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☆ Want to boost your productivity? Hit the movies during work, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

At least, that's one productivity tip from Cal Newport, a Georgetown University professor and author of "Slow Productivity." Newport's latest book aims to help people eliminate what he calls "pseudo productivity," or the performance of busyness, and to replace that effort with outcomes-based work. "What matters is, what are you producing over time, and how good is the stuff you're producing?" The basic principles of switching to slow productivity are to do fewer things, work at a natural pace and obsess over quality. You could also try working in cycles.

Persons: Newport Organizations: Cal Newport, Georgetown University, Newport, CNBC Locations: Cal, Newport, Basecamp

☆ Check out the pitch deck marketing tech firm Zenapse used to raise $8 million to help big brands like Sam's Club get people to shop
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewMarketing-tech firm Zenapse has raised $8 million in a seed round of funding to equip marketers with tools that drive sales. Zenapse provides a marketing graph that collects anonymous data about 150 million consumers, equivalent to 3.5 billion pieces of data. In another example, marketers use Zenapse's tools to test what images and copy people respond to, which Bernardini said indicates a person's emotions and beliefs. He said Zenapse wants to differentiate itself by using AI to infer emotional data that can spit insights out to brands quickly.

Persons: —, Zenapse, Matthew Bernardini, Bernardini Organizations: Service, Business, Sam's, Prosper, Adobe, Naples Technology Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Broad, BaseCamp Ventures Locations: Naples

☆ Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Matt Richtel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his wounds. Dr. Hackett later worked at Mount Everest Basecamp, on Denali, Alaska, and now in Colorado, becoming expert in treating cold-weather injury. His mentor in Anchorage used to say, “Frostbite January, Amputation July,” remembered Dr. Hackett, clinical professor at the Altitude Research Center at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus. “For centuries, there was nothing else to do.”This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first therapy for treatment of severe frostbite in the country. The drug, iloprost, is given intravenously for several hours a day over a little more than week.

Persons: Peter Hackett, Hackett, Mount Everest Basecamp, ” Organizations: Mount Everest, Altitude, University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Chicago, Denali , Alaska, Colorado, Anchorage

☆ What it's like to take the Cybertruck camping
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla owner Ben Levin went camping in Texas with the company's newest EV, the Cybertruck. AdvertisementTesla's rough-and-tumble Cybertruck might be perfect for camping, at least according to one owner, but it's missing one key feature — enough heat in the truck's bed for chilly nights. Levin identified several Cybertruck features that made it ideal for camping, including the spacious design of the truck. Cybertruck owner bought a truck tent to go camping. AdvertisementTo combat the cooler temperatures, Levin said he'd recommend Cybertruck owners consider bringing a heated blanket or portable heater for camping trips in colder weather.

Persons: Ben Levin, Levin, —, It's, VoyageATX, Elon Musk, Tesla, he'd Organizations: Service, Tesla, Campers Locations: Texas, Pace, Spicewood , Texas, Mode

☆ Scientists are racing to explore more of the ocean hoping to discover medical breakthroughs and address the climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Two of the Basecamp Research team taking samples in Azores, Portugal. A Heritage Malta diver taking samples. The protocol omitted the high seas, which refers to parts of the seas that are not under territorial control of any specific country. This is particularly important as policy evolves with the ratification of the High Seas Treaty. Joseph MarlowThe treaty also puts into action an agreement to protect 30% of the high seas by 2030.

Persons: Basecamp, Emma Bolt, Rob Finn, Finn, Saif Ur, Rehman, Basecamp Research's Bolton, Joseph Marlow, Bolton Organizations: Service, Basecamp Research, Basecamp, Heritage, Heritage Malta, Heritage Malta Technology Locations: Azores, Portugal, Heritage Malta, Antarctica, silico, Nagoya

☆ I felt stuck in banking, so I quit to start a $2 million tech company without any experience. Here's how I knew it was time to transition into something better.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

He launched his own tech business and recommends all potential founders learn about sales. I was more comfortable failing at that point in my life than working a job that I thought wasn't realizing my potential. What worked for me was making a list of other people who've been really successful networkers after first studying them by reading articles or listening to podcasts. Back when I was in college, I wish I knew that college is more about networking than learning. With this strategy in mind, if you think you're going to start a business, then college isn't needed, in my opinion.

