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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The single biggest predictor of a reply isn’t wit or polish — it’s one specific, honest detail that proves you actually know who you’re writing to, not a merge field with their first name. Winning pitches ask for one small, easy yes and follow up […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways As your company scales, critical relationship data gets scattered across inboxes, Slack threads and CRMs — investing in an extended relationship management (XRM) layer centralizes that institutional memory and makes it visible across your team Client relationships aren’t transactions to close but long-term assets to […]

7 Brew is pouring it on. Brew Crew Holdings, the chain’s largest franchisee, finished 2025 with 130 stores and $273 million in sales, ranking No. 61 among the country’s largest restaurant franchisees, Franchise Times reports. It’s targeting 100 new locations this year alone. “I think the industry hasn’t been disrupted in a long time, and […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Your team doesn’t need perfect certainty; they need consistent direction they can confidently act on. Silence creates uncertainty, but clear priorities give people confidence to keep moving forward. I wrote recently about the decisions that define you, the ones you make blind, with partial information […]

Key Takeaways Chili’s parent company, Brinker International, is focusing on core restaurant tech upgrades before aggressively pursuing AI. Brinker International CIO Chris Caldwell recently said that the chain is “not all in” on AI, choosing to prioritize foundational systems instead. His investments over the past two years have gone into fixing basic issues that were […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI does not build a premium personal brand by producing more content — it builds one by sharpening your thinking, deepening your positioning and turning years of expertise into scalable intellectual property. Stop starting from zero every time you open Claude or ChatGPT — build […]

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways If you’ve invested in building the right relationships before launching your solo agency, you almost certainly already know your first client. By asking for feedback from those in your network, instead of pitching and pushing to strangers, you will build exposure and find your first […]

Visa is slashing about 2,600 jobs, roughly 7% of its workforce. The layoffs will mainly hit technology and product teams, Bloomberg reports. CEO Ryan McInerney wrote to his staff that AI is “helping to accelerate this evolution and shape the way work gets done at Visa.” But AI isn’t the whole story. According to a […]

Key Takeaways Henry co-founded Stord when he was an 18-year-old college student at Georgia Tech. He dropped out at 19 to focus on the company, which hit a $3 billion valuation earlier this year. Stord delivered to nearly 20% of U.S. households in 2025 alone and is on track for $1 billion in annual revenue. […]