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☆ Crypto prices are back. So are the TV ads.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewOne sign we're in a crypto revival: Crypto prices are roaring again. Another sign: Crypto companies are advertising on TV again. Crypto.com isn't the only one pushing crypto on TV again. It makes perfect sense to run it side-by-side with ads telling you how fun it would be to bet on the very game you're watching (unless you're an NBA player). All that said, the 2024 crypto revival still seems more like an echo of the last boom than a replay.

Persons: —, you've, it's, Eminem, Matt Damon, Damon, Crypto.com, Coinbase cheekily, Crypto, Jack Dorsey, Kitty Organizations: Service, NBA, Business, UFC, GameStop

☆ I'm a millennial first-time buyer who moved into a micro home village. I had to downsize my stuff, but it was worth it for the community.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristi Campbell, a 28-year-old business consultant, who moved into micro-home community South Park Cottages in 2023. In 2022, my boyfriend sent me a link to South Park Cottages' website, a Black-owned tiny home village. South Park Cottages afforded me the opportunity to buy my first home sooner than planned — it was the official stamp for adulthood. AdvertisementBefore I was even considered for a home at South Park Cottages, I had to be pre-approved for the full loan amount of the home. I chose South Park Cottages' preferred lender, along with a preferred closing attorney.

Persons: —, Kristi Campbell, It's, Campbell, it's, — we're, There's, you've, I've Organizations: Service, Business, East, Bluetooth Locations: New York, East Atlanta, Atlanta, California, Georgia

☆ Check out the tiny-home village a millennial built, where 29 units priced as low as $190,000 sold out in less than 2 months
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Micro-home community South Park Cottages offers locals an affordable alternative to renting. Homes in the community start at $190,000, and the typical monthly mortgage payment is around $1,500. South Park Cottages is so popular that its developer is building another community in Georgia. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Compare that to the typical home sold in Atlanta, which Redfin found cost $431,250 as of February 2024.

Persons: —, Booker Washington, Redfin Organizations: Cottages, Service, Business Locations: Georgia, Atlanta

☆ AI is shaking up online dating with chatbots that are 'flirty but not too flirty'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

YourMove.AI, an AI dating tool that offers a range of services such as drafting messages, analyzing conversations and evaluating users' dating app profiles, has about 250,000 users, founder Dmitri Mirakyan estimates. Rizz, an AI dating assistant, debuted in 2022 after ChatGPT took off. Like in other areas, relying too much on AI in dating can cross the line into unethical behavior. Although the use of AI for dating purposes isn't necessarily all bad, he added, dating apps will still need to "tread with caution." WATCH: How I built my $400 million-a-year dating app

Persons: Stan Marsh, Clyde Donovan, Clyde, Stan, OpenAI, it's, Dmitri Mirakyan, YourMove, Mirakyan, ChatGPT, he'd, Roman Khaves, Josh Miller, Khaves, It's, Jonathan Raa, Alex Weitzman, Weitzman, They've, Gary Kremen, Kremen, Lisa Marie Bobby, Bobby, Renate Nyborg, Nyborg, Meeno Organizations: Nvidia, CNBC, Nurphoto, OpenAI's Locations: U.S, New York, chihuahua, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands

☆ 16 VCs that are funding the future of entertainment by backing generative AI and other disruptive tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

AdvertisementAfter a period of "wild west" investing in AI, Blank believes activity will favor AI companies that respect artists' consent and compensation. It recently co-led a $1 million seed round in Conduiit, which centralizes entertainment companies' production finance operations. Endeavor Venture InvestmentsEndeavor Venture Investments is the venture arm of entertainment and sports behemoth Endeavor. SWaN & LegendThe Virginia-based VC firm has a broad consumer portfolio that includes a number of entertainment investments. With Hollywood in contraction, SWaN has largely hit pause on new entertainment investments to get its portfolio companies on a strong footing.

