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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Fewer clicks isn’t the same as less impact. Your buyers are doing more of their homework before they ever hit your site — in AI answers, reviews, videos and DMs you’ll never see in analytics. A traffic dip can actually mean people are showing up more informed and closer to buying, not that your marketing stopped working. Imagine your CEO walks into your office and says, “Website traffic is down 12%. Should I be worried?” Ten years ago, the answer might have been yes. Today, the honest answer is: maybe.…

Following a presidential proclamation that shrunk Bears Ears National Monument by 90 percent and dissolved its historic Inter-Tribal Commission, the federal government is removing Tribal seals from monument entrance signs.Following orders to disband the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Commission, the BLM has removed Tribal seals from monument signs in Utah (Photo: Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition)Published July 23, 2026 03:42PMTribal signs that once surrounded the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah are disappearing.In early July, President Trump once again slashed Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, this time reducing the size of the two protected areas in Utah by…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most companies still measure customer experience (CX) as a cost center using metrics like handle time and deflection rates — but measuring it this way is costing companies more revenue than they realize. Stronger CX organizations focus on metrics that signal real business outcomes, not just operational efficiency. These metrics include customer retention influenced by support interactions, revenue protected through CX intervention and lifetime value correlated to resolution quality. Reframing CX as a revenue function requires building the operational infrastructure to support it. Reporting must also change. CFOs respond to…

Key Takeaways Junk Teens hit $3 million in revenue in 2025 and is projected to reach $5 million this year. The brothers have implemented a series of systems to grow the business and eye future scale. Junk Teens also relies on an app vibe coded by one of its teenage employees. In 2024, when Entrepreneur first connected with brothers Kirk McKinney, 22, and Jacob McKinney, 21, their Greater Boston-based junk-removal business, Junk Teens, was still a side hustle, albeit a $1.2 million one.  Image Credit: Junk Teens. Kirk McKinney, left, and Jacob McKinney, right. The then-teenaged brothers launched Junk Teens…

Key Takeaways Brendan Foody is the CEO of Mercor, an AI talent and data-labeling platform. In a post on X, Foody said that he received “too many” job applications from young people who were “serial job hoppers.” These candidates “jump to the hottest company every year” without building “something extraordinary,” he said. Brendan Foody, the 23-year-old CEO of AI talent and data-labeling platform Mercor, thinks that young job candidates should stay at companies for longer stretches of time. When reviewing young applicants, Foody found that average tenure was shorter than he expected; they were staying at jobs for a year…

Published July 23, 2026 12:31PMOn May 3, Anthony Pollio, 33, was hiking Glacier National Park’s Mount Brown Trail when a grizzly bear attacked and killed him. Now, new details about his final moments offer a stark reminder of the risks of hiking alone after dark in grizzly country.The strenuous ten-mile out-and-back trail lies in the heart of grizzly country. Pollio, who was visiting from Florida, was hiking alone at nighttime in unfamiliar terrain—all factors that put him at risk of an attack, the National Park Service (NPS) wrote in its July 20 report on the incident. Fallen trees and poor visibility…

Published July 23, 2026 10:12AMOn July 18, Jackson Hole opened three new via ferrata routes over what might be the most famous ski feature in the West, if not in the entire United States: Corbet’s Couloir. This double black diamond at a 50-degree slope with a 20-foot drop over a cornice is one of the steepest runs in North America.This new addition to Jackson’s via ferrata network doesn’t ascend the couloir itself, because there are actually already a few rock climbs here. To avoid disturbing the existing climbs, the via ferrata routes traverse under Corbet’s, then ascend the cliff directly…

Forget lab tests: the Tour de France provides a real-world look at the limits of human fitness.Tadej Pogačar wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey cycles with the pack of riders (Photo: Jeff PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)Published July 23, 2026 08:39AMThe official record for highest VO2 max belongs to a former cyclist named Oskar Svendsen, whose brief career I wrote about back in 2019. VO2 max is a measure of how much oxygen your lungs, heart, and muscles can use to fuel your metabolism; if you want a single number to measure your aerobic fitness, it’s what you use.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A single compromised registrar login can redirect your website, hijack your email and let attackers impersonate your leadership — all without touching your actual product or infrastructure. Locking down MFA, transfer locks, DNS access and offboarding isn’t extra security theater — it’s what separates a minor incident from losing the business. Founders love to talk about their moats. Product. Distribution. Community. Brand. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: none of it matters if you lose control of your domain.I’ve watched companies spend years building trust, only to see it evaporate in a…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Leaders who begin educating AI systems on their actual operations today are building an advantage that cannot be replicated by late adopters. The real work is not adopting tools. It is loading AI with everything your organization knows and then prompting it toward outcomes you have not yet achieved. Organizations that wait for AI to feel safe will inherit a gap they cannot close. The learning only comes from doing it inside a live business. I run a healthcare technology company, and I did not come into this with a…