Persons: Daniel Fayle, Fayle, It's, it's, —, We're, who've, Brian Grazer, you've, isn't, They've, Jenna Gyimesi Organizations: Warner Brothers, Nike

☆ Microsoft M12 boss departs tech giant's VC arm to help turn London-based investor Systemiq Capital into the Sequoia of climate tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A founding partner at Microsoft's VC arm M12 has left to take up a GP role at a climate tech investor. Goldstein has joined Systemiq Capital and plans to turn it into the Sequoia of climate tech. One of the founding partners of Microsoft's venture arm M12 has left the company to join London-based investor Systemiq Capital, which he wants to help turn into the Sequoia of climate tech. Systemiq Capital, meanwhile, was spun out of advisory firm Systemiq in 2022 to allow it to thrive on its own, Goldstein said. The climate tech investor expects to reach final close on its second fund, worth $200 million, towards the end of 2023.

☆ Here's a look at how work-life balance compares in the US, France, Australia, and the UK
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Jordan Hart | Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Insider compared the work-life balance of the US, France, Australia, and the UK. The clip prompted Insider to look into how work-life balance in the US compares to other developed countries like the UK, France, and Australia. In the US, employees worked more than in the UK, France, and Australia at an average of 1,750 hours per year, the report found. UKGetty ImagesIn a 2023 worldwide work-life balance index by Forbes, the UK claimed five spots in the top 25 cities with the best work-life balance. "I'm among those who think it's important to have a work-life balance," Culleron told Insider.

☆ Spotify joins media firms to urge EU action against Apple's 'unfair' practices
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Music streaming service Spotify Technology (SPOT.N), along with other media firms such as Deezer, urged the European Commission to take action against Apple Inc (AAPL.O) for anticompetitive and unfair practices, in a joint industry letter on Wednesday. The letter, addressed to the European Union antitrust regulator's Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, demanded the Commission to act fast for the welfare of European consumers. Spotify has for years accused Apple of abusing its market position using its App Store rules to stifle competition. "We are writing to you to call for swift and decisive action by the European Commission against anticompetitive and unfair practices by certain global digital gatekeepers, and Apple in particular," read the letter, which was signed by chief executives of media firms Schibsted, Proton and Basecamp. Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ AWS CEO pitches cloud as a cost-saver despite rising customer concerns about runaway cloud bills
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Ellen Thomas | Sage Lazzaro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is pitching cloud as a cost-saver, while customers increasingly feel the burden of runaway cloud costs. But for customers, cloud bills are top of mind and putting pressure on their balance sheets, especially during the economic downturn. Ternary's client base is mostly big companies that need to manage their cloud costs generally because of their size, he said. It's easy for cloud costs to get out of control for big companies that have a lot of data and workloads in the cloud. But more and more, Ternary is getting interest from smaller companies looking to lower their cloud bills, he said.

☆ Shopify told employees not to engage with tweets about its hosting of the controversial Libs of TikTok store, leaked messages show
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Shopify told employees not to engage with tweets about its business ties with Libs of TikTok. They were told not to engage with tweets about the Libs of TikTok store or discuss details of any store except with the owner of that store. CEO Tobi Lütke also appeared to block people who posted or engaged with tweets about the Libs of TikTok store and its use of Shopify's platform. "I personally don't condone this business making a profit by using the Shopify platform," another employee said. Lucas Jackson/ReutersShopify's policies have been criticized beforeIt's not the first time that Shopify's acceptable-use policy has been a topic of intense discussion.

