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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Many ask me, “Why focus your business growth on referrals?” My answer is simple: referrals are the fastest and most effective way to bring the right people on board while minimizing risk.In the rush to hire quickly or cut costs, companies often bypass referrals in favor of cold applications or mass job boards. While casting a wide net might seem efficient, it actually exposes your business to significant risks. This approach can create dangerous blind spots that put your company’s most valuable assets — security, data and intellectual property — at risk.Referrals…

Setu, the API infrastructure startup owned by Pine Labs, has strengthened its leadership bench with a series of senior appointments in recent months, as its parent company reportedly moves closer to going public.Setu appointed Prashanth Nimmagada as Chief Technology Officer. Nimmagada previously served as Vice President of Engineering at Razorpay and has also held roles at LinkedIn and Microsoft. Earlier this year, the company brought in Vijeth Pandit as Chief Product Officer. Pandit was formerly Senior Director of Product Management at Razorpay.Other hires include Ramkumar Thirumurthi, former head of Razorpay’s neobanking vertical and co-founder of Actyv.ai, who joined as Chief…

As the GenAI wave sweeps through the enterprise, the path from experimentation to scalable, sustained value remains elusive — especially in regulated, high-complexity sectors. To decode what it truly takes to operationalize GenAI, YourStory and Articul8 hosted a closed-door roundtable with senior technology leaders from India’s top enterprises. Participants from across automotive, manufacturing, digital infrastructure, and consumer technology, including Jubilant FoodWorks, JBM Group, Eureka Forbes, Wipro, Engineers India Ltd, Sterlite Technologies, VVDN Technologies, and Maruti Suzuki, came together to unpack the realities of operationalizing GenAI in high-stakes environments.The conversations – candid, contextual, and deeply practical – revealed the nuances of…

Venus Williams, 45, hadn’t played professional tennis in a year and a half. But she played in the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C. this week, and for a surprising reason.”I had to come back for the insurance,” Williams said after winning the first round. (She lost in the second round on Thursday.)Related: Serena Williams Launches a New Company That She’s Been Working on for 6 Years”They informed me this year that I’m on COBRA, so it’s like, I got to get my benefits on,” Williams added.The crowd laughed, but Williams appeared to be serious. Venus Williams after becoming…

What does it take to build an AI startup that’s not only smart, but sovereign, scalable, and future-proof? That was the central question posed during a thought-provoking event, ‘Beyond the Hype: Building AI Startups with Purpose and Sovereignty’, hosted by OVHcloud, where startup founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders gathered to explore the evolving blueprint of AI innovation.The event, moderated by Shivani Muthanna of YourStory, featured keynote speeches, startup spotlight sessions, and a dynamic panel discussion, each offering perspectives on AI’s challenges and possibilities in 2025 and beyond.Sovereignty as a strategic imperativeIn his opening keynote session, Satyam Santosh, Startup Program Lead…

At the end of 2024, Intel had 108,900 employees. Now the chipmaking giant is planning to cut over 33,000 jobs to cut the workforce to 75,000 employees by the end of the year.Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, 65, said in a memo to staff on Thursday that Intel is implementing a plan to reduce its workforce by 15%. The layoffs are in addition to the approximately 21,000 roles (about 20% of Intel’s workforce) the company let go from April to June, which mainly focused on cutting down layers of middle management.Intel previously announced in August that it was laying off 15%…

Unicorn tech startup Astronomer has confirmed that both of the executives involved in the now-infamous Coldplay concert kiss-cam scandal are no longer with the company.Former CEO Andy Byron resigned last week after he and the company’s Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot, were publicly caught on camera in a not-work-appropriate moment on the big screen. The encounter went mega-viral and has led to an endless supply of memes – and the resignations of two executives.Related: Astronomer’s New CEO Addresses the Viral Coldplay ‘Kiss Cam’ Fiasco: ‘Unusual and Surreal for Our Team’CNBC is reporting that Cabot has also departed the company.”Kristin Cabot…

AI-driven customer engagement platform MoEngage is reportedly in discussions to raise $200 million in a fresh funding round led by ChrysCapital, with participation from A91 Partners and existing backer Goldman Sachs, Moneycontrol reported.The fresh round is expected to include both primary capital for tax costs related to relocating headquarters from the US to India, and secondary investment allowing early investors to partially exit, the report added.MoEngage joins an increasing number of Indian firms pursuing reverse flips—relocating their corporate structure back to India—to capitalise on domestic capital markets and IPO opportunities. The report added that the redomiciling process will carry an estimated…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s never easy dealing with bad press or negative online coverage — whether it stems from a genuine mistake or something more serious, like defamation. The good news? In many cases, there are effective ways to remove harmful content entirely. And even if it can’t be taken down, the right strategies can push that coverage out of sight, so it’s far less likely to be seen.The impact of negative press can be serious. It can lead to lost trust, a damaged reputation and missed opportunities. People may hold back from reaching out…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There is the old Russian proverb, “Trust, but verify,” made famous by a former president’s comment on a nuclear weapons treaty. To me, that particular verbiage signals a negative connotation, which is why I prefer the phrase “trust and verify.”The desire to trust others remains an intricate part of business. Something within us wants to believe most, if not everything, that our employees, clients and vendors proclaim. However, one of the most valuable lessons learned in my 20-plus years as an entrepreneur involves verifying essential information that I instinctively want to trust.Based…