Persons: Michael Blank, Blank, Jon Miller, Miller, Slack, Garnet Heraman, BDMI, Urs Cete, Michael, TMRW, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Elysian Park Ventures Jay Adya, Grant Lamos, Tom Brady, Gotham Chopra, Michael Strahan, Jay Adya, Morgan, Kushaan Ahuja, Drew Glover, Glover, Alex Harris, they've, Noah Doyle, Payback India, Jed Katz, Rich Greenfield, Rich, Ilya Pozin, Jamie Seltzer, LightShed, Steve Cohen's, it's, Sri Chandrasekar, Tripp Shriner, Ishan Sinha, That's, Wondery, Ian Doody, Raine, Gordon Rubenstein, Joe Ravitch, Jeff Sine, ‐, Fred Schaufeld, SWaN, that's, Oscar, Jose, Schaufeld, Sam Wick, Alex J, Investcorp, Paul Yoo, Edgar Bronfman Jr, Daniel Leff, Waverley, Leff Organizations: Service, Creative Artists, Connect Ventures, Business, Hollywood, Veteran, TPG, Integrated Media Co, Advancit, CAA, Bertelsmann, Waverley, Octopus Ventures, Accel, Facebook, Venture, Aperture Venture, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Fremantle, Connect, CAA Connect Ventures, New Enterprises Associates, TMRW Sports, Disney, Universal, Elysian Park Ventures, Elysian, Sports, Endeavor Venture, Endeavor Venture Investments, behemoth Endeavor, Dapper Labs, Fiat Ventures, Fiat Ventures Fiat Ventures, Fiat, Payback, Rent, LightShed, Rich Greenfield Influential, LightShed Ventures, Pluto, Apple, Octopus Ventures Octopus Ventures, Investments, Corp, Etsy, Re, Point72 Ventures New York Mets, Range Media Partners, Point72 Ventures, Sri, Powerhouse, Athletic, The New York Times Co, Evolution Media, Creative Artists Agency, Astro, Rave Digital Media, Accel Entertainment, Jose Andrés Media, Berliner, UTA Talent, UTA, UTA Ventures, Ventures, VR, Amazon, PFL Locations: blockchain, —, Conduiit, fintech, London, Australia, Papercup, Los Angeles, Virginia, UTA.VC

☆ Stop being fooled by misinformation. Do this instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s a text from your credit card company — someone is trying to purchase a $2,500 laptop using your account number. Be it finance, health care or politics, there is a global “infodemic” of misinformation that is affecting people’s health and well-being, according to the World Health Organization. “For most of the population who isn’t extreme in their attitudes, fact-checking and debunking reduces the degree to which people rely on falsehoods, but it doesn’t fully eliminate it,” van der Linden said. This approach works much like a vaccine, van der Linden said. “Instead of talking about immigration or abortion, talk about ‘Star Wars’ and ‘South Park’ as a starting point,” van der Linden said.

Persons: COVID, ”, Sander van der, van der Linden, Oscar Wong, nudges, “, ” van der Linden, you’re, Anakin, Obi, ” Obi, “ We’ll Organizations: CNN, Facebook, World Health Organization, WHO, “, Social, University of Cambridge, American Psychological Association, Getty, Cambridge, Research, ‘ Locations: Sander van der Linden, Covid, Cambridge, Canada, absolutes

☆ Judge sides with Paramount on some claims in Warner Bros. 'South Park' streaming lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Drew Richardson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A judge on Tuesday sided with Paramount Global on certain claims after Warner Bros. Discovery sued earlier this year over streaming rights to long-running animated series "South Park." New York state Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chan said that Paramount did not violate state consumer protection laws after its streaming platform, Paramount+, hosted "South Park" specials. The decision follows a February lawsuit, where Warner alleged that Paramount deceptively withheld the specials and other "South Park" content to bolster Paramount+ offerings. Paramount would later release "South Park: Post Covid" in 2021 and "South Park: The Streaming Wars" in 2022, exclusively on Paramount+.

