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Starbucks Is Closing Down 187 Stores As Part of Its $1 Billion Restructuring Plan. Is Your Local Coffee House on the List?

The move will result in the elimination of 900 jobs across the company.

By Sherin Shibu

Thought Leaders

The ‘Best-Led’ Company of 2025 Is Worth Over $4 Trillion

Leadership can make or break a business.

By Amanda Breen

Tech

7 AI Tools to Build a Profitable One-Person Business That Runs While You Sleep

Smart systems to help solo founders scale fast.

By Ben Angel

Business News

The CEO of a $183 Billion AI Startup Says There’s a ‘Need to Warn the World’ About AI Taking Jobs

Two of Anthropic's cofounders caution that AI could rapidly replace human jobs.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Amazon’s CEO Wants His 1.5 Million Person Company to ‘Operate Like the World’s Largest Startup.’ Here’s How He Plans to Do It.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company will be able to innovate faster without layers of middle management.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Airbnb Will Be the Place to Find Work After AI Takes Your Job, Says Its CEO: Nobody ‘Wants a Robot Answering the Door’

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says people will still want human interaction for some services.

By Sherin Shibu

Buying a Franchise

Thinking About Franchising Your Business? Read This First.

A great idea isn't enough. To succeed as a franchise, you need proof, process and patience.

By Ray Titus

Business News

Your Home Likely Has $4,000 Worth of Sellable Items Just Collecting Dust, According to eBay’s CEO

The CEO of eBay, Jamie Iannone, said that the company has created many "accidental entrepreneurs."

By Sherin Shibu

Thought Leaders

Leadership in the Franchise Lane: Why Agility and Accountability Are Non-Negotiable in Today’s C-Suite

Agility and accountability aren't buzzwords in today's c-suite environment, they're the guardrails that keep a brand on course when the road ahead takes an unexpected turn.

By Gigi Schweikert

Business News

Here’s What Was Discussed at President Donald Trump’s ‘High IQ’ Dinner With Tech CEOs, Including Apple’s Tim Cook and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he was invited to the event, but decided not to attend.

By Sherin Shibu

Thought Leaders

Can Startup Founders Become Great CEOs? Here’s What It Takes.

Startup founders CAN evolve into outstanding CEOs — rather than being replaced by them. Here's how.

By C. Lee Smith

Tech

Scammers Can Deepfake Your CEO in Just 3 Minutes for $15 — Here’s How to Stop Them

A multimillion-dollar scam hiding in plain sight

By Ivan Shkvarun

Business News

The CEO of a Billion-Dollar Vibe Coding Startup Says You Can Break Into Tech Without a Computer Science Degree

Lovable CEO Anton Osika says that people can now build products and start companies without a computer science background.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Airbnb’s CEO Says He Personally Manages 40 to 50 Employees as Direct Reports: ‘A Lot of Work’

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, 43, follows a "founder mode" management style, which focuses on direct relationships with employees instead of a more hierarchical structure.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Microsoft AI CEO Warns That ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Seemingly Conscious’ AI Models Could Arrive in the Next 2 Years: ‘Deserves Our Immediate Attention’

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, 41, said that seemingly conscious AI could cause people to become disconnected from reality.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Coinbase’s CEO Fired Software Engineers Who Didn’t Adopt AI Tools: ‘We’re Leaning as Hard as We Can Into AI’

Software engineers at Coinbase were asked to explain to the CEO directly why they weren't using AI coding tools (on a Saturday). If they didn't have a good reason, they were fired.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Target’s Soon-to-Be New CEO Started as an Intern at the Company. Here’s His 3-Part Turnaround Plan to ‘Get Back to Profitable Growth.’

Michael Fiddelke joined Target in 2003 as an intern and has climbed the ranks to become CEO.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

‘One of the Dumbest Things I’ve Ever Heard’: Here’s Why Companies Shouldn’t Replace Entry-Level Workers With AI, According to the CEO of Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman urged companies to keep hiring and training junior staff members.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Thinks We’re in an AI Bubble Because Investors Are ‘Overexcited’ About Artificial Intelligence

Altman compared the AI bubble to "the tech bubble" or the dot-com crash.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

Here Are the Exact Salaries AT&T Pays Employees, From AI Engineers to Product Managers

The filings revealed that AT&T's compensation is competitive, with software engineers and principal software engineers earning $167,098 to $207,425.

By Sherin Shibu

Business News

James Dyson Was $1 Million in Debt, But He Pursued His ‘Mad’ Idea Anyway — Now He’s a Billionaire: ‘I Don’t Mind Living on the Edge’

It took James Dyson five years of work and 5,127 failed prototypes to create the world's first bagless vacuum cleaner.

By Sherin Shibu