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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Rehearse in low-stakes environments: Create safe spaces (like Disney’s mock hotel rooms and lobbies) for employees to practice, make mistakes, and improve away from customer view. Connect daily tasks to a broader mission: Go beyond rigid job descriptions by giving employees a shared goal, so they can make smart judgment calls when unexpected situations arise. Test products in extreme conditions: Use your product where it’s most likely to fail (e.g., testing Florida park uniforms in heavy heat and humidity) and actively seek feedback from frontline users. Disney loves to use…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Some people are natural conversationalists. I’m not one of them.  Like many people, I’ve always felt awkward in conversation. That’s especially hard as an entrepreneur, where talking to people is half the job. Good conversations can drive our businesses and relationships. We like to buy from, work with, and collaborate with people who are easy to talk to.  That’s why I spent the past two decades studying the patterns of master conversationalists for my latest book, Conversation: How to Connect with Anyone & Make Every Interaction Count. I learned that people who…

You get a sweatsuit! You get a sweatsuit! And YOU get a sweatsuit!Oprah’s Colorado hiking uniform: a purple sweatsuit, trekking poles, a hip pack, and a wide-brimmed hat, with peak aspens as the backdrop. (Photo: Oprah Winfrey/Instagram)Published October 7, 2026 01:30PM“We maaaaaaade it!” Oprah booms in her signature joyful alto. Behind her, “fall is falling,” as she puts it: orange and yellow trees blazing against a bluebird Colorado sky. The other bright colors in her recent Instagram reel? Her neon purple Aviator Nation sweatsuit and pink sunglasses—an instantly iconic hiking look that sent me straight down a Poshmark rabbit hole.…

A 72-year-old hiker survived six nights stranded near the Pacific Crest Trail after a 100-foot fall. Here is how she survived and what rescuers learned.Cabin Creek Trail is located in northern California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest (Photo: Zachary Martgan/500px via Getty Images)Published October 7, 2026 01:40PMWhat to Know. After 72-year-old Mary Beth Granbery fell 100 feet down a steep embankment off Northern California’s Cabin Creek Trail, she spent six harrowing nights stranded in the wilderness while enduring nighttime temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. On September 28, a 72-year-old California woman fell 100 feet from the Cabin Creek Trail, a remote but…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI is helping creators turn ideas into prototypes and businesses without waiting for someone else to build them. The bigger opportunity isn’t to work faster, but to rethink how we create and what our workspaces should look like. As storytelling, product development and marketing come together, entrepreneurs can test more ideas with fewer resources. A few years ago, I wrote an article exploring something I have always found fascinating: how writers, filmmakers and producers have repeatedly imagined technologies decades before they actually existed. From holograms and intelligent machines to futuristic…

Google is saying yes to nukes. The tech giant has signed a deal with Constellation Energy for 3,590 megawatts of electricity, Reuters reports. Constellation will invest more than $4.3 billion in its fleet as part of the agreement. The Google nuclear power deal locks in 890 megawatts for 20 years from 11 Constellation reactors in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Those plants are getting souped up to squeeze out more juice, and the first one should be ready by 2028. On top of that, Google is grabbing another 2,700 megawatts over 15 years. Why the rush? Data centers are gobbling…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. People hear “Eight Sleep,” and their brains go straight to a mattress cover. The real story is more personal than that. Alexandra Zatarain was losing her father to cancer, and she noticed that one of the first things his illness took away was his sleep. That detail shaped everything that came next. Alexandra, a marketer and storyteller by training, co-founded Eight Sleep in 2014, shortly after her father passed. The loss made the mission personal and intentional. If sleep is the first place the body signals that something’s wrong, then the bed…

If you’ve ever stood at self-checkout scanning your own groceries and wondered why you’re doing the cashier’s job, you’re not alone. Retailers are over self-checkout too. Only 36% of the 340 retailers in this year’s Voice of the Retail Industry Survey plan to invest in it, according to TechSpot. That’s down seven points from last year. It was the least popular tech in the survey and the only one losing steam. And it isn’t even faster. A Kroger exec admitted back in the late ’80s that scanning your own stuff takes longer. It just feels quicker because you’re doing it.…

Published October 7, 2026 12:55AMHow we reported this: The author, Ali Nolan, is an experienced runner and an editor at RUN. She spoke with Liz Patient, founder of Pilates for Runners, about how runners can use Pilates to build strength and optimize performance. Nolan tested three moves herself and included pictures showing how to do each one. Ask me to run ten miles, and I’ll ask how fast. Ask me to put my legs in straps with my knees bent at 90 degrees, curl up to engage my core, pump my arms in time with rhythmic breathing while counting to…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Run every opportunity through a three-question filter that checks whether it pays off within 90 days, fits the company you are today and justifies what it pulls you away from. Saying no applies to investor advice, funding terms and big-name partners too, and a clear, appreciative script lets you decline without damaging the relationship. Early in building my company, I believed momentum came from saying yes: yes to partnerships, yes to investor conversations, yes to every opportunity that looked like scale. It felt productive and ambitious. In reality, it slowed…