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At least seven masked bandits made off with about 30,000 bottles of wine worth an estimated $5.8 million from Marchesi Antinori, one of Italy’s oldest family-owned wineries, according to the BBC. The vino villains broke into the company’s storage facility near Cortona, disabled the alarms and cameras, then used Antinori’s own forklifts to load two large trucks. The robbery included about 10,000 bottles of Solaia along with Tignanello and Guado al Tasso, all from the 2023 vintage and typically priced between $167 and $558 each. The company believes the selective picks point to wine experts with inside knowledge. CEO Renzo…

Published October 14, 2026 03:06AMSomewhere right now, someone hangs from a pull-up bar in their garage, red-faced, breath held, forearms trembling, while a phone propped against a water bottle counts the seconds. When they finally drop to the ground, they post their time on Instagram with a caption implying they just bought themselves another decade of life by completing a dead hang. The dead hang challenge has been circulating on social media, and some people claim the workout is tied to longevity. The dead hang’s popularity skyrocketed after its appearance on an episode of the Mel Robbins Podcast. In the…

Published October 14, 2026 03:07AMI’ve never been through a haunted house. The scariest movie I’ve ever watched is The Ring from 2002. I do enjoy a good thriller novel, but I’m quick to scream when someone appears around a corner too quickly. You might think that’s pretty normal—except that every October my friends and family know I disappear into haunt season to run spooky experiences for scare-lovers. I’ve worked in haunts that run through greenhouses, shipping containers, actual corn mazes, forests, and fields. Each one is different, but the goal is always the same: to bring guests into a different…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Formalize driver and vehicle safety systems as you grow. Maintain an authorized-driver roster, written driving expectations, regular vehicle inspections and centralized maintenance records. Unrealistic routes, tight time windows and productivity targets can encourage speeding, distraction or skipped breaks, so build realistic buffers and review performance records. Prepare for incidents before they happen and learn from near misses. Have a simple accident procedure, preserve relevant records and track similar incidents to identify recurring risks. In the early days, you know everything. You know which van has the sticky brake light, which…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Lones spotted a healthcare hole in treating sleep apnea.  Daybreak offers an alternative to the unpopular CPAP machine. The business model limits inventory costs and allows the company to move quickly. Here’s a statistic that might keep you up at night: As many as 83 million U.S. adults suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes them to stop breathing over and over again while they sleep, waking up dozens or even hundreds of times a night. The standard treatment is a CPAP machine, a clunky device that keeps the airway…

Tide Rock CEO Ryan Peddycord shares the principles that shaped his career and the no-debt private equity strategy most firms keep to themselves. By Trent Bryson | edited by Maria Bailey | Oct 13, 2026 Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Ryan Peddycord is the CEO and founder of Tide Rock, an evergreen holding company built on an unlevered approach to private equity: permanent capital, no bank debt and a focus on economically resilient B2B businesses. Before Tide Rock, he built his reputation as an operator, leading Business.com as CEO and chairman and growing a string of B2B…

Key Takeaways Antima Jain and Pooja Choudhary met 11 years ago through a mutual friend at a party in Minnesota. They were both immigrants from India, had a lot in common and lived three minutes away from each other. They ultimately pooled their personal funds to open their own Color Me Mine paint-your-own pottery studio franchise in March 2025. A few months ago, a customer walked into Antima Jain and Pooja Choudhary’s Edina, Minnesota pottery-painting studio, Color Me Mine, with a plan to propose to his girlfriend. Color Me Mine allows customers to pick a piece of pottery like a mug,…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI adoption is already happening inside our businesses. Now we have to learn how to manage it. Every manager needs answers to 6 questions: Who’s using AI? What are they using it for? How are they using it? What company, customer or employee data are they putting into it? Who checks the output? Who owns the result? Divide AI use into three categories: Green, Amber and Red. Green means use freely. Amber means use AI, but a human remains in the loop. Red means don’t delegate it to AI. Your…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Your playbook got you here, but it was written for a different company in a different year. The fastest way to earn trust in a new role is to admit what you don’t know and show how you plan to learn it. Slow down at the start so you can sprint later — speed for its own sake isn’t a strategy.u003cbru003e The first question people ask when you take on a new leadership role is usually some version of “What’s your plan?” It is a fair question. When you are…

Hackers usually go after your data. In France, they went after the frozen peas. A cyberattack on refrigeration systems hit more than 400 supermarkets in France, forcing some stores to throw out food, according to The New York Times. About 300 Intermarché and Netto stores were affected, along with 80 Coopérative U and 30 Monoprix locations. The attack targeted systems from three companies that remotely control refrigerators, according to France’s National Cybersecurity Agency. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the hack, and Paris prosecutors have yet to identify the culprits. Dominique Schelcher, head of French grocery chain Coopérative…