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☆ Health VC firm SpringTide Ventures just closed its second $65 million fund. Here's what a startup needs to get its backing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAustin Walters started SpringTide Ventures in 2018 to disrupt healthcare by democratizing access to health innovations. The firm just closed its second $65 million fund to make more of those bets. A tough fundraising environmentAfter closing on its first $20 million fund, which the firm began investing out of in 2019, SpringTide originally set a $100 million target in 2021 for its second fund, Walters said. SpringTide picks a different focus area each time — most recently, home health, where the firm has invested in companies like family primary care startup Nest Health. By solving significant problems with advanced technologies, these companies have natural competitive advantages that allow them to drive outsize returns for the firm, Walters said.

Persons: —, Austin Walters, Walters, Henry Ford, We're, SpringTide, Justin Hackworth Photgraphy SpringTide, OpenLoop, outsize, SpringTidew hasn't, " Walters Organizations: Service, SpringTide Ventures, Tiger Global, Sonic Healthcare, Business, Health, Ally Bank, Troomi Wireless Locations: Boston, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, New York

☆ After Nonbinary Student’s Death, Schools Chief Defends Strict Gender Policies
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( J. David Goodman | Edgar Sandoval | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In his three years as state superintendent for Oklahoma’s public schools, Ryan Walters, a former high school history teacher, has transformed himself into one of the most strident culture warriors in a state known for sharp-edged conservative politics. Following the death earlier this month of a 16-year-old nonbinary student a day after an altercation in a high school girls’ bathroom, gay and transgender advocates accused Mr. Walters of having fomented an atmosphere of dangerous intolerance within public schools. In his first interview reacting to the death of the student, Nex Benedict, Mr. Walters told The New York Times that the death was a tragedy, but that it did not change his views on how questions of gender should be handled in schools. That’s how God created us,” Mr. Walters said, saying he did not believe that nonbinary or transgender people exist. He said that Oklahoma schools would not allow students to use preferred names or pronouns that differ from their birth sex.

Persons: Ryan Walters, Mr, Walters, Nex Benedict, “ There’s, ” Mr Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Oklahoma

When Mark Capps, 54, fell asleep several hours later, and Acuff and her mother Tara Capps, Mark Capps' wife, were able to leave the house and file a police report. Police later shot and killed Mark Capps when he pointed a gun at an officer after they tried to arrest him at his home. In a video call with Jeff Capps three weeks earlier, Mark Capps had put a gun to his own head. Meanwhile, Colleen Walters, who was a family friend, spoke with Mark Capps the day before his death. In the hours before Mark Capps began threatening his family, he had been drinking and taking pills, Tara Capps and Acuff told investigators.

Persons: Mark Capps, Zachery Silva, McKenzie Acuff, Silva, Acuff, Tara Capps, Jan, Jeff Capps, Juanita Copeland, Tracey West, Colleen Walters, Walters, Josh Swift, ” Swift, Swift, “, David Dyer, ‘, Dyer, Capps, Glenn Funk, Josh DeVine Organizations: Tennessee Bureau of, Police, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Associated Press, Partners, Mental Health Cooperative, Metro Nashville Police, Tennessee Bureau, Investigation, AP Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, Nashville

☆ Tulsa Superintendent to Step Down, in a Showdown With State Officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Sarah Mervosh | More About Sarah Mervosh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The superintendent of Tulsa, Okla., announced on Tuesday that she planned to step down, in an 11th-hour attempt to stop the state from taking over the largest school district in Oklahoma. The superintendent, Deborah A. Gist, and the school system in Tulsa, one of Oklahoma’s rare Democratic footholds, had become targets of Ryan Walters, the state’s divisive schools chief who is known for his conservative politics and provocative statements. Mr. Walters, a Republican who took office in January, has raised a litany of complaints against the Tulsa schools, including low test scores and financial mismanagement, and has battled over cultural and religious issues. Questioning Dr. Gist’s leadership, he threatened to take over the school district, which could include appointing a new superintendent, and even said that he had not ruled out revoking accreditation entirely — which would force schools to close. Tulsa public schools serve nearly 34,000 students, with a student population that is 80 percent economically disadvantaged and majority Hispanic and Black.

Persons: Deborah A, Gist, Ryan Walters, . Walters, Gist’s Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Tulsa Locations: Tulsa, Okla, Oklahoma

☆ What to Know About the Opera Star David Daniels’s Sexual Assault Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Javier C. Hernández | More About Javier C. Hernández | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The opera star David Daniels, one of the world’s leading countertenors, is expected to go on trial in Houston this week over charges that he sexually assaulted a young singer after a performance there in 2010. Mr. Daniels and Mr. Walters have denied the accusations, saying they had consensual sex with Mr. Schultz. Mr. Daniels is one of the most prominent classical stars to face criminal charges during the national #MeToo reckoning. Opening arguments are scheduled to begin in Houston on Friday morning. Mr. Daniels, 57, and Mr. Walters, 40, each face one felony count of aggravated sexual assault.