Persons: Margaret Chan, didn't, Warner, Max, Paramount countersued, Chan, Warner's Organizations: Paramount Global, Warner Bros . Discovery, Paramount, Warner, HBO Max, Comedy Locations: York

☆ Judge narrows lawsuit over 'South Park' streaming rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A New York trial judge has narrowed Warner Bros Discovery's lawsuit against Paramount Global (PARA.O) over the rights to stream "South Park," the animated comedy featuring foul-mouthed children. She also dismissed a claim that Paramount failed to act in good faith, because that claim duplicated Warner's breach of contract claim. Warner sued in February, saying Paramount breached the agreement by providing only 14 new episodes, and diverted other new "South Park" content to its Paramount+ streaming service under a $900 million agreement with Parker and Stone. "South Park" was launched in August 1997 on Comedy Central, owned by Paramount. The case is WarnerMedia Direct LLC v Paramount Global et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No.

Persons: Alyssa Pointer, Margaret Chan, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, HBO Max, Warner, Parker, Stone, countersued Warner, Jonathan Stempel, Franklin Paul Organizations: Warner Bros . Discovery Atlanta, REUTERS, Warner Bros, Paramount Global, Paramount, HBO, Comedy Central, New York, Court, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, York, Manhattan, New, Court , New York County, New York

☆ The sad, lonely secret behind America's never-ending wave of Marvel movies and Disney reboots
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

If the key driver of reboots is nostalgia — then the key driver of nostalgia is loneliness. Next, participants took Batcho's Nostalgia Inventory, a psychological test developed by Krystine Batcho in 1995 to quantify how deeply people feel nostalgia at a given time. If the key driver of reboots is nostalgia — then the key driver of nostalgia is loneliness. American health insurer Cigna has conducted a large loneliness survey since 2018, with over ten thousand respondents in the sample annually. In 2020, 61% of those surveyed were lonely, up 7 percentage points since the survey was first conducted in 2018.

Persons: Harry Potter, Krystine Batcho, lonelier, Cigna, reboots, Indiana Jones, Heather Jones, Walt Hickey, Zelda, backlist, SpongeBob, Percy Jackson, Workman Organizations: Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros, Sony, Fox, Southampton University, UCLA, Research Center, Pew Research, Gallup, Netflix, Recreation Locations: Wonderland, Orlando, England, Hogwarts, Kingdom, America, Hollywood

☆ Why Carlyle is making big private credit investments in Hollywood companies like New Regency and 'South Park' creators' Park County
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The investment speaks to Carlyle's underlying thesis in this space, said the managing director, Ben Fund, who sits on the Carlyle Credit Opportunities team. "It is amazing how much people love some of this high-quality content," Fund told Insider, speaking about famous sitcoms or films from recent decades. Streamers also need unique original titles to lure subscribers, but "it's a lot more expensive and risky to create new content than it is to license content," Fund said. Finding strategies to support Hollywood through volatile timesCarlyle's big moves come as private asset managers step up their lending game in Hollywood. For Carlyle, Fund said, this creates opportunity — and he added that such companies often have "real pride" and a "real legacy" to uphold.

Persons: Carlyle, Smith, Ben Fund, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Arnon Milchan, Yariv, Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Michael Shannon, it's, we're, hasn't Organizations: Washington DC, New Regency, New, Carlyle Credit, Bloomberg, Hollywood, Fund, Netflix, Content Partners, ICM Partners, CAA Locations: New, Carlyle, Park County, California, Hollywood

☆ Rite Aid is planning to close about 150 locations. See if your local store is on the list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Rite Aid filed plans to close 154 stores on Monday as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Rite Aid is the smallest of the three major drugstore chains, well behind CVS and Walgreens. Rite Aid was expected to close stores as part of its bankruptcy. Rite Aid told Insider that it considers a variety of factors when deciding to close a store, "including business strategy, lease and rent considerations, local business conditions and viability, and store performance." "We will also strive to transfer associates to other Rite Aid locations where possible," the company said.

