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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Most industry-leading companies tumble at some point. Companies like IBM, Blockbuster and Motorola lost dominance by failing to anticipate or adapt to technological and market shifts. Getting to the top requires a resilient, growth-oriented team. Leaders need to set ambitious goals, embrace challenges and continually reinforce those priorities as the organization grows. Staying on top requires ongoing execution. Ask what got you here, which mistakes to avoid and what you can implement to grow market share and earnings. Holding the top position in your industry is enviable. Market dominance often…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways When growth becomes harder to predict, the answer is not always blunt cost-cutting. Founders can improve the economics of growth by reducing variation, removing integration friction and turning customer success into a source of recurring value. When revenue growth becomes harder to predict, cost discipline matters more. But as the founder of ButterflyMX, I’ve learned that the most durable opportunities do not always come from cutting headcount or delaying investments. They often come from reducing the cost and complexity of growth itself. I see this clearly in proptech, where scaling…

Three children wandered 1.5 miles from their family’s campsite near Buena Vista. A search-and-rescue team, led by K-9 Archie, tracked them down in the Colorado backcountry. Archie is a two-year-old yellow lab specially trained to find missing people (Photo: Courtesy of CCSO)Published September 30, 2026 04:21PMHow We Reported This Story: Outside interviewed Deputy Kendra Hoffman of the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, who coordinated the response and detailed how a two-year-old yellow Labrador named Archie located the three missing children 1.5 miles from their campsite. Additional search details—including the timeline, search methods, and terrain near the Midland Bike Trail—were corroborated using…

Key Takeaways New Apple CEO John Ternus is moving quickly to put his mark on the company. His central goal is to make Apple faster at developing and releasing products. Ternus wants Apple to expand its device lineup and become a leaner organization. John Ternus, Apple’s new CEO, has been leading the $4.8 trillion company for about a month. In that short span of time, the 51-year-old CEO introduced the iPhone Duo, Apple’s groundbreaking new foldable. The phone positions Apple to better compete with Samsung, which has been in the foldable market for seven years.  There are other areas where…

Key Takeaways Danielle Scott bought six tutoring centers in Central Florida right before the Great Recession and had to close them all. Tutoring was among the first expenses many customers cut when they needed to tighten their budgets. Scott eventually recovered and returned to the franchise industry; she now serves as chief development officer at Alliance Franchise Brands. Danielle Scott had spent years working in franchise development when she got an opportunity that appeared too good to be true and almost impossible to pass up: buying six tutoring centers in Central Florida. She was successful, ambitious and, by her own…

Published September 30, 2026 02:18PMWhat to Know: Ranchers and cowboys test outdoor gear harder than anyone, working outside year-round across hundreds of thousands of acres—where failure is not an option. Outside writer Jakob Schiller visited a Montana ranch and rodeo to find out their favorite, most trusted and torture-tested gear. Here are 10 items they swear by, including military-grade stainless steel sunglasses, a versatile knife, and a cowboy-approved cowboy hat. John Helle and his two sons, Evan and Weston, run 10,000 sheep on 100,000 acres in western Montana. They use the wool in their clothing brand Duckworth. The Helles and…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways When costs fall, reinvesting in customers can be smarter than pocketing the margin. High prices may protect profits briefly, but lost buying habits are much harder to win back When unexpected financial cushions hit balance sheets, the immediate executive instinct is to pocket the capital and defend existing price points. Earlier this year, when emergency tariff structures were struck down, consumer-facing brands suddenly found themselves holding millions in cost relief. While many management teams quietly absorbed the extra margin to bolster short-term earnings, e.l.f. Beauty chose a radically different path,…

Billionaire Larry Ellison, 82, has a $173 million oceanfront compound in Manalapan, Florida. About 30 minutes away, he owns eight more homes. They’re all for his family’s staff, including tutors for some of the five young children he shares with his wife, Jolin. The purchase was shrouded in secrecy. In 2023, an LLC bought the houses in Palm Meadows Estates, a gated community in Boynton Beach, for almost $10 million, The Wall Street Journal reports. Nosy neighbors guessed it was Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. Even the local agent who helped line up the deals didn’t know who the mystery…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI assistants can misstate your company, and the real fix is improving the sources they rely on. Fresh, consistent, third-party information helps counter stale facts, confusion and outdated complaints. Assistants misstate business facts every day, and there is no correction desk to call. Each type of error points to its own repair, and all of them happen upstream. Sooner or later, a customer asks an AI assistant about your company and gets back an answer you never wrote. When the answer is wrong, the first instinct is to argue with…

Here’s the good news: Restaurant spending rose 3.3% year over year in July, according to Bank of America Institute, thanks to cooling menu inflation and rising wages. But that hasn’t stopped some chains from forging ahead in the CPG space, FoodNavigator reports. Buffalo Wild Wings teamed up with Mars-owned Pringles on three chip flavors, Parmesan Garlic, Medium Buffalo and Asian Zing, timed for football season. It’s the wing chain’s second snack deal after a 2025 collab with Slim Jim. Meanwhile, Popeyes launched a line of bake-at-home biscuits in May. They’re sold at Walmart, H-E-B and select Target stores, a follow-up…