Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Elon Musk, the enigmatic billionaire and CEO of Tesla, recently dismissed remote work as “morally wrong” in a CNBC interview, likening it to a privileged indulgence of the “laptop class.” According to Musk, “You’re going to work from home, and you’re going to make everyone else who…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It seems like almost every retail shop and restaurant I visit are now warning me that they’re going to charge an extra 3% of the bill if I have the audacity to use a credit card. The nerve of me, right? Then there was the recent dinner…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There’s quite a lot of dialogue about employees’ mental health taking place now in the corporate world — the importance of prioritizing wellbeing, making work a safe place to be and shifting the expectation away from dangerous stress and burnout. But how much is really changing? While…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Starting my business, five months after September 11, 2001, was no easy feat. There was a lot of uncertainty in the world and no one wanted to spend money. To top it off, I had no clients. I was just armed with a lot of self-belief and…
The ever-alluring touch-screen soft drink machines that allow consumers to customize their drink experiences through a number of different bases and combinations can make the drink-ordering process much more personalized (and fun). Now imagine if you could do that with ranch and ketchup. While there are restaurants that specialize in different sauces and dips, there…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I suspect a lot of people, entrepreneurs or not, started out on YouTube like I did: with a channel thatstayed relatively inactive. Now my company recently surpassed 1 million subscribers since I started — still a bit unsure of what I was doing — in 2016. I…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “We very much believe strongly in investing through downturns” is a famous remark by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. With this philosophy, Apple has time and again managed to not only survive but thrive during periods of economic upheaval. At a time when major tech companies…
Bill Gates spoke at the commencement ceremony for Northern Arizona University last weekend, where he doled out life advice to soon-to-be graduates about preparing for work-life balance in the “real world.” The May 13th speech was creatively crafted as the advice he wished he had been given had he not dropped out of college, aptly…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As an entrepreneur, failure is not something you want to experience. However, it’s a natural part of any business journey, and it’s wise to learn from it. Some of the biggest success stories have come from those who persevered through various failures to become the best in…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s hard to picture how a mere eight minutes a day (every day) could spell the difference between where your customer service is today and where it needs to be to work as a true competitive advantage for your business — to transform you into an icon…