Persons: —, Glen, Taylor, Daniel Webster, Merrick, William Penn, Redmond, Lacey Organizations: CVS, Walgreens, Service, Pennsylvania . Rite Aid, Wall Street Journal, Rite Aid, Rite, Crenshaw, Hollywood Way, San, Niguel, Yorba, Santa, Thompson Boulevard, Ventura, Atwater, Overland, Meridian, Main, Bel, Bel Air South, Park, Main Street, Lafayette, Garfield, Garden, Ford, Flint, Farmington, Whittemore Street, New Jersey :, Marshall, Bridgeton Pike, Whiting, Pike, Huntington, Jericho Turnpike, Jeff, North Street, Cesar, Chavez, Pennsylvania, Stevenson, Bethel, Union, Allentown, Fourth Street, Fifth, Washington Lane, Street, Central Avenue, Grady, Everett Locations: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Rock, Centinela, Downey, Beach, Burbank, Hollywood Way Covina, Puente, Alhambra, Oceanside, San Diego, Yorba Linda, Santa Ana, Thompson, Thompson Boulevard Oxnard, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Cruz, Bellevue, Sacramento, Boulevard Ontario, Irvine, Monterey, Alvarado Street Connecticut, Bethel, Greenwood, Delaware, Newark, Hill, Wilmington, Idaho, Boise, Maryland, Elkton, Pulaski, Baltimore, Glen Burnie, Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard Massachusetts, Webster, Main Street Michigan, Fremont, Greenville, Clinton, Macomb, Sturgis, Centerville, Clinton Township, Gratiot, Shelby Township, Dyke, Jackson, Michigan, Manistee, Garden City, North, Detroit, Farmington Hills, St, Johns, Whittemore Street Lansing, Hampshire, Merrimack, New Jersey, New Jersey : West Milford, Mantua, Bridgeton, Irvington, Somerset, Williamstown, Pike New York, Brooklyn, Shore, Merrick, East Northport, Jericho, Jericho Turnpike Medford, Patchogue, West Patchogue, Kenmore, Rochester, Flushing, Levittown, Ohio, Massillon, East New Carlisle, Dayton, Youngstown, Springfield, North Street Bellefontaine, Oregon, Portland, Kensington, Brighton, Bethel Park, Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Bethlehem, Fourth Street Philadelphia, Venango, Washington, Conshohocken, Hanover, Mechanicsburg, Erie, Abington, York, Johnstown, Ardmore, Lancaster, Pittston, Wyoming, Yardley, Chester, Street Titusville, Central Avenue Virginia, Chesapeake, Pleasant, Seattle, Graham, Renton

☆ I was a cliff diver at Casa Bonita, the restaurant made famous by South Park. Here’s how I got the job and what it was like.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Alyshia Hull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Vanna Curtis worked at Casa Bonita, a restaurant made famous by South Park, in 2016. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vanna Curtis, a former cliff diver and entertainer for Casa Bonita. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt the time, the food was bad and almost inedible, but that's not what Casa Bonita is known for. Getting my job with Casa Bonita was pretty easyThe outside of Casa Bonita, located in Denver, Colorado. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo I began working at Casa Bonita as a cliff diver and an entertainerThe inside of Casa Bonita.

