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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailParenting expert: The No. 1 thing every parent should teach their kidsLooking for parenting strategies that help your children develop and grow into successful adults? Esther Wojcicki explains the importance of working as a team and how any parent can easily implement this practice right now. It's a simple mindset that can have a strong impact. Wojcicki's resume includes author of "How to Raise Successful People" and mother of three highly accomplished daughters: Susan, the CEO of YouTube; Janet, a professor of pediatrics; and Anne, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe.

☆ I raised 2 successful CEOs and a doctor. Here's the No. 1 skill I wish more parents taught their kids today
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Esther Wojcicki | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Developing skills like curiosity, kindness and emotional intelligence at a young age will help kids succeed as adults. But there's one skill that parents aren't teaching their kids enough of today: self-regulation. When kids learn to self-regulate, they better understand the importance of time and how to manage their own behaviors and actions. But it's not so much the access kids have that worries me. How parents can help kids self-regulate

☆ Elon Musk reinstates former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Covers Tech For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

"The people have spoken," Musk tweeted Saturday evening. Trump's account returned shortly afterward. Previous tweets from Trump's account were viewable after its reinstatement, with the most recent from Jan. 8, 2021, when he posted that he would not be attending Joe Biden's inauguration. "Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints," Musk tweeted Oct. 28. Twitter, founded in 2006, had its first profitable quarter in late 2017 while Trump was president.

☆ Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take 'control of human evolution.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

"We are the Underground Railroad of 'Gattaca' babies and people who want to do genetic stuff with their kids," Malcolm told me. Ellison, meanwhile, who has two children in their 30s, has reportedly resumed having kids — with his 31-year-old girlfriend. "The person of this subculture really sees the pathway to immortality as being through having children," Simone said. The person of this subculture really sees the pathway to immortality as being through having children. Before she met Malcolm, Simone was convinced she wanted to live her life single and child-free.

☆ YouTube salaries revealed: How much it pays employees for engineering and more roles
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Insider analyzed YouTube job listings to see how much the company offers to pay US hires. YouTube is offering base salaries ranging from $83,000 to $425,000 across 48 November job listings. "It's at a very high level within the YouTube organization," said Bridget Dolan, managing director of Shopping Partnerships, talking about the YouTube Shopping team. Insider analyzed dozens of November job listings at YouTube to see what the company offers new hires in the US. Here were the US salary ranges in the job postings at YouTube (remote eligible jobs are denoted with an asterisk):

☆ YouTube has a new 'rigid' culture as Google ad executives take over
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Tom Dotan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In the last 18 months, at least nine top YouTube executives left and were replaced by longtime Googlers. "It's becoming very operationalized at YouTube," said one former YouTube executive. Google ad executive takeoverYouTube's chief business officer role has marked a significant shift toward the rising influence of Google's sales culture. 2019 is also when Google began keeping a closer reign on YouTube and started to stock it with Google ad executives. The point person for YouTube Originals, Susanne Daniels, who came from MTV, left YouTube in January, shortly before YouTube shut down its entire Originals content group.

☆ Esther Wojcicki: The biggest parenting mistake I see parents make
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Zachary Green | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailI raised 2 successful CEOs and a professor of pediatrics—here's the biggest parenting mistake I seeLooking for parenting strategies that help children grow into successful adults? Esther Wojcicki's resume includes author of "How to Raise Successful People" and mother of three highly accomplished daughters: Susan, the CEO of YouTube; Janet, a professor of pediatrics; and Anne, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. Wojcicki is often asked, "What is the worst parenting style?" From her research and experience as a mother, she identifies "helicopter parenting" as the most detrimental.

☆ I raised 2 successful CEOs and a doctor. Here's the 'unpopular' parenting rule I always used on my kids
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Esther Wojcicki | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Here's a wake-up call for American parents: We are doing too much for our kids. This is the origin of "helicopter parenting," in which we constantly remove obstacles so that our kids don't have to deal with challenges. 1 was: Don't do anything for your kids that they can do for themselves. All three grew up to be highly successful: Susan is the CEO of YouTube, Janet is a doctor, and Anne is the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. It was the learning and the hard work that I wanted to reward, not getting it right the first time.

