Innovation

Key Takeaways Oliver Kharraz is the founder and CEO of the healthcare marketplace site Zocdoc.He explained that disruption playbooks don’t work in healthcare because the field faces a “complex systems and incentives problem,” not a technology issue.Walmart Health and IBM...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Innovation matters, but adaptability matters more.Understanding your customers is a competitive advantage.Long-term trust outlasts short-term growth.When people think of the industries shaping the future of business, property management probably isn’t at...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Speed in a crisis is built before it happens: appoint your response team, pre-approve an initial statement and decide who has authority to issue it within minutes, not days. Your first statement...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways A 30-year study followed scholarship recipients from relatively modest financial backgrounds into careers in business, finance, academia, engineering and education.From identifying potential before a résumé proves it to creating a culture...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Half of all owners will exit their business because of death, disability, divorce, distress or disagreement. Business owners nationwide have not done a good job of preparing their families for an exit. A...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways As companies grow, payroll is often one of the first processes to reveal how much more complex the business has become. Reviewing exceptions and ensuring accuracy consumes time that could be...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Business fundamentals need to be continually reexamined as technology, customer expectations and the nature of work evolve rapidly.Every generation of entrepreneurs inherits rules from the generation before it. The smartest ones...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI may reduce the need for large, role-specific teams, but it raises the premium on employees who can spot problems, make sound judgments and take work from idea to execution.The startups...

Willis Carrier didn’t set out to make summer bearable; he was just trying to fix a printing problem.In the summer of 1902, the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company in Brooklyn was facing a crisis. High humidity in their plant...