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When Soon Hagerty was just five years old, she spent 12 days crammed on a boat with about 40 people, fleeing Vietnam for a refugee camp in Indonesia. Her family arrived in America with just $300 and nine mouths to feed. Since then, she’s launched a luxury PR firm, co-founded a global communications agency, opened The Good Bowl restaurant in northern Michigan and created Boundless Futures Foundation, which gives female founders $50,000 grants. Her secret? She says it’s not about being fearless — it’s about taking action even when you are filled with fear. Your journey in life and business…

How to make this holiday a great one for your running friends and family (Photo: REI)Published October 21, 2026 03:11PMAt its core, running is the simplest sport in the world. Just put on your shoes, head out the door, and go. But of course, as all runners know, good gear can make every stride better. That’s where you and your big heart come in. These eight holiday gift ideas from REI are sure to inspire the runners in your life to enjoy this simple sport just a little bit more. Whether they’re after more miles, more speed, or just more…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Emotional intelligence becomes more important as a business scales because growth creates people challenges that processes alone can’t solve. Self-awareness and empathy are crucial. Founders must learn to step back from hands-on decision-making and manage change with empathy by explaining rationale, expectations and consequences. Make EQ repeatable through manager training, structured feedback, performance metrics, upward feedback loops and root-cause diagnosis of operational failures. Founders scaling a startup instinctively reach for levers that can be quantified and automated: workflows, integrations, dashboards, org charts and SOPs. Those investments are indispensable. They reduce…

Key Takeaways Uber is offering some drivers hundreds of dollars in bonuses for completing a set number of rides within a limited period. One offer promised $525 for 45 trips; others worked out to an extra $10 to $12 per ride. Referral payments can reach $1,225 for recruiting new drivers or bringing inactive drivers back. Uber drivers are seeing something they haven’t encountered in years. As the busy holiday season approaches, Uber wants more drivers on the road, and it’s offering hundreds of dollars to get them there.  According to a new report from Business Insider, Uber is giving drivers…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Persuasion is the ultimate human advantage in the age of AI. As AI automates more tasks and takes over more jobs, the ability to sell your ideas and inspire others to act becomes increasingly valuable. Master three essential persuasion skills: emotional intelligence, storytelling and effective use of tone and body language to build trust and move people to action. When you layer these skills on top of the information AI provides, you can accelerate your career and thrive professionally and personally. The rise of AI is making younger and older…

Published October 21, 2026 03:01AMIf you ever plan on riding out a pandemic in an abandoned mining town at 8,200 feet, there are a few things I’d recommend bringing: a four-wheel-drive truck, more than a few days of food, and at least some decent boots. I brought none of these. Instead, I arrived at Cerro Gordo, California, in the middle of a blizzard in March 2020, driving a base model Tacoma, and wearing white Allbirds, a few inches of ankle showing. A quarter mile from town, my bald tires slid off the road, the truck got stuck, and I walked…

Running doesn’t always make sense. Life doesn’t either. But follow these rules, and I promise you’ll get better at both. (Photo: Jordi Salas/Getty)Published October 21, 2026 03:03AMWhen I discovered running at age 13, my teenage brain rejoiced. It seemed so simple! Run more miles, get faster times. Finally, a sport that made sense. At last, after failing at more complex athletic endeavors like soccer and volleyball, I’d found a pursuit with a perfect one-to-one ratio of input to output. Or so I thought. For the next 20 years, I behaved as if more meant better. And I ran myself straight into…

Most business advice flows one way, from older founders to younger ones. Maverick1000 has reversed it. Every year, Maverick NEXT, an under-30 community network of entrepreneurs, investors and exited founders curated by Yanik Silver and Sophia Umanski, spends a week on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson, sharing the insights and tactics that have allowed them to outgrow businesses run by people twice their age. If you’re under 30, you could join them. The Maverick NEXT Impact Award sends five founders to the British Virgin Islands each year, all expenses paid. If you feel like you belong in a group…

Key Takeaways Wealthy employers are increasingly turning to nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). The purpose is to keep household staff who maintain their homes and run their lives from talking publicly about life behind closed doors. Demand for NDAs has increased tremendously over the past decade, especially in the past five years. If you’re working for the rich, keeping house now means keeping secrets.  According to a recent report from The New York Times, nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), which were once associated mainly with business deals, are increasingly becoming a condition of working in wealthy households. Employers are requiring staff like butlers, tutors…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Show up in people’s lives before they need you, and customers and talented hires will come to you. Prove a single location works before you open a second one. Letting go of perfect is what lets a business grow. Running 650 collision repair locations would seem to leave little time for hosting a podcast, especially one whose return Matt Ebert can’t put on a spreadsheet. But Ebert has found reasons to keep recording. The Crash Champions leader explained why podcasting has become part of how he builds relationships with customers…