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Published July 31, 2026 10:59AMBy now, you’ve probably read the headlines: some version of “hiker impaled by trekking pole.” Media as far away as England, India, and Turkey have covered the horrific incident that took place on a remote trail leading to Montana’s highest peak.The photos are hard to look at. They show what can happen in a split second. But they don’t capture what it’s like to hike ten miles off a mountain knowing your first misstep could be your last. The Fall The fall itself is fuzzy. Etched in David Cifaldi’s mind, however, is the summit looming over…

Meta just gave investors a preview of how expensive the AI race really is, and Wall Street isn’t thrilled. The company missed earnings estimates and issued weaker-than-expected revenue guidance, sending shares down as much as 11% after-hours, CNBC reports. The real shock is that free cash flow collapsed to $784 million this quarter, down from $8.55 billion a year earlier, as Meta pours money into AI. Next year could be worse. Analysts expect Meta to burn through more than $20 billion in cash in 2027, based on $174 billion in projected spending. Deutsche Bank thinks that figure could reach $215…

Eight climbers remain unaccounted for on Broad Peak following a massive avalanche, while rescue teams have recovered two bodies from the foot of the mountain.Broad Peak (Photo: Courtesy Sallahuddin Shah)Published July 31, 2026 06:18AMTwo Pakistan Army helicopters have been dispatched to the scene of a massive avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan that has left ten international climbers missing, including well-known mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, sources say.The Alpine Club of Pakistan stated on Instagram that the bodies of two climbers have been recovered at the foot of the mountain. The recovered include Omani climber Nadhira Al Harthy, whose body was…

Sprinter conversions, vanlife, the tiny-home boom—they all owe a debt to a riveted aluminum bullet called the Airstream Clipper, which turns 90 this year. (Photo: Courtesy Airstream)Published July 31, 2026 05:00AMBefore it was the silver beacon sparkling in the sun at campsites and RV parks across the country, the Airstream was a gamble. In 1936, Wally Byam rolled out an all-aluminum, riveted travel trailer in Culver City, California, and basically invented a part of road-trip life and American summers that we now take for granted. Until then, Byam had been producing DIY trailer plans and boxy wood-and-Masonite units. Utilitarian, but…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI adoption is not the real conversation anymore — capability is, and the gap between people using AI at the surface and those going deep is compounding into fundamentally different levels of output within the same company. The instinct to standardize AI enablement through committees and best practices breaks down at this pace of change — what actually works is protected, facilitated time (three hours minimum, no multitasking) where every operational group experiments in the context of their own work and shares what they learned. AI is not rolling out…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most communication breakdowns aren’t personality problems — they’re systems problems, and a team with no shared rules for what belongs in chat, email or a meeting will stay confused no matter how well-intentioned everyone is. Real communication change comes from leaders modeling it first: if you want clarity, be clear; if you want feedback, receive it without flinching — because teams don’t get better because a leader announces a new value, they get better because the leader builds and protects a system. I spent years as a teacher before leading…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Founders are known for working overly long hours, juggling virtually limitless tasks and wanting to have their finger in every pie of the business. But when a leader can’t say no to every prospect that feels like a real opportunity, they start investing their personal resources too widely to have a real impact. Going deeper on a few key goals instead of extending your reach farther could be the answer to increased productivity and more functional teams. Your calendar looks like a crime scene. Back-to-back meetings, endless notifications, dozens of…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The single biggest predictor of a reply isn’t wit or polish — it’s one specific, honest detail that proves you actually know who you’re writing to, not a merge field with their first name. Winning pitches ask for one small, easy yes and follow up like a professional, because silence is almost always a buried inbox rather than a rejection. I have spent years on both ends of the cold pitch. I send them to land coverage and clients, and because of the work I do, I receive a steady…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways As your company scales, critical relationship data gets scattered across inboxes, Slack threads and CRMs — investing in an extended relationship management (XRM) layer centralizes that institutional memory and makes it visible across your team Client relationships aren’t transactions to close but long-term assets to cultivate, and treating relationship intelligence as core infrastructure (not a productivity add-on) is what turns strong connections into a scalable growth advantage Over time, I’ve come to realize how important relationships are in every area of business — including some high-stakes areas that aren’t exactly…

Carissa Broadbent is the No. 1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling author behind the Crowns of Nyaxia series, one of the biggest names in the romantasy boom taking over readers’ hearts, minds, and eyeballs. She joined me on How Success Happens as her new fantastic new novel, The Lion & The Deathless Dark, is about to hit shelves, to talk about the years she spent self-publishing in near-total obscurity before her books became a cultural phenomenon. If you are an aspiring writer, you are going to want to listen because Carissa gives one piece of advice I have not heard anywhere…