DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Malawians fear storm Freddy could make deadliest cholera outbreak worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Eldson Chagara | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"I am fearful of cholera but there is no potable water and I have no option. Malawi seemed to be getting its deadliest cholera outbreak yet under control, with World Health Organization figures showing a decline in cases and deaths, but locals and health experts worry that trend could quickly reverse in Freddy's wake. [1/9] Hendry Keinga reacts after he lost a family member during the Mtauchira village mudslide in the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi, March 16, 2023. Malawi has conducted two oral cholera vaccination campaigns, but a global surge in cholera outbreaks has meant vaccines are in short supply. Another Ndirande resident, Francis Moyani, said he was determined to get the cholera vaccine as he was scared of contracting the disease.

☆ Inside Tracy Anderson's cutthroat fitness empire: Legal threats, paranoia, and trainers who say their bodies were 'breaking apart'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Katie Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

One day around 2015, a dozen or so gift boxes showed up at the Brentwood, California, studio of the celebrity fitness trainer Tracy Anderson. "It was an exclusive boutique fitness studio," the former New York trainer said. Darren Gerrish/WireImageThe method demanded that TA trainers, most of whom were also professional dancers, perform the strenuous workouts full out, every time. Let's help you do it correctly so you don't get injured,'" the former New York trainer said. "This is at a time where everyone is already overworked," one of the former New York trainers said.

☆ A Gen Z entrepreneur made $119,000 in vending-machine sales since graduating college. How she built her business.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Maya Ray started her vending-machine business a month after graduating college in 2020. She gave her tips for starting a vending-machine business. There she found Marcus Gram, who was selling a course on how to start a vending-machine business. Ray shared her tips for starting a vending-machine business and explained how she grew her business. Efficiency is keyTo scale her business, Ray learned to maximize her time by making regular tasks more efficient.

☆ How 7 content creators built brands beyond fan merchandise and launched successful businesses
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Many content creators have used their success to launch brands, turning followers into customers. "I was interacting with millions of different people as a content creator," Yoo, who lived in South Korea at the time, said. Yoo is one of many creators who have used their achievements to launch brands in recent years, turning loyal followers into loyal customers. Creating "pushed me naturally into the direction" of launching a brand, Yoo said. To understand how to successfully make the leap, Insider spoke with Yoo and six additional creators who've built brands beyond fan merchandise.

"After Ever Happy" is now available to rent or buy from digital retailers like Amazon. The romance movie is based on the fourth book in the "After" series by author Anna Todd. Where to watch 'After Ever Happy'"After Every Happy" is now available to watch at home through digital retailers like Amazon and Vudu. Is 'After Ever Happy' available on Blu-ray? "After Every Happy" is based on the fourth book in the "After" novel series created by author Anna Todd.

☆ Arielle Charnas said she works 4 hours a day. But is it really possible to run and scale a successful startup from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Arielle Charnas, the founder of Something Navy, said she works from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Insider asked founders whether it's possible to run and scale a startup working four hours a day. Insider asked more than 50 founders over email whether entrepreneurs can be successful working just four hours a day. It's possible to start with a few hours a dayMany founders start their businesses as side hustles while working a 9-to-5 job. Courtesy Justin SilvermanOcean Ronquillo-Morgan, a 24-year-old software engineer, spends about three hours a day on her side hustles. She said she won't work past 7 p.m. on weeknights or on weekends, doesn't respond to emails outside of work hours, and logs off from work when she's on vacation.

☆ Young adults living with their parents to save money are also spending — and all of it comes at a cost
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nearly half of young adults in the US live at home with their parents, according to US Census Bureau. One small business owner says she's able to travel more although her parents often ask how she's affording it all. According to the data, however, the money young people are saving on basic necessities isn't just going toward an eventual move-out; some spend on luxury items and travel. Many agree that there are cons to being under the same roof as your parents, despite the high number of young people living at home. She noted that being a young mom motivates her to spend less frivolously and put money away for the day she can move out.

☆ Social media is a doubled-edged sword for entrepreneurs like Something Navy's founder Arielle Charnas
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Alexandra York | Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Arielle Charnas founded her blog Something Navy in 2009, which evolved into a clothing brand in 2020.Insider reported that Charnas detached from promoting her brand on social media, among other missteps. Charnas' behavior shows how social media can quickly build and destroy brand loyalty. Insider published a recent article outlining late merchandising payments, meager sales, an employee exodus, and Charnas' detachment from promoting her brand on social media. For example, Charnas didn't acknowledge hiring Betty Wang as company president on social media and has been frequently photographed sporting designer clothing instead of her own products. Charnas' behavior on social media shows the positive and negative impacts the platforms can have on a business, especially when they're vital to an entrepreneur's success.

☆ Buzzy clothing brand Something Navy owed an Indian supplier $364,000 — and didn't pay the full balance until we started reporting on it
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Katie Warren | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It only paid one supplier in full right after Insider started reporting a story about delayed payments. According to Warren's correspondence with the supplier, Something Navy paid the remaining $20,000 it owed on Tuesday, just days before Insider's story was published. Murarka finally received the payment in full around the same time the other supplier received his payment, Insider reported. Former Something Navy told Insider that they've been caught in a flood of emails since the spring from suppliers asking about late payments. A Something Navy representative claimed that all outstanding payments referenced in Insider's story were made before Insider provided the company with fact-checks last week.

