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I’ve interviewed a lot of successful people, but Asher Grodman is the first to become famous mostly without pants. Grodman plays Trevor, the forever-trouserless finance bro on CBS’s hit comedy Ghosts. (Backstory on his wardrobe: On the show, Trevor died while pantsless, hence his spirit is forever pantless in the afterlife.) Subscribe to Entrepreneur’s How […]

Chances are you’ve heard of Jersey Mike’s. More than 90% of surveyed consumers have. Getting them to actually order a sub? That’s the hard part. The chain’s customer base has long skewed older, male, and higher-income, CEO Charlie Morrison said on a recent earnings call, according to QSR. To reach younger diners, women, and Hispanic […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Build around a real customer frustration, and make sure your business works and is easy to understand before you polish how it looks. Use constraints to sharpen your priorities, remove confusion from every step of the customer experience and stay focused on the problem you […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Moving from founder to chairman means letting go of the “how” and focusing on strategy, capital and accountability. Give your CEO real authority by knowing the line between oversight and interference and don’t hire one until you’re truly ready to let go. As a six-time […]

If you Google “What was Google’s worst day ever?” the answer is now October 29. Shares of parent company Alphabet plunged, erasing roughly $500 billion in market value, according to The Wall Street Journal. The drop pulled the whole Nasdaq down with it and made investors more worried that companies are spending more on AI […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Culture is what people repeatedly do, so it has to be translated into mindsets and observable behaviors. “Listen and learn” fails without answers to who decides, who has the burden of proof, and what happens to dissent. Use the separation period to define shared behaviors […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Experts largely agree that business school can offer you one thing that can’t be achieved via online tutorials: a large, built-in network. But a network is only what you make of it. The fact is that nothing can really ever prepare you for starting your […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Ask your employees for feedback before it’s too late to make any necessary changes. Don’t only ask for feedback during an annual review. Have regular check-ins throughout the year. Set your expectations before problems arrive; be proactive. An email arrived this summer with the subject […]