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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Art is a legitimate but illiquid asset class offering diversification and enjoyment. Only top-quality works drive returns, making access and research essential. NFTs and digital art remain volatile but present evolving investment opportunities. Art has been bought, sold, passed down and fought over for centuries. But is it a legitimate asset class in the same way that stocks and bonds are? The short answer is yes, but with some critical caveats. For decades, I have worked in both the investment world and researched the art market. Today, the art market…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways What started as a fading marquee turned into a million-follower media platform, publishing company and hundreds of retail products. By pulling off a statewide April Fool’s prank with Yeti and the governor of Texas, Ellis Winstanley proved that bold storytelling can lead to authentic collaborations. When the governor of Texas deploys state troopers to help with your April Fool’s prank, you know your restaurant sign is bigger than a roadside gimmick. That actually happened with El Arroyo, the Austin, Texas, Tex-Mex spot co-owned by Ellis Winstanley. The marquee was “stolen”…

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Key Takeaways Jack in the Box will sell Del Taco Holdings for $115 million, ending the two-brand strategy it began in 2022. The company says the sale allows it to focus on its core business and pay down debt. The deal underscores a growing trend of restaurant operators simplifying their portfolios amid high costs. San Diego-based Jack in the Box announced it will sell Del Taco Holdings for $115 million, a move that marks a significant pivot in strategy for the parent company and underscores a broader shift in how fast-food brands are managing their portfolios. Related: Considering franchise ownership?…

Key Takeaways Meta has a spate of entry-level positions open that start around $200,000. The tech giant has been leading the high-salary AI charge, notably poaching employees from Apple and OpenAI. One entry-level software engineer role posted only requires “one internship” and pays $176,000. Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and more, has been doling out some astronomical job offers this year for top AI talent — from 28-year-old Alexandr Wang’s billions to hundreds of millions for a former Apple engineer. Now, the company, which has a market cap of around $1.83 trillion, is hiring for a…

Key Takeaways Apple stock hit an intraday all-time high and a record close on Monday. The spike is attributed to strong demand for the new iPhone 17 series, which have significantly outperformed initial iPhone 16 sales, according to Counterpoint Research. Apple is at the “front end” of a “long-anticipated [iPhone] upgrade cycle” that will last through 2027, per analysts. Apple stock reached an all-time high on Monday, hitting an intraday record of $264.38 and a record close of $262.24. The stock price surpassed its previous all-time high of $260.10 in intraday trading set on December 26, 2024. The recent rally…

Key Takeaways More employees are reporting that they are skipping lunch at least once a week, and it’s making workers extra “hangry.” The report found that eating lunch is getting more expensive, costing employees an average of $108.68 a week, up from $88 per week last year. Gen Z is 35% the most likely to skip lunch than older generations, according to the report. The rising cost of lunch at work is causing more employees to skip the meal altogether. According to food tech platform ezCater’s recent annual Lunch Report, just over half of respondents (51%) reported skipping lunch at…

Key Takeaways Quiet quitting, wherein workers put forth minimal effort on the clock, doesn’t have the hold it once did. Instead, job-hugging employees are reluctant to leave their roles — but it’s not all negative. The workplace pendulum has swung from one extreme to another once again. In the wake of the pandemic, the Great Resignation swept corporate America: More than 50 million people quit their jobs in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some of them job-hopped to higher-paying positions. Then came quiet quitting, the viral trend that saw employees put forth bare-minimum effort on the…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Traditional philanthropy is dying. Gen Z sees the old model of billionaires giving away fortunes later in life as opaque, slow and ineffective at solving problems. When it comes to global challenges, we need enterprises that integrate impact into their business models from day one. The goal for Gen Z is to build solutions that make traditional philanthropy unnecessary. As someone who worked at a non-profit for years, I’ve come to understand a difficult truth: Traditional philanthropy is dying, and Gen Z is going to kill it. Not because we’re…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Creativity, empathy, curiosity and imagination are traits that machines can’t replicate, making them the true competitive edge in an AI-driven world. Leaders can make room for these traits by cross-pollinating ideas, starting meetings with activities to lower the social risk of speaking up, rewarding curiosity and creating spaces where imagination feels safe. Every executive I talk to these days is chasing the promise of AI — and for good reason. AI can crunch terabytes of data in seconds, identify patterns our brains would never spot and spit out predictions with…