Persons: David Daniels, Daniels, Scott Walters, Samuel Schultz, Walters, Schultz, Mr Organizations: Attorney’s, University of Michigan Locations: Houston, Harris County, Texas

The opera star David Daniels, one of the world’s leading countertenors, pleaded guilty on Friday in Houston to sexually assaulting a young singer who had attended one of his performances there in 2010. The plea deal was announced just as the trial of Mr. Daniels, 57, and his husband, Scott Walters, 40, was about to begin. Mr. Daniels pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault of an adult, a second-degree felony. He avoided a more serious charge of aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree felony, which carries harsher penalties. Mr. Walters, who was facing the same charges, pleaded guilty under similar terms.

Persons: David Daniels, Daniels, Scott Walters, Samuel Schultz, . Walters, Matt Hennessy, Walters, Judge Reagan Clark Organizations: Court Locations: Houston, Georgia, Harris County

☆ Bill Geddie, a Creator of ‘The View,’ Is Dead at 78
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Richard Sandomir | More About Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bill Geddie, whose long working relationship with the barrier-breaking television newswoman Barbara Walters began when he produced her prime-time specials on ABC, then expanded when he collaborated with her on “The View,” one of TV’s most successful daytime talk shows, died on July 20 at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. His wife, Barbara (Pratt) Geddie, said the death was heart-related. “The View” was Ms. Walters’s idea — she wanted a program on which women from different generations would discuss the issues of the day — but it was Mr. Geddie who oversaw it for 17 years, ushering the changing, sometimes unruly cast of panelists through a daily hour of hot topics, disagreements and personal revelations. “I think he loved doing a show with all women,” Meredith Vieira, who was the moderator of “The View” for nine years from its start in 1997, said in a phone interview. “He was a strong producer who deferred to the female point of view, which was essential for a man running a women’s show.”Joy Behar, the only original cast member still on the show, said by phone that Ms. Walters was “the queen” and Mr. Geddie “took care of everything else.”

Persons: Bill Geddie, Barbara Walters, Pratt, Geddie, —, “, ” Meredith Vieira, ” Joy Behar, Walters, ”, Geddie “ Organizations: ABC, Rancho Mirage, Calif Locations: Rancho

☆ Opinion | Tommy Tuberville Is Whitewashing White Nationalism
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But in this stew of adulterated meanings, “white nationalist” gets conflated with being a white patriot and allows any suggestion of racism to become an aspersion cast at white nationalists without cause. They did this for this reason.’ But to say it was inherent because of their skin is where I say that is critical race theory. You’re saying that race defines a person.”Be clear: White racists attacked and destroyed the Black community in Tulsa called the Greenwood District, also known as Black Wall Street. I guess Walters’s argument, as flimsy as it is, hangs on the word “inherent.” And no, white people are not inherently terrorists or racists. But, there have been white people who were terrorists and racists and wreaked havoc and destruction in this country.

Persons: Trump, Ramaswamy, ”, Ryan Walters, Walters, Jim Crow Organizations: Greenwood District Locations: Oklahoma, Tulsa, Black Tulsa

☆ Self-made millionaire: 'A.I. will be the biggest wealth creator in history'—2 ways to use it to make money right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Artificial intelligence tools aren't just a convenient way to complete homework assignments or edit your selfies and videos. An AI tool called Jasper, for example, is already helping Kristen Walters create digital products like workbooks, e-books and audiobooks. "Small businesses can use AI tools to target their marketing and advertising efforts more effectively ... Don't upload any confidential information to an AI tool, experts say: It'll store, analyze and learn from everything you input. "The wonderful thing is, today, all we have to do is search 'how to improve my small business with AI tools,'" she says.

Persons: Matt Higgins, Higgins, It's, —, Susan Gonzales, Kristen Walters, Walters, Jasper, Gonzales, Jacqueline DeStefano, DeStefano, Tangorra Organizations: RSE Ventures, CNBC, Management, Entrepreneurship, Omni Business Intelligence Solutions Locations: PwC, Jasper

☆ Hustle culture isn't dead, it just got a Gen Z rebrand: 'People want time to live their lives'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The oldest members of Gen Z are just a few years into being part of the workforce, and they're already being stereotyped as lazy. Hustle culture isn't dead — it's just getting a Gen Z rebrand. When I think of my peers and Gen Z, I don't hear anyone talk about corporate success or climbing the corporate ladder. Jade WaltersWalters, like many of her peers, has a side hustle: The Ninth Semester, a Gen Z career resource. As Gen Zers gain ground in the labor force, it's likely those values will flow through other generations of workers, too.