Persons: Vanna Curtis, Casa, Hyoung Chang, I'd, Ashley W, Black Bertha, Black Bart, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Araya Doheny, haven't, Alyshia Organizations: Service, Casa Bonita, Casa, Alyshia Hull Locations: Casa Bonita, South, Wall, Silicon, Denver, Mexican, Denver , Colorado, ahull@insider.com

☆ Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad Tackle Another Book (Not Mormon)
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Josh Gad still remembers the first time he and Andrew Rannells met, in June 2010 in a Los Angeles audition suite. Rannells was auditioning for “The Book of Mormon,” the new musical from the creators of “South Park.” Gad, then a correspondent on “The Daily Show,” had long been attached. Rannells, a replacement actor in “Hairspray” and “Jersey Boys,” was not remotely famous. And I still had a grudge because you beat me out for ‘Jersey Boys.’” (It was unclear if Gad was joking. “The Book of Mormon” opened in 2011, to rapturous reviews, with Rannells as the strait-laced Mormon missionary Elder Price and Gad as his co-evangelist Elder Cunningham, whose laces are a lot looser.

Persons: Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, Gad, Rannells, ” Gad, ”, they’d, Chez, “, Tony, ’, Elder Price, Elder Cunningham, Norbert Leo Butz Organizations: Jersey Boys, ‘ Jersey Boys Locations: Los Angeles

☆ A young Elon Musk once sweet-talked a random mall salesman into giving him a Dungeons & Dragons module for free and we think we know which one it is
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Chris Kaye | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Ronan Farrow story in the New Yorker highlights an adventure of teenage Elon Musk. Musk and a friend made an unsupervised trip to a mall to obtain a Dungeons & Dragons adventure. While the story doesn't mention which classic '80s module Musk was after, we have a guess. AdvertisementAdvertisementTeenage Elon Musk took a joyride in a boosted car and skipped out of a South African mall with a possibly purloined Dungeons & Dragons module. AdvertisementAdvertisementOnce at the mall, the pair discovered they didn't have enough money to pay for the module.

Persons: Ronan Farrow, Elon Musk, Farrow, Theo Taoushiani, Taoushiani's, Elon, Taoushiani, Musk, he's, Jon Peterson, —, ToEE, Gary Gygax, Peterson, Gygax, Trey Parker Organizations: Yorker, SpaceX, New Yorker, TSR, AAA, Wizards Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa

☆ See the presentation that got a healthtech startup $7 million from Khosla Ventures to help patients find new treatments using AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Eureka Health is building a platform to help patients with chronic conditions find new treatments. Eureka Health used this 11-slide pitch deck to land $7 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures. Eureka Health seeks to give patients with chronic conditions a community to find new treatments based on reports of what other patients have tried. Then, Eureka patients can log how effective a specific treatment was for their symptoms, as well as any side effects they may have experienced. Eureka Health provided Insider with the deck it used to raise $7 million in seed funding.

Persons: Zain Memon, Noah MacCallum, Memon, MacCallum, Anne Wojcicki, Susan Wojcicki, Eureka, we're Organizations: Eureka Health, Khosla Ventures, Health, South Park, SciFi, Able Partners, Bow, 23andMe, South Locations: Eureka, South Park

☆ Paul Reubens, actor best known as Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Austin Mullen | David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Actor Paul Reubens arrives as a guest for Comedy Central television's South Park The Tenth Season party in Los Angeles September 21, 2006. Actor Paul Reubens, who came to fame in the 1980s as children's TV star Pee-wee Herman, has died years after a cancer diagnosis, his team said Monday. Reubens rocketed to fame for creating the sarcastic but good-natured man-child Pee-wee Herman, a character whose red bowtie and sneering catch phrases — "I know you are, but what am I?" That eventually led to Reubens' big break, the 1985 movie "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," helmed by first-time feature film director Tim Burton. The success of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" led to Reubens landing a Saturday morning CBS show, "Pee-wee's Playhouse."

Persons: Paul Reubens, Herman, Paul, Reubens, I've, Tim Burton, Penelope Cruz, Johnny Depp, Jimmy Kimmel Organizations: Comedy Central, Facebook, HBO, CBS, wee's Locations: Los Angeles, American, Sarasota Florida

☆ 'South Park' creators' net worth: How Matt Parker and Trey Stone built a $1 billion empire and how they spend their wealth
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The "South Park" creators have built up a billion-dollar empire from their long-running cartoon. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have struck two nine-figure deals for streaming rights to "South Park." "South Park" fans might be tempted to associate its creators with the cartoonish, crude universe their pre-teen characters reside in. They've written the show and effectively voiced every character in the "South Park" universe for 26 seasons. Here's how they built a billion-dollar empire – and how they've spent their cash.

