blakely founded the $1.2 billion shapewear and apparel company Spanx with just $5,000 in savings, relying on offbeat marketing methods and a good bit of her own grit. The entrepreneur recently revealed that while working toward her success, she had help: a motivational cassette tape that shaped the way she thought about her future. Blakely spoke about the tape while addressing the graduates at Florida State University’s spring 2026 commencement ceremony. She told the crowd that when she was 16, her father gave her a tape called How to Be a No-Limit Person, by Wayne Dyer, a self-help author, motivational…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways PR still drives trust, but machine readability now determines real visibility. Earned media must answer specific questions clearly for AI engines to cite it. Success shifts from share of voice to share of AI-driven citation. I have spent nearly a decade placing brands in the kinds of publications most founders dream about. I say that not to brag but to be clear about how deep in the PR world my adult career has been. When you are inside a line of work long enough, it becomes your identity, and when…

On Tuesday, Armstrong made a post on X that included the full email he sent to employees regarding the layoffs.“We’re currently in a down market and need to adjust our cost structure now so that we emerge from this period leaner, faster, and more efficient for our next phase of growth,” Armstrong wrote.Coinbase will not only cut costs and reduce head count but also “fundamentally” change how the company operates, he said. For one, Armstrong said the company would flatten its structure to a maximum of five layers between executives and employees.The billionaire crypto CEO said that in cutting middle manager roles,…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The strongest leaders build trust, develop people, and create momentum without relying on constant oversight. A simple weekly audit can reveal where your leadership is driving progress — or quietly holding it back. Leadership doesn’t reveal itself in a vision statement. It shows up in real time — through who trusts you with hard truths, who grows under your leadership and whether your organization is actually moving forward instead of just staying busy.I learned this firsthand as president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. We were trying to do…