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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For decades, college had no real competition. It wasn’t just an educational path; it was the most powerful brand in American life. Parents, schools and employers marketed it as the only safe route to the American Dream. Glossy brochures, billion-dollar ad campaigns, alumni prestige and rankings in U.S. News & World Report kept reinforcing the message: College equals success.But today, that monopoly is cracking. Aviation schools, trade programs and trucking startups are mounting their own branding campaigns — promising high pay, entrepreneurial freedom and faster, cheaper paths to prosperity. The reality is…

Zupee is now the latest real money gaming startup to resort to layoffs. On Thursday, the company said it is letting go of about 170 employees, accounting for 30% of its workforce. The move comes after the new Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which bans all real money games in the country. Zupee has since said it will focus on expanding its free-to-play game portfolio and has also forayed into short-form video content through Zupee Studio. “This has been a tough call for us, but it was necessary to adapt to the new regulatory framework. Our colleagues who…

According to a new report, Amazon is attempting to make a stronger mark in the smart glasses market, challenging industry leader Meta.Amazon is reportedly developing a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses that overlay digital information on the physical world, enabling users to see and interact with both the physical environment and the virtual world. Sources told The Information that Amazon plans to release the AR glasses, internally called Jayhawk, to the public in late 2026 or early 2027.Related: Apple Is Reportedly Developing AI Smart Glasses to Compete with Meta and Google Consumers can use the glasses to navigate the…

This week, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, 81, became the world’s richest person, albeit briefly, overtaking Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Ellison’s wealth grew by $89 billion, reaching $383.2 billion on Wednesday, the largest one-day jump in history, per Bloomberg. It was his first time in the No. 1 spot.It was short-lived. By the end of the day on Wednesday, Musk, 54, had re-taken the top spot again, this time by only $1 billion.Related: Meet David Ellison, Larry Ellison’s Son Who Took Over at ParamountEllison’s wealth grew due to Oracle’s strong earnings report on Tuesday, which had Wall Street “shocked.”…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. My first exposure to stablecoins was mundane: a client selling digital courses asked if accepting USD-pegged tokens would cut card fees. Two years later, the question is everywhere I speak. Talk of “central-bank digital currencies” and government-blessed stablecoins has moved from policy circles to checkout pages, and entrepreneurs want a clear roadmap.Below is a founder-focused guide: what stablecoins are, why governments care and how early adopters can turn uncertainty into an operating edge.Stablecoins in plain EnglishA stablecoin is a digital token engineered to hold a one-to-one value with a reference asset, usually…

Rubbing salt on the wound of India’s gaming sector, the latest ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Unicorn and Future Unicorn Report 2025 has struck real-money gaming startups off the list. The report, which showcases the Indian startup ecosystem and looks at existing unicorns, soon-to-be unicorns, and potential unicorns, noted that real-money gaming companies have exited the list after the ban.The move comes after the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, was passed last month, banning all real-money games in the country. Companies like Dream11, MPL, Gameskraft, Games24x7, Zupee, and WinZO—each built squarely around real money gaming—have exited the…

AI could take over up to half of all entry-level, white-collar jobs within the next five years, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted earlier this year. But that just means more jobs will open up in other areas, says Airbnb’s CEO, namely in service and hospitality.At the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on Tuesday, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that hospitality and service jobs will likely be safe from AI for the next five to 10 years — and that people will come to Airbnb to find that work.”Services and hospitality are not going to be disrupted for quite a…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’ve been creating content for social media, you’ve likely heard the buzz about AI. But I’m not here to talk about it as some abstract revolutionary tool. I’m here to show you how AI helped me create two amazing Instagram video reels — racking up over 7 million views in just a few days and how it’s completely changed the game for content creators like us.Once you grasp what AI can do and how to use it, the possibilities can become endless. Here’s my story and how you, too, can tap…

Urban Company’s initial public offering drew heavy investor demand on the second day of bidding, with overall subscriptions reaching 9X the shares on offer, making it one of the strongest debuts by an Indian consumer tech startup in recent months.The Gurugram-based home services marketplace saw robust appetite across categories. Non-institutional investors, including high-net-worth individuals, led the surge with bids exceeding their allocation by more than 18 times. Within that, the segment for applications between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 10 lakh was subscribed 19.07 times.Retail investors also rushed in, subscribing to their allotment 17.68 times over. The retail tranche was…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We’ve seen all the think pieces about work-life balance. We’ve heard plenty of opinions from burned-out employees and concerned health experts, and even seen travel blogs touting countries like New Zealand and South Africa to find the perfect utopia where ‘work to live, not live to work’ exists.But what if none of it is real? What if everything we’ve been led to believe about work-life balance is just a myth, and thinking we are failing in the mission leaves entrepreneurs miserable and unfulfilled?I remember feeling this way when I first started my…