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In a little over three decades, Nadeem Bajwa went from being a college student struggling to pay the bills to the owner of a fast food empire, owning 270 Papa John’s locations in North America.The 58-year-old told CNBC that he immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 from Pakistan. He attended a college in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and worked side hustles to make ends meet. One of his side jobs was delivering pizza for a local Papa John’s chain, making $4.25 an hour. His first summer in the U.S., he would wash dishes during breakfast time, deliver pizzas for Papa John’s…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The right domain is essential in 2025 and beyond. Brands need that perfect web address to establish credibility and attract traffic. In practice, domain brokerage firms act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers, often negotiating opaque fees that can increase the final costs.Join me as I reveal the reality of domain brokers, highlighting common fees and negotiation strategies that help keep budgets under control. Fellow entrepreneurs will learn what questions to ask when hiring a broker, which hidden costs to watch for and how to challenge price tags. Ultimately, I’ll demonstrate how…

Advanced manufacturing-focused venture capital firm A99 (formerly known as Artha99) is raising its third fund with a target corpus of $100 million (~Rs 850 crore), Founder and Managing Partner Vignesh Shankar told YourStory. The firm has already received soft commitments for $30 million and will actively start raising in the next few months. The firm, which hopes to start writing cheques from Fund III from April 2026, is looking to back early-stage companies that range from pre-Series A to pre-Series B startups with cheque sizes ranging from Rs 20 crore to Rs 80 crore. A99 is following in the footsteps of other niche…

One of the greatest retirement fears Americans face is outliving their savings and investments, according to a June study from the nonprofit Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.A new report published earlier this month by the senior living platform Seniorly highlights these concerns by finding that retirees in nearly every state are expected to fall short of enough income to cover their retirement costs.The study found that in 41 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C., seniors do not have enough financial resources saved up for retirement. Retirees have an average life expectancy of 18.2 years at retirement age (65 years old)…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In 2024, a scammer used deepfake audio and video to impersonate Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna and attempted to authorize a wire transfer, reportedly tied to an acquisition. Ferrari never confirmed the amount, which rumors placed in the millions of euros.The scheme failed when an executive assistant stopped it by asking a security question only the real CEO could answer.This isn’t sci-fi. Deepfakes have jumped from political misinformation to corporate fraud. Ferrari foiled this one — but other companies haven’t been so lucky. Executive deepfake attacks are no longer rare outliers. They’re strategic,…

Elevation Capital, which has backed companies including food-tech giant Swiggy and travel aggregator MakeMyTrip, has launched a late-stage vehicle, Elevation Holdings. The new vehicle is expected to have a target corpus of $400 million and is looking to invest in 10-15 companies with cheque sizes ranging between $20 million and $50 million, according to a report by The Economic Times. In a blog post, the VC firm said, “We’ve seen how generational companies are built, and we know the journey doesn’t end at IPO – in many ways, that’s just the beginning. With this experience, we believe we are uniquely…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Even with all the ways technology has changed how we work and connect, there’s still something powerful about being in the same room with people. In-person events — whether it’s a roundtable, a workshop, a conference, a product roadshow or a community gathering — create opportunities for connection, trust and collaboration that digital tools can’t quite replace.For entrepreneurs, that face-to-face time matters more than ever in 2025. Showing up fully, adding real value to the conversation and taking the time to follow up can turn a simple interaction into a lasting business…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is often something that many professionals do not pay close attention to. History has shown us that even industry giants can be humbled and collapse or lose significant income when they overlook critical vulnerabilities in their preparation for crises.This can range from overconfidence in their abilities and technologies used to geopolitical unawareness. If the blind spots are not managed carefully, severe crises can be escalated, which can even threaten the future of the business.This article will look at three catastrophic BCP failures that brought down industry titans.…

Reliance Industries on Friday said it will expand its partnership with Google Cloud to build an AI-focused cloud region in Jamnagar, designed to run demanding AI workloads across Reliance businesses. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate will design, build, and power the facilities, while Google Cloud will bring next-generation GenAI compute and a fully integrated AI stack, Reliance said in a statement. The companies said the region will use Reliance’s green energy initiatives and Jio’s fibre network, and will comply with Google Cloud’s global specifications and SLAs. The setup aims to deliver “performance, reliability, and security” at scale for Reliance’s retail and other…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. AI is not transforming businesses. Content is. AI simply accelerates the impact — for better or worse.That’s why content strategy can no longer be delegated down or siloed away. It belongs in the C-suite, where it can be aligned with vision, risk and value creation. Here’s what that looks like in practice.1. Content is the engine, AI is the acceleratorExecutives often think of AI as the change agent. But AI is only as good as the content it runs on. Whether powering a chatbot, a decision engine or a customer experience, AI…