Persons: Gen, they've, Gen Zers, — it's, Zers, Jade Walters, it's, Jade Walters Walters, Martha Bird, Walters, Covid, Bird, DeAndre Brown, Brown, Hustling Organizations: ADP Locations: Chicago, Los Angeles

☆ Man Pleads Guilty to Moving Bison Calf, Calling It an ‘Act of Compassion’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Clifford Walters said he was only trying to save a struggling newborn bison when he made a sudden decision to push it up from a riverbank in Yellowstone National Park. But Mr. Walters’s encounter with the animal on May 20 landed him in federal court, where he pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening or intentionally disturbing wildlife, which is a misdemeanor. Mr. Walters was ordered to pay a $500 fine, a $500 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Wildlife Protection Fund, a $30 special assessment and a $10 processing fee, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming said in a statement. Mr. Walters, 78, represented himself in court and said in an interview on Friday that he believed the outcome was fair. The charge he was facing carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.

Persons: Clifford Walters, Walters’s, Walters, . Walters Organizations: Protection, Attorney’s, District of Locations: U.S, District of Wyoming

☆ Opinion | ‘The View’ Has Narrowed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Megan K. Stack | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

If you are saying that he is a white supremacist, what are they?” Ms. Hostin continued. Either way, the idea that Republicans could be written off en masse signaled a radical departure in “View” philosophy. The panelists have traditionally taken pains to distinguish between bad politicians and the regular people who vote for them. “You have just seen what should not happen,” Ms. Walters told the audience that day. To be fair, the animosity between “The View” and Republicans is mutual, and finding the origin point is something of a chicken-versus-egg conundrum.

Persons: Hostin, ”, Barbara Walters, Goldberg, Behar, Bill O’Reilly, Walters, “, Ms, It’s, Trump, DeSantis Locations: “, Wyoming

☆ Barbara Walters, pioneering TV journalist who began on ‘TODAY,’ dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Ethan Sacks | Ethan Sacks Writes For Nbcnews.Com. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV broadcaster who blazed a trail for women in a male-dominated medium, died Friday. “Barbara Walters proved to be the evolutionary step between Edward R. Murrow and Oprah Winfrey.”Barbara Walters interviews Ronald Reagan in 1980 for ABC News. NBCMcGee, who died shortly after being partnered with Walters, demanded that he ask three questions to every one of Walter’s in studio interviews. So, Walters started fielding interviews outside the studio, quickly building a reputation as an incisive and probing questioner. After nearly 60 years in journalism, Walters announced she was retiring in 2014.

☆ Factbox: Key facts about pioneering broadcast journalist Barbara Walters
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The following are key facts about the life and career of pioneering broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to anchor an American network evening newscast, who died on Friday:* Walters was born in Boston on Sept. 25, but she did not like to reveal the year, which reportedly was 1929, 1930 or 1931. * Walters started at NBC's "Today" show as a writer in 1961 and in 1976 became the first woman to co-anchor a network evening news broadcast on U.S. television. * Walters singled out her "Today" co-host Frank McGee and Reasoner on ABC News for making her life miserable. * Walters felt she was unfairly mocked for her asking actress Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would like to be. * Walters' marriages to businessman Robert Katz, theatrical producer Lee Guber and television executive Merv Adelson all ended in divorce.

☆ Pioneering U.S. television journalist Barbara Walters dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] Television personality Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York September 20, 2010. "I asked Yeltsin if he drank too much, and I asked Putin if he killed anybody," Walters told the New York Times in 2013. "These two men were really quite brutal to me and it was not pleasant," Walters told the San Francisco Examiner. The New York Times called her "arguably America's best-known television personality" but also observed that "what we remember most about a Barbara Walters interview is Barbara Walters." Walters' three marriages - to businessman Robert Katz, theatrical producer Lee Guber and television executive Merv Adelson - ended in divorce.

☆ Barbara Walters, Pioneering TV Journalist, Dies at Age 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Barbara Walters , the trailblazing journalist who was the first woman anchor of both a morning and an evening television-news program and at one point was the highest-paid TV-news personality in the country, has died. She was 93 years old. Ms. Walters died Friday evening at her home in New York, according to Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger .

☆ The SEC is considering requiring US companies to disclose their climate impact. Here's what that means for corporations and investors.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-09 | by ( Daniel E. Walters | William M. Manson | The Conversation | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering adding climate impact as a mandated disclosure. Some large investors require disclosure. The United Kingdom plans to require climate disclosure starting in April 2022, and the European Union has reporting rules in place. A study of one type of climate disclosure — emissions labels on consumer products — found mixed evidence as to whether consumers altered their behavior in response. A prior oil and gas extraction disclosure rule was invalidated by a court in 2013 as arbitrary and capricious.

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