Scott Mills can be forgiven for running a bit late to our meeting. It’s indicative of why his recent appointment as CEO of Black-media staple BET is likely to be a success. The 53-year-old New York native — who has been with BET and its parent, ViacomCBS, for 25 years, following an early career in finance — has […]
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This story appears in the January 2022 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Pat Kinsel was almost living in a convenient, digital future. It was 2013. He was selling his social search company to Twitter and managed to e-sign every document from the back of a taxicab in South Korea while traveling for business. Then he
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has reinstated the “assertive” self-driving mode. The company had issued an update in October containing the function —plus the “chill” and “average” modes— but removed it due to software issues. The move has triggered some safety concerns. Free-Photos / Pixabay – Valuewalk Q4 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Assertive Mode
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A few years ago, in a pre-pandemic time when congregating with masses of handshake-wielding professionals wasn’t reckless endangerment, I sat in the audience at a Collision Conference session in New Orleans. I listened as Ana Kasparian interviewed panelists and dot-com-era tech pundits Naveen Jain and Robert Scoble. Kasparian’s
This story appears in the January 2022 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Cardi B fans everywhere know these lyrics: Got a bag and fixed my teeth, hope you hoes know it ain’t cheap. They’re from “Bodak Yellow,” the rapper’s breakout song. But they’re also validation for Cardi’s dentist, Catrise Austin, whose entrepreneurial ingenuity led her
Despite the rise in Omicron cases across the country, the chances of a fourth stimulus check are slim. Some workers, however, can get a sure shot stimulus check from Vermont. This Vermont coronavirus stimulus check could be up to $7,500 and is for new workers and remote workers who relocate to Vermont. Life-Of-Pix / Pixabay
This story appears in the January 2022 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » How fast should you grow? Viktor Koen From the dawn of the dot-com boom in 1995, all the way up through 2020, Silicon Valley had an answer that inspired many others: hyper growth. That’s what made headlines, hypnotized investors, and drove a winner-take-all
High-tech industrial company General Electric (GE) last November announced its plan to spin off its business segments to form three publicly traded companies. Investors have been bullish on the stock so far this year, as evidenced by its stock’s 5.2% returns year-to-date. However, will the spin-off boost returns for existing GE shareholders? Read more to
Chieh Huang walks the 150,000-square-foot floor of a Boxed fulfillment center. Nestled between the New Jersey Turnpike and a quaint residential neighborhood — just 20-odd miles from his childhood home — this place could comfortably fit more than 400 of the garages where he started this business in 2013. Pallets of V8, Polar seltzer, and