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Published October 8, 2026 03:01AMAbout our reporting: For this piece, the author—a writer on digital trends and the outdoors—spoke with fellow hikers and leaders of cemetery nature walks, reviewed sociological and ecological studies on urban greenspaces, and personally hiked a cemetery to experience the practice firsthand. Picture it: You’re standing in the middle of a truly thriving ecosystem. Migratory birds alight on the oldest fir tree in a city’s sprawling dedicated greenspace. Mycelial networks fill the soil beneath your feet, whispering messages of warning across the expanse. You breathe in; you breathe out. The myriad stresses of the day begin…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Notice when volunteering stops. A pattern of silence, sustained across two or three cycles, is worth a direct conversation before it becomes a resignation. Replace the annual “are you satisfied?” survey question with a quarterly one: “What would make you consider leaving?” Track who has stopped requesting stretch projects, who has gone quiet in meetings they used to lead and who has stopped asking about the next year of their role. According to Gallup, 51% of U.S. employees were either actively looking for a new job or watching for opportunities…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways If the human is the cost center (like live dealers), AI can replace them with a cheaper, less intimidating and more personalized experience. If the human is the peer or product (like in paper trading or streamer prediction markets), humanity itself becomes the draw and is harder to replace. Ask where the human sits in your product and what is going on in that moment. Is it a moment of delight, or is it a moment of friction? And where does the human add value, as a peer, as competition?…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways If a role exists only to notice, collect and deliver information the work already knows, it’s a delay with a salary — not added capacity. Look at the last role you opened, and write down what they’ll actually do on a Tuesday. Separate work that changes the client outcome from the work that only moves information about the outcome. A useful test is: “If this person disappeared Wednesday, would the work stop — or would only the report stop?” If only the report stops, you don’t have a people problem.…

Call it the Great Subway Robbery. Prosecutors say the woman buying supplies for Subway owners and her brother pocketed millions in kickbacks. A federal grand jury has indicted Janet Risi Field, 66, and her brother Steven Louis Risi, 70, in a scheme that allegedly cost Subway franchisees more than $80 million, according to NBC 6 South Florida. Risi Field founded Independent Purchasing Cooperative, the nonprofit that negotiates supply deals for Subway franchisees, and ran it from 1996 to 2021. Its whole job was getting owners the lowest prices. But prosecutors say Risi Field cut secret deals with vendor brokers who…

Key Takeaways Stack Overflow conducted a survey of 30,903 software developers across 169 countries. Nearly half of the respondents said they were complacent in their jobs, a third were unhappy, and 22% were happy. AI’s impact is mixed: One developer now finds coding with AI less fulfilling, while another says he finds fulfillment in AI letting him tackle ambitious projects. The AI boom is pushing ahead as the software developers behind it are wearing down.  Stack Overflow’s 2026 Developer Survey, released earlier this week, polled 30,903 developers across 169 countries. Nearly half said they were complacent in their jobs. A…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways There’s a growing trend in the college admissions consulting business. Parents are asking consultants to guarantee outcomes, even when their children’s profiles make those expectations unrealistic. Many clients think paying for expertise means buying an outcome — but expertise doesn’t work that way. What expertise can do is improve decision-making and maximize the likelihood of a favorable outcome. Some clients want validation, not expertise. The trouble is that sometimes the most valuable thing an expert can tell a client is precisely what the client doesn’t want to hear. “Can you…

Key Takeaways Mullin seized the opportunity to focus on plant-based options and sustainable initiatives at Little Saint. She says its seven-day-a-week operations help it serve the community as a rare third place. “Food was very central to my life growing up,” Deborah Mullin, director of culinary at Little Saint, a plant-based restaurant in Healdsburg, California, says.  Image Credit: Emma K Creative. Director of culinary Deborah Mullin. Mullin’s paternal grandfather owned and operated a restaurant in a small town in the Hudson Valley in New York. Her maternal grandparents were first-generation Americans with Italian heritage; her grandmother often prepared meals authentic…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Standard hustle-culture advice promotes the idea that how hard you grind measures your success, but leaders today show that success can be measured by sustainability and fulfillment. A growing number of authors have shared new perspectives on success. Other valuable forms of success authors share, such as finding purposeful meaning and building lifelong relationships, are what make their lives and careers feel worthwhile. What does success look like? Hustle culture would say put in more grit, grind things out, and you’ll succeed. But that view can feel outdated. And honestly,…

Recent reports of a fatal plague case in Siberia are making headlines, but outdoors enthusiasts don’t need to look across the globe—Yersinia pestis is active in the American West. Here’s what hikers, campers, and dog owners actually need to know. (Photo: Oscar Wong/Getty Images)Published October 7, 2026 04:13PMWhat to Know: Although rare, Yersinia pestis remains active in the western U.S., infecting an average of five to seven people each year primarily through flea bites or contact with infected rodents and pets. Hikers can stay safe by keeping pets leashed and up-to-date on flea treatments, avoiding wildlife carcasses, and applying DEET…