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☆ Hate Elon Musk all you want, but he's got one management trick that every boss should emulate
  + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Managers have become alarmingly distanced from the average worker, making calls based on guesses that aren't informed by actual labor. Musk has demanded that managers are able to create "good code" yet does not appear to be much of a coder himself. Jackson Palmer, a cocreator of dogecoin, said Musk was a "grifter" who "had trouble running basic code" in their interactions. He's targeted critical teams at Twitter and pushed others to quit, which have resulted in a huge upswing in hate speech on the platform. In fact, by his own logic of how managers can contribute to the company, Musk should be summarily firing himself any day now.
☆ How Big Tech Shakeup, Layoffs Leave Social-Media Creators Scrambling
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Brooke Erin Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Meanwhile, laborers who rely on social-media platforms for visibility, reputation burnishing, and income have been left reeling — from journalists and academics to freelancers and adult performers. Last month, a plus-size creator told me how self-censorship becomes a risk-reduction strategy for marginalized creators. As the journalist Paul Gallant argued, queer content creators face a continuous struggle to avoid "the wrath that comes from violating ever-changing and poorly explained terms of service." Even coverage of the influence on social-media creators has been more tuned in to those with the biggest followings. But the real pain from this tug-of-war for the future of social media will be felt by those who have long faced the greatest hurdles: marginalized creators.
☆ As Pandemic Aid Dries Up, Businesses Chase Covid Tax Credit
  + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Ruth Simon | Richard Rubin | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A temporary tax break for small businesses has spawned a cottage industry of advisory firms tapping into federal pandemic aid, raising alarms at the Internal Revenue Service that some claims are going beyond what the law allows. The Paycheck Protection Program and other federal aid programs long ago shut their doors. But small businesses and nonprofits battered by Covid-19 can still use a lesser-known lifeline, the employee-retention tax credit, or ERC. Businesses can claim up to $26,000 per employee in refunds by amending payroll tax returns from 2020 and 2021.
☆ Exclusive: Two in five U.S. voters worry about intimidation at polls -Reuters/Ipsos
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Moira Warburton Jason Lange | Moira Warburton | Jason Lange | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Two in five U.S. voters say they are worried about threats of violence or voter intimidation at polling stations during the country's midterm elections, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. But officials in Arizona, a key battleground, have already asked the federal government to probe a case of possible voter intimidation, after people casting ballots were conspicuously filmed and followed. Kathy Boockvar, a former top election official for Pennsylvania, said fears of voter intimidation and violence run counter to American tradition. Among the registered voters polled by Reuters/Ipsos, 43% were concerned about threats of violence or voter intimidation while voting in person. About two-thirds of Republicans and one-third of Democrats think voter fraud is a widespread problem, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
☆ Catching Sanctions Evaders Getting More Complex
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( David Smagalla | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +4 min
Some players looking to bypass Russia sanctions are taking pages from the playbook of Iran and North Korea sanctions evaders, such as the use of front companies to transact in the country. Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | Risk and Compliance Journal Our Morning Risk Report features insights and news on governance, risk and compliance. Isaias Lima, a managing director at financial services business the Bancorp Inc., said attempts by individuals and entities to help Russia evade sanctions are a concern. “The expectation is that if you are receiving the data, if you have possession of IP addresses, you have to screen those IP addresses and understand whether or not those transactions are originating from sanctioned countries,” he added. OFAC has relied more and more on the use of IP addresses as a sanctions enforcement tool, said Orisia Gammell, SAP SE’s chief legal counsel for export control.
☆ Silicon Valley's not-so-secret thing for turning everyone into millionaires is angel investing. Here's how they do it.
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Once only for the superrich, angel investing is now open to anyone with a few thousand dollars. With an estimated 360,000 active angel investors, it's become a favorite pastime in Silicon Valley. "It felt like gambling," David Spreng, a veteran venture-debt investor who's been angel investing as a side hustle for more than a decade, said. He wrote his first angel check shortly thereafter, a $1,000 investment in an electric-aircraft maker. The currency of Silicon Valley"Your currency, for lack of a better term, in Silicon Valley is you either started a company or you angel invest, right?"
