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Lifters and influencers are turning to nicotine pouches for a nice jolt ahead of working out. Cardiologists and exercise physiologists say it’s masking fatigue, straining your heart, and setting you up for addiction—not better PRs.Listen to this articleListen (Photo: Nicotine pouch: Anastassiya Bezhekeneva/Getty; Design: Ayana Underwood/Canva)Published August 20, 2026 01:16PMFrom smelling salts to caffeine-jacked energy drinks, buzzy pre-workout chemicals are now being peddled on social media and in gym locker rooms. But a new and highly unorthodox performance-booster has entered the chat in 2026: nicotine.Will Tennyson, a fitness influencer with over one million Instagram followers, recently posted a video on…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Brand mentions are becoming an important SEO signal, especially for visibility in AI-generated search results, even when those mentions don’t include backlinks.u003cbru003e Earned media, expert commentary, original data, podcasts, YouTube, and consistent brand naming can strengthen AI visibility by giving AI systems more credible information about a brand.u003cbru003e Backlinks still matter for rankings and referral traffic, but marketers should now track unlinked brand mentions alongside links to measure overall visibility. For a decade, backlinks were the clearest measure of success in SEO. I built campaigns around them, clients approved budgets…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Talk about a winning combo. The first dual-brand IHOP-Applebee’s location opened in Seguin, Texas, and nearly tripled sales compared to what the standalone IHOP was doing before, according to FSR Magazine. Dine Brands, the parent company of both chains, is betting the format can do that again and again, targeting 80 combined locations by year’s end. That’s nearly double its current 45, and CEO John Peyton projects room for 900 dual-branded units over the next decade. The layout shares one entrance, with Applebee’s and IHOP each getting their own seating zone, red…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Lodge Cast Iron’s annual shareholder meeting doubles as a family reunion, three generations of Lodges, from a 2-year-old to an 88-year-old, gathered in Chattanooga this June for the skillet company their family has owned since 1896, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company almost fried in 1996, when then-COO Henry Lodge privately worried the business might go bankrupt. But a turnaround came in 2002, when Lodge figured out how to pre-season its pans so customers could use them straight out of the box, no more peeling wax and baking for hours…

Published August 20, 2026 06:00AMIf you’re thinking about building an overland rig, chances are pretty high that one of the first modifications you’ll consider making to your vehicle is upgrading its suspension. It’s the single modification that can make the biggest difference in how a vehicle drives, but if you’re not careful, it’s also one of the easiest ways to ruin your rig.A solid suspension upgrade can totally transform how a truck drives off pavement. It will typically yield more ground clearance, give you the ability to run a larger tire without rubbing, and can help your vehicle handle a…

Published August 20, 2026 04:07AMThe earthy scent of waiting-to-be-opened books permeates the air when I walk into the Anythink Nature Library just outside Denver, Colorado. It’s to be expected, as the 33,000-square-foot, sunlit space just opened its doors August 8. But the hundreds of people surrounding me aren’t paging through those tomes. There are kids scrambling over a dozen boulders that have been placed in an organic path inside. Other people are staring up at star-like lights on the ceiling of the dark room, which is meant to simulate the experience of being outside at night, and smells faintly of campfire thanks to…

The 2026 Farmers’ Almanac leaf-peeping map is officially out. Here is everything you need to know to plan a perfectly timed autumn getaway. (Photo: Cavan Images / Brent Doscher / Getty)Published August 20, 2026 03:49AMI’ll admit it: growing up in Minnesota, I’m a little bit of a snob when it comes to fall foliage. Every year, as late September hit, the forests around the Twin Cities area burst with color. There were the fiery hues of the Red Maples in backyards, the near-neon yellows, oranges, and reds of the Sugar Maples surrounding local playgrounds, and golden yellow aspens and birch…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Consumers can already smell AI video, and a chunk of them trust your brand less the moment they do. “Made by humans” is becoming a positioning choice, not a production detail. You cannot fake it after the fact, so the time to build the receipts is now. A few months ago, I watched a founder show off a brand video he was proud of. Slick lighting. A confident voice. A customer talking about how the product changed her life. Then he told me the customer was not real. The voice…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways We gave AI the job of writing our code and lost the ability to verify it before it ships, but that’s only half of the problem. The other half is that while you’re still trying to review what your own AI wrote, someone else’s AI is reading it too, and it is faster than you are. For a decade, we chased a single number (how fast we could ship), and AI has now handed that number to everyone, including who or what is attacking you. So, speed is no longer the…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Forming an LLC simplifies the legal and administrative starting point, but it does not solve the operational challenges of running a business. Sustainable success depends on managing customers, costs, people, systems, and cash flow—not simply completing the formation process. The real value of easier LLC formation is that it frees founders’ time and attention to focus on the execution required to turn a legal entity into a functioning, profitable company.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e I have used an LLC formation service myself. It organized an unfamiliar process, clarified the required steps and helped turn…