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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Live streaming is one of the most effective ways to reach your target audience and build a real, lasting connection — and therefore a loyal customer or viewer. Ever since I started going live on YouTube, I’ve built relationships with entrepreneurs around the world, connected with amazing clients and created opportunities that simply wouldn’t have existed otherwise. As a business owner, I’ve spent years helping entrepreneurs, brands and professionals increase their online visibility. Recently, one of the most effective tools I’ve added to my strategy has been going live on…

Key Takeaways Henry co-founded Stord when he was an 18-year-old college student at Georgia Tech. He dropped out at 19 to focus on the company, which hit a $3 billion valuation earlier this year. Stord delivered to nearly 20% of U.S. households in 2025 alone and is on track for $1 billion in annual revenue. This first-person, as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sean Henry, CEO and co-founder of Stord, a commerce enablement platform providing independent brands with the operational intelligence they need to compete with Amazon. Henry started Stord with co-founder and CEO Jacob Boudreau in 2015…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The gap between a $300,000 exit and a $900,000 exit isn’t how good your business is — it’s whether you’ve built the asset buyers actually pay for. Stop optimizing for taxes and start optimizing for clean books: the pennies you save in April cost you millions at exit. Many entrepreneurs see building a company and eventually selling it as the ultimate achievement. My first exit happened by accident, and I didn’t even know I’d had one. I was 19, mowing lawns because I’d bought a mower, and walking to jobs…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Ben Leventhal believes restaurants are entering a new era where brand matters as much as the food itself. Operators who invest in storytelling and loyalty will be better positioned to build lasting restaurants. His philosophy is that restaurant technology should remove friction and not distract from hospitality itself. The restaurant business has spent years searching for its next competitive advantage.  Ben Leventhal believes the biggest opportunity isn’t technology alone. It’s building brands people genuinely want to be part of. As founder and CEO of Blackbird, Leventhal is helping restaurants strengthen…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Change rarely comes with certainty, but uncertainty can reveal new opportunities and directions we never expected. Meaningful change happens through small, consistent decisions — not one perfect one moment or guaranteed outcome. Growth requires curiosity, asking questions and a willingness to learn from people who’ve already traveled the path you’re considering. Most importantly, it requires believing your future doesn’t have to look exactly like your present. There comes a time in almost everyone’s life when they begin asking difficult questions. Maybe you’ve sent out dozens of job applications and heard…

While most kids have their faces buried in video games at age nine, Early Walker was founding companies. He never grew out of that entrepreneurial mindset, and since then, the Chicagoan built a towing company into a full-blown enterprise, walking away with a private equity exit that made him a self-made millionaire. Now he’s handing out his playbook — and capital — through his initiative, No Business Left Behind, to help others find extraordinary success. Here, he breaks down his incredible career and why he feels it is important to give back. Give us the elevator pitch of No Business…

Key Takeaways Abhi Thanendran is the cofounder and CEO of Tilt, a live commerce platform. On Tilt, shoppers log into a stream of live auctions and flash sales hosted by sellers. Thanendran says that what unites successful sellers is not audience size but attitude — they are all extremely “hard workers.” Tilt cofounder and CEO Abhi Thanendran likes to point out that none of the 13 people who did $1 million in sales on his live commerce platform last year were influencers — and that is exactly the point. Thanendran created Tilt for people willing to start from nothing, learn…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Personalization requires data, so track and organize your contacts. Personalization starts with meeting prospects where they are. Simplify your personalization process using automation technology. It’s 6 p.m. on a Tuesday, and you just got home. Toto, your dog, jumps up to greet you, and you think, “Wow, Toto needs a bath and a trim.” But then you’re on to the next thing, because dinner needs prepping, your kids are coming at you with weekend plans already, and — as we all know — life is busy. Two days later, a…

Key Takeaways Major brands like Target and American Eagle are increasingly tapping everyday social media users with as few as 500 followers to create branded content. These programs are often gamified, offering tiers, challenges and small rewards such as gift cards, discounts and free products instead of substantial cash payments. Emarketer forecasts that social media spending on influencers with small followings will surge this year. The bar for getting a brand deal has never been lower as major brands court content creators with small audiences.  According to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, over the past year, major…

A trending social media story claims that a 34-year-old man dressed in a homemade bison costume chased tourists in Yellowstone while shouting, “NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS!” But is there any truth to the claim? We asked the National Park Service.Yellowstone National Park, USA – September 1, 2021: tourists enjoy taking photos of a large male bison wandering down the middle of a road (Photo: vermontalm/Getty Images)Published July 28, 2026 12:19PMA trending social media story claims that rangers at Yellowstone National Park arrested a 34-year-old man for dressing up in a homemade bison costume and chasing tourists while shouting, “Now…