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☆ In Harlem, a 19th-Century Home That’s Playfully Modern Inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Vivian Marino | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

(“I hired him to be a collaborative partner, then he became my partner partner,” she said.) The Harlem townhouse is going back on the market for $3.25 million, according to the listing brokers Stan Ponte and Colin Montgomery of Sotheby’s International Realty. Measuring around 4,900 square feet over four stories, the townhouse has five bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a powder room. “In the late 1800s it was a place for horses, and now it’s a place to park your car,” Mr. Montgomery said. “What was a luxury then is still a luxury today.”

☆ Deel Speed: The inside story of a $12 billion HR startup's breakneck growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Insider spoke with more than 30 current or former Deel workers about the HR company's extraordinary rise, and the unconventional tactics that made it possible. "I think if you talk to anyone, they would say that Alex is the face but all decisions run through Phillipe," one former Deel worker told Insider. "They lose every employment and labor protection," Valerio De Stefano, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, said of independent contractors. Alex Bouaziz, Deel on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2022 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. The company didn't have an internal human-resources team until sometime in 2021, by which point it had grown to hundreds of people.

☆ Sundance Movies: Brett Kavanaugh and Steph Curry Docs, "Cat Person"
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Alison Brower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Sundance Film Festival was back in person for the first time since 2020. In five days I saw eight films, and while I'm not a critic, I can affirm that not one of them was a clunker. Asked about the film's aspect ratio in an audience Q&A, Jalali said, "It was prettier that way." The bulk of the films I saw were more commercial, and four of them centered on relationships. And then there was "Cat Person," based on a 2017 New Yorker story about dating by Kristen Roupenian.

☆ The Sundance Film Festival stirs buzz, draws A-list stars, and screens movies that get you talking, but it can't hide the crisis facing independent filmmakers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Alison Brower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Sundance Film Festival was back in person for the first time since 2020. A-list stars like Anne Hathaway and Jason Momoa were present to promote their buzzy films. It was impossible not to feel optimistic about the state of independent film at the opening weekend of the Sundance Film Festival. In five days I saw eight films, and while I'm not a critic, I can affirm that not one of them was a clunker. At an event like Sundance, even amid some hand-wringing over the future, the excitement is contagious.

☆ Guilt about leaving your job is natural. Here are 6 ways to set boundaries in your last weeks.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Melody Wilding | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many people struggle with irrational feelings of guilt when leaving one job for another. Maintaining solid boundaries in your final days at work is important as you make your exit. When you move on to a new job, it's natural to worry about letting your team down. Here are six ways to set and keep boundaries in the last weeks of a job. And the position you're leaving could be an incredible opportunity for whoever replaces you.

☆ Trust your gut, tout your wins, and don't waste your boss' time: 20 rising-star execs at Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and more offer their top career advice for getting ahead in Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Reed Alexander | Claire Atkinson | Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In October, Insider profiled 26 rising stars of the entertainment industry. These leaders work across content, strategy, and business development roles at top entertainment companies. Insider asked them to share their best advice for career success. In October, Insider profiled 26 rising stars of the entertainment business — talented strivers from hot companies in Hollywood like HBO, Universal, and Netflix. From obsessing over your passions to following your gut instincts to being the spokesperson for your own achievements, here's what they told us.

☆ Wall Streeters peak between 36 and 40, according to a Harvard social scientist. Here's what they forget to plan for in the second half of their lives.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-16 | by ( Jonathan A. Knee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In his new book, social scientist Arthur C. Brooks explains why addiction to achievement is bound to yield disappointment. To find true joy in the second half of life, invest in relationships instead of material possessions and social status. According to From Strength to Strength: Finding Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life, the basic problem is the inevitable decline in our abilities. The decline in peak performance begins far earlier than we are likely to admit across professions, not just in athletes. Strength to Strength reads like a companion volume to the cult classic from 1979, The Drama of the Gifted Child by Swiss psychoanalyst Alice Miller.

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