Persons: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, they've, They're, They've Organizations: Morning Locations: Colorado

☆ The 'South Park' creators face another spat with Casa Bonita staff just weeks after they abolished tipping at their restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Casa Bonita employees say they aren't working the 40 hours a week promised when they joined. A bartender identified only as Gayle said in the letter: "Upon hire at Casa Bonita, they requested I leave a full-time job in order to devote full-time hours to Casa Bonita. Parker and Stone bought Casa Bonita in September 2021 after its former owners filed for bankruptcy, per the Denver Post. In an internal memo responding to the latest demands, management told employees they wanted Casa Bonita to open "well, not fast," according to Denver7. Representatives for Casa Bonita didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Casa, Parker, Stone, Gayle, Dana Rodriguez, Axios Organizations: Casa Bonita, Service, Casa, Staff, Denver Post Locations: Colorado, Wall, Silicon, Casa Bonita, Lakewood , Colorado, Axios Denver

☆ Barbie: A Visual Dictionary
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Louis Lucero Ii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Maybe you’ve heard there’s a Barbie movie coming out? It is, however, about the 11½ inches of intellectual property that inspired all the madness: the doll itself. Just as remarkable as the ways the doll has changed since then are the ways it hasn’t. Like the characters on “Sesame Street” or “South Park,” Barbie exists alongside us without quite aging with us — reflecting our times, but not our wrinkles. That adaptive consistency may play a role in maintaining her cultural ubiquity (alongside her literal ubiquity), for while the things that make Barbie Barbie may get a face lift every few years, the DNA remains unchanged.

Persons: you’ve, Barbie, Barbie Barbie Organizations: Mattel

☆ How much should you tip on a $20 food delivery? A DoorDasher went viral for saying a $5 isn't enough. We asked 10 drivers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

DoorDash recently fired a driver after he cursed at a woman for tipping $5 on a $20 order. It comes as more businesses are asking customers to tip at cash registers and even at self-checkout stations. In a blog post from 2019, Grubhub suggested customers tip 20% — and consider adding more if it's an extra-big order, or if there's bad weather. That means the woman who tipped $5 on her $20 DoorDash order — which is a 25% gratuity — actually gave quite a good tip, drivers said. "A $5 tip on a $20 order?

Persons: DoorDash, Casa, —, Grubhub, Alberto Mendes, they've, Olam, Mendes, Covid, Juan, he's Organizations: Service, Starbucks, Google Locations: New York City, Wall, Silicon, Casa Bonita, Manhattan, That's

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 (Reuters) - Venture capital firm Headline used to be in one of San Francisco's most eye-catching skyscrapers: the pyramidal Transamerica building that has defined the skyline for decades. Venture capital firms are increasingly joining retailers and other businesses in finding homes outside downtown San Francisco. [1/5]People enjoy the afternoon in Presidio, a former military base-turned-national park in San Francisco California, U.S., July 7, 2023. They're actually really excited," said Eurie Kim, whose venture firm Forerunner left downtown for the Presidio in early 2022. "Mayor Breed continues to implement strategic initiatives to help stabilize existing businesses and recruit new ones as part of her Roadmap to Downtown San Francisco's Future plan.

