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Key Takeaways JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says checking email during meetings is “disrespectful.” Dimon said that he gives “100%” of his focus when attending meetings and always does the pre-meeting reads. Earlier this year, Dimon criticized remote employees for checking notifications while he was speaking during a virtual meeting. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is advocating for better meeting etiquette in the workplace — and that means no checking emails or Slack messages. “None of this nodding off, none of this reading my mail,” Dimon, 69, said at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday. “If you have an…

Key Takeaways Dylan Field is the CEO of Figma, a $28 billion collaborative design startup that went public earlier this year. Field said that rather than cutting jobs because of AI, Figma is growing its team and adding new positions. Figma is hiring for 158 open positions in the U.S. at the time of writing, including an opening for a software engineer of AI infrastructure. Industry leaders, including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, have recently predicted that AI will soon take over most white-collar jobs — but one tech CEO says they’re…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Mentorship can be a “rising tide lifts all boats” activity. Don’t engage in mentorship with personal or professional gain as the primary motivator. As you engage in mentorship, do it without any expectations of return. It takes a lot more than cash to build a business. Entrepreneurs need knowledge, networks and confidence to get their ideas off the ground. Business growth occurs more quickly with a mentor, and international business growth through U.S. mentors is thriving. Mentorship is an effective way to catalyze business success for founders worldwide who are…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Entrepreneurs often imagine opportunity as something obvious — the next big app, the next wave of AI or a billion-dollar market everyone is already chasing. But in reality, many of the most successful businesses start in unexpected corners. They often look too small, too quirky or too niche — until someone connects the dots and builds something the rest of us missed. Here are five examples of how spotting opportunities in unlikely places has created thriving businesses, along with the lessons any entrepreneur can apply. Related: 5 Success Stories About Finding Inspiration…

Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the industry thinks should shape AI development.  On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff discuss how the line between innovation and responsibility is getting blurrier, plus what happens when pranks go from digital to physical.  Watch to the full episode for more about:  Why advocating for AI safety has become “uncool” in Silicon Valley from Anthropic facing backlash to California’s SB 243 regulation of AI companion chatbots…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways With venture capital harder to access in 2025, founders are turning to alternative funding options like convertible notes, crowdfunding and early profitability. This article breaks down seven practical, founder-friendly ways to raise capital without relying on traditional VC funding. Raising venture capital isn’t what it used to be. According to Carta, just 5,743 new investments closed in 2024, down 7% from the year prior and the lowest number since 2018. Add to that a 46% annual drop in new venture funds raised in the U.S., and the message is clear:…

Key Takeaways EssilorLuxottica is the largest eyewear manufacturer in the world. The company partnered with Meta to release Ray-Ban Meta glasses and Oakley Meta glasses. EssilorLuxottica says sales of the glasses had tripled by mid-year and further contributed to the company’s 11% revenue growth in the third-quarter. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks smart glasses could be the new smartphone, and Meta’s partnership with the world’s biggest eyewear maker, EssilorLuxottica, has the sales to prove it. “Clearly, there is a lift coming from Ray-Ban Meta wearables as a product category,” said EssilorLuxottica CFO Stefano Grassi on the company’s third-quarter earnings call…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Stablecoins are becoming the gateway for institutional crypto adoption, offering the stability and familiarity of fiat currencies while also providing speed, finality and 24/7 availability. Stablecoins are auditable and increasingly compliant with global regulatory frameworks. They also compress transaction times, unlock global reach and reduce the friction baked into legacy rails. Not all stablecoins are equal. Institutions should prioritize those with full reserve backing, transparent attestations, regulatory alignment and multi-chain operability. For years, the conversation around institutional crypto adoption has been framed around risk: how to hedge it, regulate it,…

Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the industry thinks should shape AI development.  On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff discuss how the line between innovation and responsibility is getting blurrier, plus what happens when pranks go from digital to physical.  Listen to the full episode to hear about:  Why advocating for AI safety has become “uncool” in Silicon Valley from Anthropic facing backlash to California’s SB 243 regulation of AI companion chatbots…

Key Takeaways OpenAI’s AI video generation app, Sora, is currently the top free iPhone app on Apple’s U.S. App Store. As of Thursday, Sora users can no longer generate videos featuring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the request of his estate. Sora app users were generating “disrespectful depictions” of King an other public figures, according to OpenAI. In a post on Instagram last week, Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., asked OpenAI’s Sora users to “please stop” sending her AI videos depicting her father. Now, after “disrespectful depictions” of King’s…