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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Cutting your email list in half through proper verification and segmentation typically doubles open rates and improves deliverability, because engaged reach beats raw volume every time. Before any campaign goes out, you need clear answers to who’s receiving it, why it’s relevant to them and what action you expect — if the answer is “everyone,” it isn’t ready to send. Every marketing team has a theory for why its email campaigns underperform. The subject lines need work. The copy isn’t punchy enough. The send time is off. So they run…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways As AI reshapes search behavior, brands need to shift from chasing clicks to building authority, credibility and visibility across AI-driven platforms. The companies that win in the next phase of search will be those that create original, expert-driven content that both customers and AI systems trust. Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a clear pattern in conversations with global businesses: high-quality websites that once generated strong organic traffic are seeing steady declines, even though their teams are still following traditional SEO best practices.Many businesses are now trying to understand…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Real influence comes from self-awareness, like knowing when to defer to someone with more expertise instead of clinging to decision rights just because you’re the most senior person in the room. The fastest way to build credibility on a new project isn’t to prove yourself right away — it’s to spend the first 30 days genuinely understanding stakeholders’ priorities and where decision rights actually sit. Across two decades, I’ve held twelve corporate roles of increasing responsibility and scope. Some came with positional power and authority. Some did not. At the…

Key Takeaways Ken Ehrman turned to industry connections to help launch the wireless, GPS-connected Halo Collar. After several years of aggressive fundraising, the company’s focus shifted to profitability. Now, Halo Collar is seeing rapid growth, heading for $140 million in annual revenue this year. In 2018, Ken Ehrman’s niece’s dog, Ruby, escaped her invisible fence and was fatally struck by a car. “It was a real tragedy,” Ehrman tells Entrepreneur. “My niece was 11, and it was her first experience with death. She was hysterical. We all were. They had just rescued Ruby a year earlier.”  Image Credit: Halo Collar.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Don’t treat the org chart like a fixed document. The skills that build a strong distributed team today are different from the ones that did the job five years ago. Hire for adaptability and workflow discipline (not just technical skills), and move beyond AI users to AI officers. They identify where AI creates leverage, then build and manage the systems that deliver it. Understand that culture shapes how people learn, how they respond to mistakes and how willing they are to challenge a process. Ignore that, and you get compliance…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Core values are most meaningful when they guide behavior both at work and at home. Authenticity, reliability, growth and trust should be practiced consistently across all areas of life. When leaders make decisions through a values lens and show up as the same person in every room, they build stronger relationships, cultures and organizations. When I think about core values, I don’t think about something that is only posted on a wall. I think about whether I can carry the same version of myself from work to home and back…

Key Takeaways Adam Mosseri is the CEO of Instagram, an app with three billion users. In a recent interview, Mosseri revealed that he looks for three traits in new hires, regardless of discipline. Mosseri likened an openness to AI to the beginning days of learning a new language. AI is disrupting the workforce, but at Instagram, the traits that matter in new hires withstand the test of time.  Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said on a recent episode of Lenny’s Podcast that he looks for three core traits in new hires. No matter what their function in the company, he searches…

A California landscape artist is thru-hiking the iconic trail with his art supplies in his backpack. Every day, he stops and paints another picture of an iconic vista, breathtaking wildflower, or scenic forest. Listen to this articleListenKevin Gleason is painting the Pacific Crest Trail this summer (Photo: Kevin Gleason)Published July 14, 2026 02:12PMKevin Gleason, a Santa Barbara, California-based painter and former high school art teacher, is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail this summer. Every day, Gleason, who is 50, finds a new spot along the iconic 2,650-mile trail to capture with his paintbrush. He told Outside about his process for…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The IKEA effect explains why many entrepreneurs overvalue struggle. Because effort creates emotional attachment, many founders unconsciously associate struggle with value. Many entrepreneurs spend years training their nervous system to associate pressure with progress, so they recreate complexity, resist systems or keep overworking even after the business no longer needs it. A business should challenge you and demand growth from you, but never require you to permanently live in survival mode to justify its existence. It should expand your life rather than swallowing it whole. In 2011, behavioral scientists Michael…

After an attack shattered years of meticulous work at Washington’s 5,685-foot High Rock Lookout, a community of dedicated volunteers is heading back up the trail to rebuild. Volunteers began restoration efforts on the historic High Rock Fire Lookout in 2015 (Photo: Sand Mountain Society)Published July 14, 2026 02:22PMJust weeks before volunteers were set to complete the decade-long restoration of Washington’s High Rock Lookout, a 95-year-old fire lookout near Mount Rainier, vandals ruined their final push. Someone broke into the cabin and shattered its windows, kicked in a door, and tossed valuable material off of a cliff, leaving the restoration crew…