The 6 Traits I Look for in Every Employee
Jobs change. Great people evolve with them. Here’s how to find the people who become invaluable.
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Better Branding Will Make More Money Than Having the Best Marketing — Lessons Learned From Real Estate
As consumers become overwhelmed with options, building trust before the first sale will become the obvious choice when it matters most.
This Franchise Did $4.94 Billion in Revenue Last Year. Here’s What Its New CEO Wants to Change.
The franchise insider took on nearly every job within the company before becoming CEO.
Here’s What It Takes to Become an Industry Leader — and Stay There
Are you ready to reach the top of the mountain in your industry?
LinkLoop.com turns the network's footer links into a metered placement market
LinkLoop.com launches a metered placement market for eCorp network's footer links
PayDirect.com: one payment link that settles in USDC, ETH, ADAO or cards
PayDirect.com offers a single payment link for multiple payment methods
AI Made Execution Easier. It Also Changed the Founder’s Most Important Job.
As execution becomes easier to automate, accountability, trust and discernment become even more valuable leadership skills.
A Crisis Expert Says the Company Caught in the Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal Responded Right — 48 Hours Too Late. Here’s How to Avoid the Same Mistake.
When your company becomes the viral clip, you have hours, not days. A year after the scandal, a crisis communications expert explains how to be ready before it happens.
Why Getting Rid of an Inefficient Process Can Feel Riskier Than Keeping It
Temporary workarounds become permanent when many people absorb the cost of keeping them while the downside of removing them remains concentrated.
He Took a Pizza Delivery Job to Pay Off Student Loans. Forty Years Later, He Owns 160 Domino’s Stores.
Brian Bailey bought his first Domino's at 27, and has since helped six of his own employees become franchisees too.
Ecom News Today — September 12, 2026
IBM Is Using The U.S. Open To Prove Sports Are the Perfect Playground for AI and more — today's ecom signal.
IBM Is Using The U.S. Open To Prove Sports Are the Perfect Playground for AI
IBM is using AI at the US Open to transform the fan experience, analyze billions of data points and showcase how sports can become a powerful testing ground for AI technology.
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The 6 Traits I Look for in Every Employee
Jobs change. Great people evolve with them. Here’s how to find the people who become invaluable.
Better Branding Will Make More Money Than Having the Best Marketing — Lessons Learned From Real Estate
As consumers become overwhelmed with options, building trust before the first sale will become the obvious choice when it matters most.
How AI Agents Are Helping Companies Scale Their Marketing
Here's how AI agents can help companies scale marketing by combining skills, tools and context into an agentic marketing operating model.
I’ve Watched Over 150 Careers Grow. Here’s What I Got Wrong About Developing Talent
If I develop five people myself, I can influence five careers, but if I develop a manager who knows how to grow people, that manager can develop an entire team.
LinkedIn CEO Is Leaving After 18 Years, Says He Didn’t Want to Return to the Office Full Time
Ryan Roslansky recently announced his departure, ending a career that spanned nearly two decades at LinkedIn and Microsoft.
Crumbl’s Sales Are Crumbling and the CEO Says ‘It’s My Fault’
Stores are closing, franchise support staff members are being laid off and the cookie chain's dirty soda push fizzled.
The ‘Double Fill Up’ Is the Latest Hack Americans Are Using to Save Cash at the Gas Pump
With paychecks trailing inflation, consumers are getting creative about saving at the pump and the grocery store.
Who’s the Genius Behind Meta’s Hit AI App Muse? A Mulleted, Croc-Wearing MIT Dropout.
Alexandr Wang's Muse hit 5 million downloads faster than ChatGPT. Some Meta employees don't like the special treatment of his hires.
Why Coding Agents Work and Go-to-Market Agents Don’t (Yet)
Coding agents are transforming software teams overnight, but GTM agents are stuck. It's not an intelligence problem — it's a context problem.
Your Next Brand Campaign Could Be Shot From Space
Symphony Space is building Project Rhapsody, a dedicated orbital media studio where brands, artists, and cultural institutions can create authenticated work in space. The first works are planned for 2028.