☆ Arielle Charnas' company, Something Navy, is floundering amid dwindling sales, an employee exodus, and furious suppliers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Katie Warren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

From the outside, it doesn't look as if Charnas' company is in trouble. Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for Beach MagazineSeveral former employees told Insider they cut ties with Something Navy because they saw signs the company was struggling. Several current and former Something Navy employees told Insider they'd been inundated with emails since the spring from suppliers, freelancers, and models asking where their money was. In one email viewed by Insider, Scanlan told a supplier that cash was tight but promised payment was on the way. The current Something Navy employee said that based on data she'd seen, the retail locations most likely don't turn a profit.

☆ Wooden ship from 1800s uncovered on Florida beach after erosion caused by recent hurricanes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Beachgoers and lifeguards discovered the wooden structure, between 80 feet to 100 feet, poking out of the sand over Thanksgiving weekend in front of homes that collapsed into rubble on Daytona Beach Shores last month from Hurricane Nicole. “Whenever you find a shipwreck on the beach it’s really an amazing occurrence. Archaeologists study a wooden structure in the sand in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Dec. 6, 2022. The digging team members went from using shovels to trowels and then their hands as more of the frame was exposed, so as not to damage any of the wood. After the initial discovery two weeks ago, sand from waves reburied the ship’s timbers that had become visible on Daytona Shores Beach.

Or they feature commercial characters from media juggernauts, imbued with predetermined personalities and storylines that encourage children to copy, not create. Yet bestselling toys — as distinct from best — are too often those that are most advertised to kids; digitally enhanced or linked to popular media characters; or both. Companies that profit hugely from licensed characters have a vested interest in preventing children’s creative play — and stifling their creativity. Toys that promote creativity are less likely to be huge moneymakers because they can be used repeatedly in lots of different ways. These toys seem to be made with a kind of planned obsolescence, so new ones will soon be needed.

☆ Digital-health veteran Halle Tecco said she'd never start another healthcare company. Then she launched a startup to reimagine how egg donors get paid.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Halle Tecco is a "one-woman venture studio" as a cofounder of the fertility startup Cofertility. Halle Tecco got the idea for Cofertility after she left Rock Health, the digital-health venture-capital firm she cofounded in 2016. But egg freezing wasn't nearly as popular then, she said, so she instead founded the fertility startup Natalist in 2018. How Cofertility worksAt launch, Tecco said Cofertility had completed screening for more than 50 donors and that nearly 1,000 donors had started the application process. 'One-woman venture studio'From the beginning of Cofertility, Tecco said she was intentional about wanting to lead the business' ideation and development, not its day-to-day operations.

☆ How Amazon's warehouse empire reshaped the nation — and the US workforce
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today, we're exploring the new Insider project Warehouse Nation, and specifically, Amazon's role. The tech giant has made efficiency the cornerstone of its business, and this series examines how that's reshaped the nation and its workforce. Plus, this week has shown us that Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have pretty much opposite views on the state of the economy (no surprise there). Elon Musk told investors that he planned to get rid of nearly 75% of Twitter's 7,500 workers, according to The Washington Post. Jeff Bezos thinks it's time to "batten down the hatches," while Elon Musk says Tesla is "pedal to the metal" on production.

☆ I listed 'sex work' on LinkedIn and caused a viral uproar. This is the last time I'll defend that choice.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Arielle Egozi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

In July, I added "sex work" to my LinkedIn work experience. But at least in sex work, there's an audience and a desire for every type of body, gender, and play. Sex work may have the word "sex" in it, but most of the job — digital, in person, or otherwise — has little to do with sex. A lot of people seem to ignore the "work" part of sex work. Sex work of all kinds is work, and that's the last time I'll defend that statement.

☆ Walmart's mission to offer accessible healthcare has been slow going. But as competition heats up from Amazon, it has developed these 5 strategies to disrupt the lucrative industry.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The company has made several big moves on telehealth, clinics healthcare research, and more. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer announced in October the launch of the "Walmart Healthcare Research Institute," an institute geared toward helping underserved communities participate in clinical research. But Walmart has still faced significant challenges, from major leadership departures to a slower than expected rollout of healthcare clinics. Rolling out healthcare clinics nationwideA Walmart Health center. Launching a research institute for clinical trial participationWalmart is seeking to bolster clinical trial participation with its new healthcare research institute.

More marketers are taking notice of California’s data privacy laws after the state said last month that cosmetics retailer Sephora had agreed to pay $1.2 million in penalties for alleged violations related to its targeted advertising practices. Some companies that have received letters have complied or begun working toward compliance, while others remain under investigation, the spokesperson said. Many companies delayed compliance because they disagree with that definition and don’t want to tell consumers that they sell data, he said. The state’s determination that Sephora didn’t process global opt-out requests played a key role in the attorney general’s decision to take action. “People see a headline about Sephora and everyone thinks they sold data,” she said.

☆ The ultimate guide to building a successful side hustle: How to turn a dream into a moneymaking reality
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-11 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Like many people during the pandemic, Davis reallocated the time she'd typically spent commuting home to building her side hustle. Davis' handbag company netted $14,000 in sales in its first four months in business, which Insider verified with documentation. Another entrepreneur, Lisa Andrea, regularly books $8,000 in revenue a month from her side hustle, The Financial Cookbook, which Insider also verified with documentation. Leveraging expertise, as Andrea did with financial coaching, is one way entrepreneurs can start a side hustle and balance risk versus reward. Courtesy of Courtney McWilliamsSet boundaries when establishing work schedulesFor some entrepreneurs, a side hustle is a way to build a new 9-to-5 career.

Search resuls for: "Arielle"

18 mentions found