I Own a Small Business — and I’d Still Choose a Big Company for This Job | Entrepreneur

January 16, 2026January 13, 2026 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Key Takeaways

One routine purchase made me rethink where small businesses shine — and where they don’t.
I didn’t expect to side with the bigger player, but the experience left little room for nostalgia.

I own a small business. I write about small businesses. My clients are small businesses. And yet, I would never go to a small business to have my car serviced. Small businesses are great — but not for everything.

I’m not saying this without experience. I’ve owned Hondas all my life. I’ve taken my cars to local repair shops countless times. And the experience has been, well, inconsistent at best. I’ve certainly saved money on repairs. But I’ve paid for it elsewhere.

Take, for example, a recent experience I had at a Honda dealership in Philadelphia. I made my maintenance appointment with an AI receptionist, which understood me flawlessly. I received a text confirmation. I then received a call from a human verifying the details. Professional. Courteous. Efficient.

eharmony review (2026): Is the dating app worth the high cost? | Mashable

January 15, 2026January 12, 2026 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

I’ve been testing dating apps for a long time now, and the question my friends ask me most isn’t “how does the algorithm work?” but rather “which app is actually the best?”

Lately, as we’ve all gotten older (and more willing to settle down), eharmony has snuck into the conversation more often than I’d like to admit. It’s known for being the go-to for the over-50 crowd, but its “hip” new commercials suggest the company is desperate to attract a younger user base.

Whatever their marketing strategy, the claim that “every 14 minutes, someone finds love on eharmony” piqued my interest. So, I decided to give it a real college try to see whether its infamous questionnaire and algorithm-based matching system actually work. Below is my detailed experience with eharmony, from sign-up to connecting with other users.

Paramount files lawsuit in pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery and threatens proxy fight | CNN Business

January 14, 2026January 12, 2026 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Paramount is taking its pursuit of CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, to court.

On Monday, Paramount CEO David Ellison announced a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court, where shareholders typically bring corporate disputes, as it attempts a hostile takeover of the iconic entertainment company.

Ellison criticized Warner Bros. Discovery, also known as WBD, for a “lack of transparency” around its decision to favor Netflix’s bid for Warner Bros. and HBO.

Trump ‘immediately’ imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. China’s on the list | CNN Business

January 14, 2026January 12, 2026 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

President Donald Trump said countries that do business with Iran will face a new 25% tariff. The announcement appears to mean goods from China, a major trading partner of both Iran and the United States, would become significantly more expensive to import.

“Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. “This Order is final and conclusive,” he added.

Jupiter at opposition: See the ‘king of the planets’ outshine every star in the sky this weekend | Live Science

January 13, 2026January 11, 2026 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

This weekend brings a prime opportunity to see the biggest planet in the solar system shining at its brightest all year.

After dominating the night sky for more than a month, Jupiter will reach opposition this Saturday (Jan. 10). This marks the point when Earth lies directly between Jupiter and the sun, putting the gas giant opposite our star in Earth’s sky. The result is a brilliant, unmissable light in the eastern evening sky that shines all night long. At magnitude -2.7, Jupiter will outshine every star for many weeks.

(In astronomy, a lower magnitude corresponds to a brighter object. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, has an apparent magnitude of about -1.4.)

The first-ever cultivated-meat fish just got FDA approval. Its CEO talks about how Wildtype got there. | Fast Company

January 7, 2026January 6, 2026 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

For the first time ever, you can eat a real fish that was never alive.

In early June, Wildtype, a San Francisco-based lab-grown meat company, received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell its cultivated sushi-grade salmon saku after a years-long waiting game. The company is only the fourth to receive FDA approval for cultivated meat in the U.S., joining Upside Foods and Good Meat, which both sell laboratory-grown chicken, and Mission Barns, which focuses on pork fat. Wildtype, meanwhile, is the only company of its ilk focusing on replicating seafood.

SpaceX reportedly planning 2026 IPO with $1.5T valuation target | TechCrunch

December 10, 2025December 9, 2025 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

SpaceX reportedly planning 2026 IPO with $1.5T valuation target SpaceX is planning to go public in mid-to-late 2026 and is looking to raise $30 billion at a valuation of around $1.5 trillion, according to a new report from Bloomberg News citing multiple unidentified sources.

That would make it the largest IPO of all time, edging out Saudi Aramco’s public listing in 2019, which brought in $29 billion. It would also be a bit of a reversal for SpaceX, which previously considered spinning off its Starlink division for an IPO, while keeping the main company private.

Bloomberg’s report comes just a few days after The Information was first to report that Elon Musk’s space company was targeting a late 2026 IPO.

He Spent $3K to Start a Side Hustle That’s Eyeing $1M Revenue | Entrepreneur

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

When did you start your side hustle, and where did you find the inspiration for it?

In May 2022, I launched Confusion Snacks to bring global flavors to everyday snacking using clean, guilt-free ingredients.

It didn’t begin with the intention of starting a business. It began as a way for me to stay connected to my Indian-American identity.

Growing up, I lived at the intersection of two cultures, constantly learning how to carry forward my immigrant roots while adapting to American life. Many times, those identities felt like opposites. One side of me was devouring my mom’s homemade meals and dancing to Bollywood hits; the other side was crushing a bag of Hot Cheetos while singing Justin Bieber in the shower.

I loved both sides, but never fully felt “at home.” Eventually, I embraced the truth: I’m both Indian and American. And I wanted to create something that celebrated that duality instead of forcing a choice between them.

Dads Started a Business for Kids Making $100M+ This Year | Entrepreneur

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When Darren Litt’s daughters were little, he asked their pediatrician for tips to keep them healthy. The doctor recommended a daily multivitamin, but when Litt ordered the brand on Amazon, the product that arrived gave him pause: The gummy vitamins were stuck together in their plastic tub with a layer of sugar on the bottom.

“ I thought, If I won’t give this to my own kids, why would anybody?” Litt recalls. “So I asked friends, ‘Is this what you give your kids?’ And almost everyone said the same thing: ‘Yeah, kids like the taste, but we’re not sure it’s good for them.’”

One of those friends was Litt’s former co-worker Adam Gillman; he had the same impression, and a light bulb went off: What if they built a “smarter version” of the type of multivitamin they wanted for their own children? “ No sugar, no gummy junk, just what kids actually need,” Litt says.

Pixel Watch updates its ‘always on’ display for media controls and timers | Mashable

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Google’s Pixel watches are rolling out an improved always-on display.

Tech site 9to5Google spotted that with Wear OS 6, the Pixel Watch has added always-on capabilities for media controls (such as controlling your music) as well as the timer app. Previously, these sorts of tools would blur after a certain amount of time. Now, they remain on the screen, with the display having been slightly changed from its previous iteration.

That could mark a major improvement for people who use their watch to, say, time a workout or track what they’re cooking. Mashable named the Google Pixel Watch 4 the best Android smartwatch of 2025 — so it’s an improvement on an already good product. Tech Editor Timothy Beck Werth wrote it was “elegant enough to wear to the office, but comfortable and smart enough to monitor workouts.” Senior reporter Christianna Silva, meanwhile, wrote in their review that the “Pixel Watch 4 is a true runners’ watch, and it’s gorgeous too.”