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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Google Search isn’t all people are using these days. Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and others have become popular search engines — and the ways we optimize our online presence for AI are different from Google.While AI search continues to evolve, AI search continues to evolve, and if you don’t want to get left behind, there are four signals your business needs to get right to stay at the top of the search results page. Recently, a client came to me with a problem that turned…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The most consequential experience work happens before design, in a room where the people who own each part of the customer’s path agree on what the company does, who it serves and what the customer needs to understand first. The experience your customers have is an outcome of how your company makes decisions, not a deliverable you can redesign your way into. Change the decisions, and the surface follows; leave them in place, and the same confusion returns in a cleaner form. Most of the friction a customer feels is…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Founders often assume weak conversions indicate a problem with their offer or traffic source, when the real issue is usually a handful of fixable website mistakes that quietly push visitors away. Fixing these mistakes doesn’t require a full redesign or a six-figure agency retainer. It requires an honest look at your site through your customer’s eyes, not your own. You can run ads, post content daily, build a solid social following and still watch your conversions flatline. I’ve seen it happen to smart founders repeatedly. They pour budget into getting…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most applicant tracking systems don’t automatically reject resumes based on content or formatting. The actual filtering happens when an exhausted human recruiter runs out of time and stops reading. Hiring has two visibility problems: volume and poor communication. While volume is hard to solve, companies can improve the candidate experience now through clearer timelines, acknowledgment and transparency. What’s really happening in modern hiring isn’t a software problem — it’s what occurs when organizations optimize so hard for their own needs that they ignore what the process feels like for applicants.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A website can become outdated even when the business is growing and the team is making reasonable updates along the way. Growth changes what a website needs to do. It may need to serve new audiences, explain new services, support sales, build trust and reflect a more mature business strategy. The strongest signal that a site is outdated is often confusion, not only appearance. If sales teams, founders or marketing constantly have to explain what the site should make clear, it may no longer be supporting the business properly. A…

BF Goodrich’s new Trail-Terrain T/A + is specifically designed for crossovers.Published July 18, 2026 04:00AMI’ve long preached that all-terrain tires are the most important upgrade for any adventure vehicle as they provide the traction and stability needed for steep, rough, unpredictable roads. I personally use the BF Goodrich KO3s on my 2024 Toyota Tundra, and am often glad I have them. Just this past weekend those tires helped me and my family safely climb a rocky, steep, and harrowing mining road up to my favorite camping spot at 11,000 feet outside Silverton, Colorado. But what if you drive a smaller,…

Published July 18, 2026 03:06AMVincent Bouillard couldn’t stop running. The 32-year-old Frenchman had just finished the 100.2-mile Western States Endurance Run in a record time of 13 hours, 46 minutes and 15 seconds, when he turned around and began to jog the course in reverse, extending his hand to high-five hundreds of fans who had lined the track at Placer High School in Auburn, Calif., the iconic site of the race’s finish line for more than five decades.Bouillard ran another quarter-mile up the red track before he eventually stopped, not because he was tired, but because he had one more…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Burnout starts with subtle shifts in mood and focus, long before exhaustion sets in. Structure, boundaries and purpose — not constant busyness — are what sustain founders long-term. Entrepreneurship is often associated with passion, ambition and relentless drive. Founders are expected to solve problems quickly, make decisions under pressure and carry the responsibility of the entire organization.But there is a cost to the cumulative weight of that responsibility. Founder fatigue rarely appears suddenly. More often, it builds gradually through chronic stress, decision overload and the constant urgency that accompanies leadership.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Brands are increasingly getting cultural moments wrong because they’re prioritizing speed over understanding and visibility over legitimacy. To get cultural relevance right, define your role before entering the moment, design for participation (not passive visibility), pressure test ideas through the audience lens, and commit to consistency beyond the campaign. A campaign launches with the right intentions, taps into a cultural moment that feels relevant, and within hours, the reaction shifts. What was meant to connect starts to divide. The comments tell the story before the brand has a chance to…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Investors aren’t evaluating how polished your pitch is — they’re testing whether your business can survive the structural realities of taking their money. From cap tables to burn rate to governance, the founders who close rounds are the ones who’ve pressure-tested the fundamentals long before they walk into the room. The first time I fundraised, I assumed my success hinged on the persuasiveness of my pitch. I refined the deck, rehearsed the narrative and memorized every metric. My belief was simple: if I could communicate the vision clearly enough, the…