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Published October 19, 2026 07:06AMWhat to know: The best all-mountain skis of 2027 are the Nordica Enforcer 99 (Editors’ Choice), Völkl Mantra 88 (best all-mountain ski for the East), Blizzard Rustler 9 (most versatile), and Rossignol Arcade 84 (best for carving). We partnered with the experts at SKI to test 108 skis and found nine winners that handle groomers, crud, bumps, trees, and powder, with picks for women, intermediates, and forgiving rides. If there’s one thing modern ski design has settled, it’s that the one-ski quiver is an all-mountain ski. Built to carve morning groomers, slash through afternoon chop, weave…

The latest Long Read on the Outside Podcast takes a deep dive into competitive steinholdilng, the event where athletes raises their glasses of beer and then hold them until their arms begin to shake. Published October 18, 2026 03:01AMRaise your glasses! Now, hold them up until your arms begin to shake. That’s the challenge that athletes take on at a steinholding competition, which is the focus of this week’s Long Read on the Outside Podcast. In 2025, writer Martin Fritz Huber attended the U.S. national championships of steinholding, held during New York City’s annual Oktoberfest celebration in Central Park. Huber…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Early-stage companies often rely on the founder’s judgment, and for good reason. But as you grow, you have to learn to delegate to give your team the confidence to make decisions without you. Don’t just hire people to execute — hire people who genuinely want to learn. Give your employees enough trust to surprise you with the way they step up to the plate. When I started Infragistics, I was used to solving problems myself. That was partly because I had to. We were a small company with limited resources…

Published October 17, 2026 03:01AMThe famed fictional character Forrest Gump ran for three years, two months, 14 days, and 16 hours with no break. “I just felt like running,” Forrest says when asked why he ran for so long. But running nearly continuously for three-plus years isn’t a great idea for several pretty obvious reasons: burnout, injury, exhaustion, to name a few. In fact, you only need to run for a handful of weeks in a row to experience those symptoms. That’s why recovery weeks are critical to build into your training, regardless of level or goal. J’ne Day-Lucore is…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Discover why being able to create a product doesn’t prove anyone will pay for it Explore how customer insight, distribution and feedback can help you build a stronger business See how AI employees can support the research and testing behind your next idea You’ve probably seen the videos. Build an app in an afternoon. Launch a business with a few prompts. Use AI to turn something you know into an income. And people are earning money this way. In an Adobe Express survey of 1,010 gig workers, published in February 2026,…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Track how every dollar of revenue is allocated against target percentages for labor, inventory and facilities, so you can spot problems before they become a cash crisis. Focus your resources on the opportunities where you have the strongest advantage, and judge success by whether the business is becoming a more valuable asset, not just by how much revenue it brings in. You never forget your first big win in business. Mine came in the form of my first victory over my older brother in Monopoly. The game turned 90 last…

Key Takeaways Allie and Hunter Taylor launched baby carrier brand Mabē in November 2023. The husband-wife founders funded their first product order with their own savings rather than raising outside capital. Mabē framed its product around helping parents feel confident, hands-free and able to keep pursuing their routines and ambitions. For Hunter Taylor, the story of Mabē goes back “to the very beginning of time.” In other words, it starts in fourth grade when he met Allie Taylor for the first time.  “I was always in love with Allie,” he tells Entrepreneur. “I just knew that she was my soulmate,…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI can help small teams punch above their weight, but this doesn’t mean using AI for its own sake. The best AI-native playbook involves validating AI performance data, holding AI accountable and using it in ways that don’t bury your human employees in time-consuming new review tasks. You know the competitor with three times your people and three times your budget. Sooner or later, that gap makes you wonder, “Do I have to hire the way they hire to keep up?” Most of the time, you don’t. Y Combinator CEO…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI is the leading reason U.S. employers have given for layoffs in 2026, cited in about 21% of announced job cuts. Laid-off workers can combine industry experience with AI tools to launch low-cost businesses, but customer relationships still depend on the human touch. In the pursuit of greater productivity and profit, companies see AI as a glow on the horizon. For many workers, however, the AI revolution has already arrived in the form of a pink slip. In January, Amazon announced nearly 16,000 job cuts to reduce organizational layers and…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways “Made in America” is having a moment. But for entrepreneurs, bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. isn’t simply a patriotic decision — it’s a financial one. Higher labor and production costs, tariffs on imported inputs and the capital required to build domestic operations can quickly reshape a company’s margins. At the same time, automation, shorter supply chains and reduced inventory requirements may make domestic manufacturing more competitive than it was a decade ago. The real question isn’t whether America can manufacture again. It’s whether entrepreneurs can make the economics work.…