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Staples is ready to party, just in time for graduation season. The office supply retailer is adding Party City shop-in-shops to 700-plus of its stores in 34 states across the U.S. Customers will be able to buy party supplies and decor, including balloons, gift bags, and favors; have helium balloons inflated; and order other celebration must-haves like personalized invitations, banners, and posters using Staples’ same-day print and marketing services. The companies announced their partnership in a joint news release on April 21. As part of the collaboration, Party City will also sell its products at Staples.com. Shoppers can use this store…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Gross revenue is the total amount of money coming in before expenses. It’s tempting to celebrate, but it doesn’t tell you if your business is actually healthy. Net revenue is what actually matters. It’s what’s left after the real costs of running your business are accounted for — and it’s the number that tells you whether your model works. Instead of asking “How do we grow revenue?” the better question is “How do we grow profitable revenue?” Ask most small business owners how their company is doing, and they’ll point…
How to solve today’s Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe final weekend of April is here, my dearest Wordlers. Soon, the chilly days and evenings of early spring will melt into the month of May. April showers beget May flowers, and all that jazz. We have a Wordle to solve this final Saturday of April. Let’s solve it!Looking for Friday’s Wordle? Check out our guide right here.Today’s Bonus Custom WordleNow that we can create our own custom Wordles, I’m including a bonus Wordle with each daily Wordle guide. These can be 4 to 7 letters long. Hopefully this is a fun…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Pick one category and own it completely. Build a machine-readable identity before you chase rankings. Stack proof signals outside your own domain, and earn ongoing external validation (not a one-time PR push) Track your AI visibility like you track your SEO. Sixty-four percent of consumers now use AI tools to discover new products and brands. Among frequent online shoppers, that number rises to 66% — and 34% of them turn to ChatGPT first. If your brand isn’t showing up in those answers, you’re losing out on one of the highest…
Thousands of AI startups are fighting for the VC funding needed to win a slice of the enterprise market. But according to Scott Stevenson, cofounder and CEO of the legal AI startup Spellbook, many are inflating their real revenue to get it. In a viral tweet on April 17, Stevenson called out these fledgling companies for perpetuating a “huge scam” in their metric reporting. It’s time to expose a huge scam in AI startups: Contracted ARRThe reason many AI startups are crushing revenue records is because they are using a dishonest metricThe biggest funds in the world are supporting this…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A solo founder with zero employees sold his AI platform for roughly $80 million in under six months. The biggest AI wins aren’t about better tools — they’re about removing the barrier that locks everyone else out. A $40 million AI success story quietly reversed course — and that retreat is more instructive than the headline. If I lost everything tomorrow — no team, no list, no revenue — and had to rebuild to seven figures in twelve months using only AI, I wouldn’t guess.I’d reverse-engineer the people who already…
John Ternus will become the CEO of Apple, Inc. on Sept. 1st 2026. Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg© 2026 Bloomberg Finance LPTaking a look back at this week’s news and headlines from across the Apple world, including Tim Cook stepping down as CEO, John Ternus stepping up, Siri calls for help from Google, a cherry iPhone 18 Pro, Apple’s urgent iOS update, Apple Silicon’s sneaky memory trick, and filming the MacBook Neo.Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Apple in the last seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Android news…
Seventy-seven Hardee’s restaurants are officially gone, and the franchisee behind them filed for bankruptcy this week. ARC Burger, the private equity-backed operator that ran the locations across nine states, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on Monday after closing all its restaurants permanently in December. The filing shows liabilities between $10 million and $50 million, and the company doesn’t expect any recovery for unsecured creditors. The collapse followed a legal battle with Hardee’s over $6.5 million in unpaid royalties, rent and advertising fees. Hardee’s sued in November 2025, alleging ARC stopped paying in late 2024. ARC fired back in March, arguing…
The time-honored tradition of scouring a new cereal box in search of a prize is coming back to the breakfast table. WK Kellogg Co. is partnering with Disney ahead of the release of Toy Story 5 this summer, rolling out cereal boxes with either classic in-box playable toys or collectible items inspired by the animated movie franchise. When and where to find them Beginning April 26, customers nationwide will be able to get their hands on the Toy Story 5-inspired cereals across Kellogg’s many brands, including Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Rice Krispies, Corn Flakes,…
Fernando Mendoza spent college summers interning at real estate and investment firms — and approached the draft like a job interview. By Jon Small | edited by Sherin Shibu | Apr 24, 2026 Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Fernando Mendoza just became the #1 pick in the NFL draft, but he didn’t audition for the job like a typical jock. The Indiana quarterback spent his college summers interning at commercial real estate and investment firms. He’s a proud finance wonk who studied business. And the only social media he keeps on his phone is LinkedIn. That mindset…