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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Entrepreneurs often overlook personal planning, leading to post-exit regret.  Like any business plan, a personal plan needs continual measurement to track progress.  Personal planning must start early to find the best results.  For many, nothing says “I made it” like a superyacht. From the old Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous episodes to cable’s Below Deck, yachts have been positioned as more than just boats.  They’re a message to everyone: I’ve unlocked the world.  Imagine standing on the deck of your own custom-built superyacht. Twenty years ago, you started planning…

Published September 18, 2026 08:58AMFrom this summer’s intense wildfires to back-to-back earthquakes to a brewing Super El Niño, one thing is clear: The growing threat of natural disasters is hard to ignore. Supercharged by climate change, events like wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods now occur more regularly, often in places that aren’t prepared for them. This reality means billions of people worldwide need stronger preparedness and resilience measures. This new era of heightened risk requires a new era of heightened response, from innovative tools to strong relationships to advanced preparation.  Enter Amazon. “When I spoke with first responders, I kept…

Want more variety in your cream cheese? Kraft Heinz is betting on it. The brand launched three new flavors: Mike’s Hot Honey whipped cream cheese, salted caramel, and a seasonal cranberry orange. The Mike’s Hot Honey version is exclusive to Walmart until it expands to other retailers in January, and the cranberry orange is only around for a limited time. It’s the first wave of a much bigger push. Philadelphia used to roll out just one or two new flavors a year. Now it’s planning 10 new varieties over the next two years, according to CNBC. Kraft Heinz’s spending on…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI systems inherit the assumptions and blind spots of the data they’re trained on, so scaling AI means scaling those limitations — including when you train on your top performers. Any business using AI-powered tools inherits bias risk whether or not it built the model, which makes governance a leadership responsibility, not just an engineering one. When Google’s Gemini rollout sparked controversy over biased outputs, many companies treated the situation like a technical mistake. The larger issue was far more important. The incident exposed a reality many organizations still avoid…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Speed in a crisis is built before it happens: appoint your response team, pre-approve an initial statement and decide who has authority to issue it within minutes, not days. Your first statement doesn’t need to answer everything — it needs to show leadership is present and engaged before fabricated narratives fill the silence. Last year, most people encountered Astronomer through a viral clip. In July 2025, the data company’s CEO and chief people officer were caught embracing on a Coldplay concert kiss cam and became one of the most viral…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Innovation matters, but adaptability matters more. Understanding your customers is a competitive advantage. Long-term trust outlasts short-term growth. When people think of the industries shaping the future of business, property management probably isn’t at the top of the list. Most entrepreneurs likely don’t think they have much to learn from the housing industry. But after two decades spent building software for landlords and property managers, I’ve found that it is one of the best places to learn what it really takes to build a lasting company.  Housing is one of…

Key Takeaways Flodstrom opted out of college to focus on making music and other art. His pill bottle side table went viral on social media and led to a NO LOGO partnership. Now, Flodstrom is leaning into the momentum and brainstorming additional products. Growing up, Oskar Flodstrom always loved to draw and create. But he didn’t think being an artist was a realistic profession. He considered becoming an engineer, hoping it might give him a creative outlet.  Image Credit: Courtesy of NO LOGO. Oskar Flodstrom. “But then I found out what an engineer actually was, and it was kind of…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways CEOs who delay tough calls on underperforming programs or leaders heading into Q4 — hoping the issue resolves on its own — almost always face the same problem again the following year. To run a Q4 course correction, CEOs must stop waiting for the calendar to fix what’s broken, focus on customer stories, uncover the real problem, prepare for surprises and check their egos. Over the years, I’ve seen many CEOs make a common mistake heading into Q4. Instead of taking action, they wait. They tell themselves an underperforming program…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Recurring meetings often outlive their original purpose because they’ve become the default route for exceptions the standard process can’t handle. Cancelling the meeting doesn’t remove the work — issues just stall elsewhere and come back, since ownership alone doesn’t create a path through non-standard cases. The real cost is the delay between meetings: Work waits, other tasks get sequenced around it, and senior time gets consumed by exceptions that shouldn’t need it. A weekly meeting had been created to solve one unusual problem on a cross-functional initiative. The standard process…

Sybil Claborn, 45, and her husband were trapped in 7,000-foot alpine terrain in Washington’s Cascade Mountain Range when severe weather rolled in.Two people in the Enchantments at the summit of Asgard Pass in the Cascade Mountains (Photo: Tegra Stone Nuess/Getty Images)Published September 17, 2026 05:11PMAn Oklahoma woman died of hypothermia while attempting a thru-hike of the Enchantments, a renowned high-alpine region in Washington state’s Cascade Mountain Range.Sybil Claborn, 45, was hiking with her husband on September 13 when an early-season snowstorm struck the trail, according to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO). Several feet of snow buried the couple, both…