Why Franchise Discovery Day Isn’t a Sales Pitch — It’s a Stress Test for Your Alignment
Franchise Discovery Day reveals far more than enthusiasm. It exposes whether a candidate and a brand can succeed together for the long haul.
Entrepreneur AI still has a long way to go. Just ask AI pop star, Tilly Norwood.
AI pop star Tilly Norwood released her first music video this week. It was meant to show the state of AI, it's creator says, not top the charts.
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FOX Business launches 'Made in America' small business contest with $25K cash prizes for winners
FOX Business launched a contest that awards $25,000 to three small businesses. Apply at SmallBusinessAwards2026.com with video or written entry submission.
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Amazon puts humans back in the loop as its retail website crashes from ‘inaccurate advice’ that an AI agent took from an old wiki
There was a different agenda at a weekly operations meeting recently: the fact that Amazon.com hasn't been working as smoothly.
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Google’s AI overviews are 44% more likely to trash your brand than ChatGPT
A new study of hundreds of millions of AI prompts finds negative brand content is no longer buried on page 10—it's now sometimes the first thing consumers see.
Universal Will Give Movies Longer Exclusive Runs in Theaters
Theaters will get a minimum of five weekends of exclusive play and then, starting next year, seven. A pandemic-era policy was guaranteeing only three.
NYT Business A software CEO called me on the weekend recently with painful predictions. One is already coming true.
Generative AI is reshaping SaaS, leading Atlassian and Block to cut jobs. Stock-based compensation and financial discipline are key issues.
Why Hybrid Teams Often Stall — and the System That Restores Momentum
Hybrid work doesn't slow execution because people are remote. It's because the clarity that once "lived in the room" was never designed to travel across time zones, functions and layers.
Tinder wants you to meet people offline. Its CEO tells us it's responding to 'changing consumer tastes.'
Tinder has a slew of new products for 2026, including offline events. CEO Spencer Rascoff said the company couldn't "put our heads in the sand."
I Watched My Father’s Million-Dollar Business Fail — Here’s What It Taught Me About Business
My father's restaurant hit $1 million in revenue and still went bankrupt. I was 11, and those lessons shaped every company I've built since.
I Watched My Father’s Million-Dollar Business Fail — Here’s What It Taught Me About Business
My father's restaurant hit $1 million in revenue and still went bankrupt. I was 11, and those lessons shaped every company I've built since.
Ozempic mania has even Olive Garden and The Cheesecake Factory cutting back on portion sizes
The Cuba Libre Restaurant and Rum Bar has developed a "GLP-Wonderful" menu, which is available during dinner.
Iran’s new Supreme Leader warns of ‘opening other fronts’ in first statement from hiding
Israel suspects Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was wounded in the opening salvo of the war, and he has not appeared in public since then.
Washington passes "millionaires tax" despite concerns of wealth flight
Following a 24-hour marathon session, Washington lawmakers passed a 9.9% tax on high earners. Gov. Bob Ferguson calls it "historic progress" for working families.
This 55-year-old supply chain management professor took a gamble last year: he bought an electric vehicle
“Electricity can go up, but it won’t go up nearly as much as gas will and it won’t go up nearly as fast, either,” says Kevin Ketels.
Costco Is Being Sued Over Tariffs — and a $166B ‘Double Recovery’ Claim. Here’s What That Means.
The lawsuit was filed by a Costco customer in federal court in Illinois.