☆ As Hurricane Ian Approaches, Miami Firms Help Condos Fortify Buildings to Comply With New Law
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A new Florida law that tightens the rules around condo inspections is spawning a new cottage industry in the Miami area, as real-estate firms compete to offer services to enable thousands of residential buildings in Florida to comply. Odevo, a Swedish prop-tech company that focuses on property management in Europe, is getting a foothold in this business in Florida by acquiring Miami-based KW Property & Management Consulting, the companies said on Tuesday. They declined to disclose the terms of the acquisition.
☆ How Josh Harris, the owner of the 76ers and Devils, upset Apollo insiders with the time he spent on personal investments
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Casey Sullivan | Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +16 min
One former Apollo executive couldn't wrap his mind around how the firm got investors onboard with Harris' personal activities. One advisor to Harris' family office said there would be an internal conversation every year to ensure the proper expense allocations. Several former Apollo employees, however, said other Apollo executives were concerned about Harris' use of firm resources. Few if any sources Insider spoke with expected much to change in how private-equity executives managed their personal investments. The lawyer said that the documents often state that a firm's executives will dedicate "as much time as reasonably necessary" to managing their investments.
☆ The Ayahuasca Diaries
  + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +37 min
But please understand: I didn't drink ayahuasca so I could write an article about it. I wrote an article about it so I could drink ayahuasca. I was desperate to drink ayahuasca — I had been for several months, in fact — and the formality of an assignment would help me out at home. Instead, a friend of a friend linked me up with an ayahuasca sangha, a Buddhist word for a spiritual community. I thought of my old friend, Scott, who, many years before, had declined an opportunity to drink ayahuasca.
☆ 'If it blows up, it's cool': The far-out philosophy that explains why Elon Musk won't let a few baby sea turtles stop SpaceX's quest to get to Mars
  + stars: | 2022-04-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +25 min
In the case of Elon Musk v. Charismatic Megafauna, the agency intends to publish its final report in late April. Musk went on: "Either explicitly or implicitly some people seem to think that humans are a blight on the Earth's surface. Musk is talking about existential risk, the idea that something — an asteroid, a rogue artificial intelligence — might kill every human on Earth. And if you assume that future human minds will "mainly be implemented in computational hardware instead of biological neuronal wetware," as Bostrom does, you end up with a mind-boggling 1054 human lives. Musk has made the defense of "future life" his mission.
☆ Inside a secretive management firm for OnlyFans stars, where former staffers say they catfished fans to dupe them into paying to sext: ‘You're basically a professional scammer’
  + stars: | 2021-12-16 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Kat Tenbarge | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +20 min
Even for account managers like Emma, the money could be "life-changing," she said, adding that she sometimes earned more than $10,000 a month off just 2% commission. Many OnlyFans models (including Unruly clients) offer a free feed of photos. They can add a larger "tip" to be added to an influencer's VIP area to get unlimited chatting (often between $100 and $200 for Unruly models). For instance, it's free to subscribe to Rao's OnlyFans account, but she charges between $5 and $99 for fans to "unlock posts." At the time, Gathrite was dating Jessica Sunok, a model who started an OnlyFans account in May 2019, and who he began to manage.
☆ Cool girls don't drink alcohol anymore
  + stars: | 2021-11-06 | by ( Allana Akhtar | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Young women are using Instagram and TikTok to show others you can be both "cool" and sober. Alcohol alternative drink sales rose this year, on the heels of the "trendy" sober curious movement. Young women like Gomez are on a mission to prove it's "cool" not to drink, and ditching alcohol can even help women achieve self-care and empowerment. Plus, CBD-infused drinks — like ultimate cool girl Bella Hadid's Kin brand — promise a similar buzz without impairing your health or decision-making. Gomez's drink-less Instagram could have an aspirational effect: You can be a cool girl like her — if you don't drink.
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