☆ Only 5 billionaires including the founders of Zynga, FTX and 23andme have signed up to The Giving Pledge this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Only five have signed up for The Giving Pledge in 2022, down from 14 last year. The Giving Pledge was founded by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010 when dozens of America's wealthiest people pledged to donate the bulk of their fortune to help solve problems in society. Jeff Bezos, ranked by Forbes as the world's second-richest person worth $171 billion, is noticeably missing from The Giving Pledge. She said in her pledge letter that giving money away has "richly rewarded" her. The Giving Pledge did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ YouTube announced the biggest revamp to its creator pay program in 15 years, but questions persist over Shorts revenue share. Here are 3 key takeaways.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Geoff Weiss | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

YouTube announced the biggest changes to its creator monetization program in 15 years. YouTube will share ad revenue with Shorts creators who have 1,000 subscribers and 10 million views. That's because YouTube is allocating a portion of total Shorts ad revenue to cover music licensing. Shorts monetization is something of an ultimatum to TikTok, but concerns persistBeginning next year, in place of the YouTube Shorts fund, YouTube will start sharing revenue from Shorts ads with creators. Creator Music is currently in beta and launching later this fall with partners including Empire, Believe, Downtown, and Merlin.

☆ Check out the pitch deck that an ex-Uber product lead and the mom of YouTube's CEO used to raise $7 million for their startup that helps kids learn by making online videos
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tract is a new edtech startup where students can make hands-on videos for class projects. Veteran teacher Esther Wojcicki and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's mom, cofounded the startup. San Francisco-based Tract is a new edtech startup where students and teachers can learn through making and sharing educational videos within a safe web-based platform that other kids and teachers can engage with through likes and comments. Other investors included Moving Capital, Oceans Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, K50 Ventures, G9 Ventures, Graph Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, Minerva, and Correlation Ventures. Check out the 12-slide pitch deck that edtech Tract used to raise $7 million in seed funding:

☆ I raised 2 successful CEOs and a doctor—here’s the parenting style I never used on my kids
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Esther Wojcicki | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Based on my experience and research, I believe "helicopter parenting" is the most toxic. Helicopter parenting — sometimes called "snowplow parenting" — is when you constantly remove obstacles so that your kids don't have to deal with challenges and frustrations. My friend Maye Musk, a successful model and the mother of Elon Musk, agrees on the harmful effects of helicopter parenting. That's exactly what kids need today — to not be controlled or overprotected, but allowed to take responsibility for their own lives. Most kids don't know how to make anything for themselves.

☆ See the presentations that hot healthcare startups used to raise millions from top VCs
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here are the presentations obtained by Insider that healthcare startups have used to raise millions. Even so, healthcare startups raised $15.8 billion in the first half of the year, according to Silicon Valley Bank. Insider rounded up all the presentations we've published that healthcare startups have used to raise cash from investors. For instance, check out the 13-slide presentation heart-health startup Miga Health used to raise $12 million in seed funding. Brightside used this presentation to break through a crowded field of mental health startups and convince VCs to invest $24 million.

☆ The career rise of Susan Wojcicki, who rented her garage to Google's founders in 1998 and is now stepping down as the CEO of YouTube
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-09 | by ( Paige Leskin | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Susan Wojcicki provided the garage space where Google was founded in 1998 and later became one of its first employees. On Thursday, she announced she's stepping down. Here's a glimpse at the life of 54-year-old Susan Wojcicki, who has an estimated net worth of $765 million. She went on to serve as CEO of YouTube for nearly a decade before announcing Thursday that she's stepping down. As Wojcicki vacates the role, here's a glimpse at her life and rise at Google from employee No.

☆ Google's Sergey Brin Is Totally Obsessed With High-Adrenaline Exercise
▼ + stars: | 2014-08-19 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"When Larry and I started the company, we had to get some hard drives to, you know, store the entire Web," Brin told Wired of Google's early days. AdvertisementEven in the search engine's early days, Brin brought an element of fun and activity to the Googleplex. "They were much better than I expected for a bunch of engineers," he told Edwards. In 2008, he learned that he had a mutation on his LRRK2 gene, a defect that would substantially increase his risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Advertisement"If I felt it was guaranteed to cure Parkinson’s disease, a check for a billion dollars would be the easiest one I have written," Brin told Bloomberg.

Persons: Sergey Brin isn’t, Larry Page, Larry, Brin, Sergey, Doug Edwards, Edwards, couldn’t, Googlers, Greg Roberts, Roberts, Google George Salah, Jacob Silberberg, Page, Eugenia, Parkinson's, Anne Wojcicki, Wojcicki, Michael J Organizations: Khan Academy, Khan, University of Maryland, Stanford, Google, Circus Center, Flickr, 23AndMe, Fox Foundation, Parkinson's Research, Bloomberg Locations: San Jose, Moscow, Soviet Russia, rollerblades, Sunset, Queens, Brooklyn, New York City, San Francisco, New York

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