The United States has experienced a significant wave of job losses. As of May, at least 12% of the 2.4 million civilian federal workforce have been affected.

Navigating today’s volatile economic landscape requires more than just gut instinct. For any size business or organization, but especially the individual founder, it demands agility, discipline, and a clear reassessment of risk. Uncertainty is now the hallmark of the market environment, with even the most experienced strategists acknowledging their predictions are filled with more caveats than clarity.

Today’s startup founders are navigating a perfect storm. Factoring inflation, tariff tensions becoming routine, venture funding tightening, and layoffs spreading across industries, the pressure is palpable. Meanwhile, the AI boom dominates headlines, often overshadowing deeper strategic discussions. To grow and thrive in current times, businesses must now more than ever proactively understand the changing policy and regulatory landscape.

While the East and West coasts are busy chasing the latest overhyped trends, the real economic game-changers are emerging where you might least expect it - right in the middle of the country - in America's heartland.

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Entrepreneurs chasing small, niche markets are overlooking an incredible opportunity in the form of billions of dollars in green technology funding just waiting to be claimed. But to benefit from these funding streams, today's innovators-and...

Though interest rates have gone down slightly, ongoing market volatility means that funding for startups is still difficult. Risk-averse investors prioritize steady returns over the pr...

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Uniting America starts with sparking economic growth, remembering when we fuel the economy it means there's plenty for everyone. When people have equal access to opportunities, education, jobs, and housing, they can make positive contributions...

George Foreman in December closed out a highly successful auction of more than 50 automobiles collected over the former heavyweight champion’s career, both as a boxer and a home appliance entrepreneur. The auction was extremely lucrative for the ex-champ, vividly illustrating how important provenance — the history of who has owned something — can be in car collecting.

Making the jump from a secure corporate job to entrepreneurship in our unpredictable economy is frightening. It can bring waves of anxiety, a restless mind at 3 a.m., self-doubt and a barrage of unanswerable questions about your choices and prior...

We're experiencing a tale of two cities in the venture investing world for AI and non-AI companies. It's been the best of times for pure-play AI startups and those that could convince investors they were close enough to being one. It's been...

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It's an adage for some: never mix business with friendship. But savvy entrepreneurs have discovered that there's no one better to get into business with than friends. The same internal barometer you use to assess the quality of your friendshi...

Credit card debt is on the rise, but that doesn't mean it is time to panic about the state of American credit. Though the economy is pressuring the bottom lines of American families, consumers have demonstrated increased financial literacy, accor...

The use of cryptocurrency-based stablecoins by foreign guest workers to send cash back to their home countries could save the world's working poor families a stunning $40 billion annually in aggregate.

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Dramatic interest rate hikes have taken a huge bite out of commercial real estate deal vol...