Persons: Mathias Schilling, Schilling, Rex Salisbury, Carlos Barria, They're, Eurie Kim, CBRE, Lisa Petrie, Jon Rehagen, Molly Martell, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Breed, Colin Yasukochi, Krystal Hu, Peter Henderson, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: FRANCISCO, Venture, Employees, Presidio, Westfield, San, Felicis Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Letterman, Cambrian Venture, San Francisco Bay Area, REUTERS, Presidio Trust, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Family Museum, Catalyst, Brand, San Francisco Mayor London, Downtown San, CBRE's Tech, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Presidio, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco's, There's, Sand, Silicon Valley, South, downtown San Francisco, San Francisco California, U.S, Marin, San Francisco ., South Park, Downtown

☆ South Park's creators have eliminated tipping at Denver's famed Casa Bonita. Servers now make $30 an hour — and some are mad.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Casa Bonita, a 50-year-old Mexican restaurant in Colorado, reopened after a $40 million renovation. South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker bought the joint, which was featured in their show. The series, which is set in the fictional small town of South Park, Colorado, features Casa Bonita in an episode in its seventh season. Trey Parker (left) and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, purchased Casa Bonita in 2021. The zany interior of Casa Bonita, pictured in 2019, has been remodeled, while still being faithful to the original, the new owners have said.

Persons: Matt Stone, Trey Parker, —, Araya Doheny, Casa Bonita's, Fox31, Axios, It's, Hyoung Chang, Stefanie Jones, Jones Organizations: Casa, Service, The Denver Post, Casa Bonita, Employees, Denver Gazette Locations: Casa Bonita, Colorado, Lakewood , Colorado, South Park , Colorado, Park, Bonita, Denver

Everyone in San Francisco got a Prius, and they were so smug about their Priuses that the air over San Francisco became covered in smug. Global laming.”FARHAD MANJOO: And it really sort of was the start of what I think of as the troll-y right. And that sentiment I think came from “South Park.” If you think about especially younger people on the right who kind of found fame online, people like Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder, this YouTuber who takes the tone of “South Park,” I think, to a very extreme degree. One thing I see often from right-wing celebrities or influencers like Donald Trump Jr. for example, is constantly tweeting “South Park” memes. That was the joke that “South Park” was making in 2005, and now it’s the view of the right.

Persons: FARHAD MANJOO, ” FARHAD MANJOO, Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, STEVEN CROWDER, Jackson, That’s, Brown, Donald Trump Jr, Garrison, ” Organizations: Global, Biden Locations: San Francisco

☆ Farhad Manjoo on ‘South Park’ - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Farhad Manjoo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But it isn’t the topicality of “South Park” that best explains America. In “South Park,” correctness of any sort — religious, scientific, pedagogical, geopolitical or whatever else — is sus. For Donald Trump Jr., “South Park” memes are the height of wit. In 2018 “South Park” even acknowledged that Al Gore was right: ManBearPig turned out to be real. But the damage was done; the monster had already begun to eat the people of South Park.

Persons: topick, ”, Trey Parker, Matt Stone’s, Parker, Stone, Donald Trump’s, Vladimir Putin’s thuggery, Ron DeSantis, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Stone’s, they’ve, Eric Cartman’s —, Andrew Sullivan, “, Donald Trump Jr, Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, Cartman, Bob White, Al Gore, ManBearPig Organizations: Trump Locations: America, Colorado, South Park

☆ He was employee No. 8 at Stripe. Now, he's taking on Salesforce and AWS with $50 million in new funding for his startup Render. Here's the pitch deck it used.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

That led to Render, a cloud provider that has now raised $50 million in Series B funding. That's the idea behind Render, a tech startup that makes a modern cloud to build and run apps and websites. RenderBefore Render, Goel got hired as the eighth employee of a then-unknown tech startup called Stripe. It serves more than half a million developers, an increase from just under 100,000 developers in July of 2022, Goel said. The latest funding will allow Render to hire its first chief of marketing and expand its engineering team.

Persons: Anurag Goel, Elliott Robinson, Mary D'Onofrio, Catalyst, Goel, Salesforce, It's, They've Organizations: Investors, Bessemer Venture Partners, Fund, Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Developers

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