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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Test how customers actually ask for recommendations, rewrite the opening of your most important page, and answer the five questions that recur right before someone books a meeting or requests a quote. Replace vague credibility claims with evidence, remove technical barriers before adding new content, make your expertise verifiable beyond your website, and measure qualified demand, not just mentions. AI search has changed the way some buyers research providers, but it has not removed the need for fundamentals. Imagine a prospect asking an AI assistant to recommend a business in…

Key Takeaways Rising cost of living is driving people to their neighborhood libraries. Libraries offer savings on books, streaming services and even newspaper subscriptions. People can spend time in libraries without the pressure to buy something, like at a coffee shop or bookstore. Shoppers looking to cut costs are rediscovering an old favorite location in their neighborhoods: their local library. According to a new report from NPR, consumers are returning to the library to get more without stretching their paychecks. One avid reader, Izzy Rivera, picks up at least one book a week from local libraries near her residence in…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways 93.7% of ChatGPT visitors also visited Google, and 14.1% of Google’s visitors also visited ChatGPT.com. That finding should be read as channel overlap, not channel replacement. Businesses shouldn’t rely solely on last-click attribution. They need to track AI visibility, branded searches, qualified leads and conversions to better understand how customers find them. Rather than treating Google and AI as competing channels, companies should ensure their brands are visible, accurate and credible across both platforms. I keep hearing a version of the same question from business leaders: Is AI search taking…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Test what your founder will actually delegate. What a founder says they will hand over and what they actually hold onto are not always different. Map your founder’s inner circle. Nearly every founder-led company has a small group of friends and peers whose input carries weight. Translate your founder’s thinking for your team. How a founder talks is often different from what they mean, and the translation depends on which type you are working with. Know when the mismatch is structural. Founder-led companies operate differently on purpose, which can make…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Organic social media builds real relationships with your audience without ad spend. It drives trust, brand awareness, and loyalty over time, but it has to be done strategically to deliver results. You do not need to be the expert. You just need to connect your team with someone who is. That is exactly where outside coaching makes a difference. Posting without a strategy. Content goes out, but without understanding what drives reach and engagement, growth stalls. Small businesses do this every day. They hand off the Instagram social media account…

Sam Altman is doing damage control, and it’s in the form of a new alter ego. Altman received intense criticism online after saying on the Cheeky Pint podcast that it was bad for individual users to have RAM (random access memory, a computer’s high-speed, short-term memory) on their computers rather than in a data center. Many critics, including his longtime foe Elon Musk, felt he came off like an AI CEO telling individuals to act in the best interests of tech companies, which want most of the limited RAM supply to power data centers. Enter “Ram Altman.” At the suggestion…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The habits that got you through the startup phase can quietly become the obstacles to sustainable growth. The Five Carries (Up, Down, Across, Forward, Within) are lenses for reassessing responsibilities you already hold, not new ones to add. Success means deciding what to carry, what to share and what to release, while keeping the capacity to enjoy what you’ve built.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e Entrepreneurs are often praised for their ability to carry enormous responsibility. They build companies, manage employees, serve customers, make payroll and navigate uncertainty, sometimes all before lunch. In the beginning,…

Unusual weather and shallow snowpack have triggered a rash of early slides across the West, sweeping multiple skiers into rocky terrain. Safety officials warn that the slopes with the deepest snow often carry the most severe danger.Early-season snow blankets the San Juan Mountains above 11,000 feet in southwestern Colorado, where unusually warm, wet storms have contributed to avalanche activity this fall. (Photo: Colorado Avalanche Information Center)Published November 6, 2026 03:10PMA skier was swept an estimated 500 feet down a mountainside near Silverton, Colorado, on November 3 and partially buried before his partner dug him out. The skier, whose name and…

Key Takeaways Apple is cutting internal budgets as it seeks to avoid overspending on AI. According to a new report, some Apple engineers have had their daily AI spending limits cut from $300 to $200. Employees are divided, with some seeing the cuts as reasonable, while others worry they could signal broader cost reductions and layoffs. Even Apple, the most valuable company in the world with a market capitalization of $4.98 trillion, is watching its AI bill. The tech giant is tightening internal spending limits as it looks to cut costs, Bloomberg reported this week. Apple is reducing how much…

Key Takeaways Hirsch founded Think Jerky, a meat snack focused on chef-crafted flavors, in 2015. Elizabeth Holmes eats the brand’s honey sriracha flavor in ‘You Can See Everything.’ Sales spiked 345% — and Hirsch is committed to capitalizing on the unexpected virality. On October 16, Ricky Hirsch’s meat snack startup Think Jerky experienced an unscripted marketing moment so crazy it’s “not even once in a lifetime,” the founder and CEO tells Entrepreneur.  Founder and CEO Ricky Hirsch. Image Credit: Courtesy of Think Jerky Hirsch launched Think Jerky in 2015, building on his finance background and creative inclinations to start a…