☆ Rainn Wilson changes name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to protest climate change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

“The Office” star Rainn Wilson has changed his name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to protest climate change. The actor made the announcement via a Twitter video on Wednesday, timed to the United Nations climate change conference COP27 in Egypt this week. “With the help of my scientist friends at Arctic Basecamp, I’ve changed my name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson,” Wilson said in a statement. “This is not a joke, I’m as serious as the melting Arctic, which amplifies global risks including extreme weather events around the globe.”“I’m hoping this name change brings attention to this growing… er, melting issue. Then — and this is the important part — change your social media profile or display name to match your new ArcticRisk name.

☆ Rainn Wilson announces name change to raise climate change awareness
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Rainn Wilson has “changed” his name and is inviting others to do the same. “The Office” actor debuted “Rainnfall Heat Wave Rising Sea Levels Wilson” on social media Thursday as a way to raise awareness about the climate control crisis. In the Twitter thread that included the video, Wilson added that he was unable to change his name on Twitter “… because Elon,” referencing guidelines implemented on the platform by new owner Elon Musk. “And if enough of us do this, then maybe @cop27_egypt will be where our world leaders sit up and notice Arctic risks and introduce a solution,” he tweeted. “Make Arctic Name Changer a Game Changer!”

☆ Waivr's founders had failed at their first idea. Here's how they ended up landing $1.4 million for their company.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It raised a $1.4 million pre-seed round from Costanoa Ventures, NextView Ventures, CRV, and others. Their first idea was a lot like their payments startup Waivr, but without the focus on subscriptions. That beta test on the market had 300 people, whose transaction data they gathered. The founders noticed that people were overdrafting mainly on subscription payments, so they moved to focus on that. That's how Waivr, a startup seeking to facilitate real-time subscription payments with safeguards to prevent accidental overdrafts, came to be.

☆ Popeyes' UK restaurants are proving so popular that customers at one location lined up from 5:00 a.m. to get their hands on fried chicken
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UK sales are booming and its Stratford site has the chain's highest sales globally. A map showing Popeyes' current and upcoming UK restaurants. The company aims to have 350 UK restaurants by 2031. Popeyes was credited with starting the chicken sandwich wars in 2019, when its sandwich became an instant success following huge social-media buzz. RBI bought sandwich chain Firehouse Subs in 2021.

☆ Meta's limits on employee abortion conversations could easily backfire. Here's what leaders should do instead.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-06 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Meta is limiting employee conversations about abortion on its internal platforms. The policy at Meta removes public employee posts on the company's internal platform with keywords like "abortion" and "Roe v Wade." Meta allows employees to talk about the topic only in private forums with up to 20 people, the Times said. The tech behemoth isn't the first company to monitor and control employee conversation around political issues and face pushback for it. Hasnas said that a company shouldn't single out one issue as being off limits, and that all political issues require consistency.

☆ Tech CEO on Silicon Valley: 'They're obsessed with all the things that I think are bad business'
▼ + stars: | 2017-09-05 | by ( Libkane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In an interview with Adam Bryant of The New York Times, Fried told Bryant that he's mystified by some of the attitudes found in the tech world. But a lot of the tech world is obsessed with growth and revenue and not profit. They're obsessed with ego. They're obsessed with all the things that I think are bad business." AdvertisementApparently, this type of anecdote isn't unusual in the tech world — and it paints a picture of an intense work culture that could easily lead to burnout.

Persons: Jason Fried doesn't, Fried, Adam Bryant, Bryant, that's, They're, Uber, we're, Áine Cain, Insider's Chris Weller, Weller Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Silicon Valley

☆ This tech company gives employees $5,000 for yearly vacation and 4-day weeks during the summer
▼ + stars: | 2017-06-21 | by ( Chris Weller | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementJason Fried, CEO of the web development company Basecamp, has another excuse: He's already implemented them. Digital marketing company Steelhouse, for instance, offers employees $2,000 a year to take any vacation they choose. A number of other larger companies have taken steps to be more employee-friendly in recent years, particularly with parental leave. In August 2015, Netflix began offering salaried employees unlimited paid parental leave for a whole year. (Four months later, it started offering hourly workers 16 weeks of paid leave, where before they received 12 weeks.)

Persons: they'll, Jason Fried, Fried, it's, Basecamp, Fried's Organizations: Digital, Netflix Locations: —

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