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☆ Read the memo Calendly's CEO sent to employees announcing 70 job cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Calendly laid off around 70 employees in its engineering, customer experience, marketing, and billing teams. BI obtained a copy of CEO Tope Awotona's memo announcing the cuts to staff on Wednesday morning. Calendly previously laid off 60 employees in July 2023 and was valued at $3 billion in 2021. Scheduling platform Calendly laid off around 70 employees — about 13% of its workforce — on Wednesday. This is Awotona's memo sent to employees, shared with BI by two employees:Hi Team I am reaching out this morning to share some difficult news.

Persons: Calendly, Tope, Tope Awotona, Awotona, We've, we've, Jyoti Mann Organizations: Business, Big Tech, Google, Microsoft, Billing, People Team Locations: jyotimann

☆ I raised $1 million for my tech startup by taking Zoom meetings in my high-school bathroom
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He cofounded the startup Aviato and raised $1 million while still at high school aged 15. I then joined Stanford's Online High School community and met some impressive people. I would attend those cold Zoom meetings from my high school bathroom and pitch to investors. At one point, I was spending about five hours a day in the bathroom taking meetings. AdvertisementI haven't graduated from high school yet and I started taking online classes instead a few months ago after I got suspended for taking meetings in the bathroom.

Persons: —, Eric Zhu, Tom Preston, Werner, We've, we're, I've, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Stanford's, School, Bachmanity, Bloomberg Locations: Carmel , Indiana, San Francisco

☆ I deleted Gmail and Slack from my phone. I wanted to do better as a parent — but it's also been surprisingly great for my work.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Rebecca Cafiero, 44, from Palo Alto, California, about deleting work-related communication apps from her phone. I was on my phone, and my son, who was six then, wanted me to play a game with him. I started by setting screen limits and eventually deleted work-related communication apps from my phone. AdvertisementI used to wake up and check my emails immediately, but I no longer let communication apps control my day. I've since deleted about a third of the apps I used to have on my phone, as I felt I wasn't even using them.

Persons: —, Rebecca Cafiero, Slack, It's, I'd, I'm, it's, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Google Locations: Palo Alto , California, Silicon Valley

☆ A couple hasn't paid for flights since 2018 and lives in homes for free. Here's how they quit their corporate jobs for house-sitting gigs all over the world.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Marco Ilagan, 42, and Fran Cassaniti, 30, left their jobs at Accenture to travel in 2018. The couple live in other people's homes for free in return for looking after their pets. The couple needed to look after a dog and a cockatiel called Tweetie who would fly free around the house. They also spent four months looking after two relaxed German Shepherds in a beach retreat in Grenada, as the retired owners would go sailing during the winter months. They are currently driving it in Costa Rica, where they will spend the next four months looking after two dogs and ticking off those goals they created.

Persons: Marco Ilagan, Fran Cassaniti, Ilagan, they'd, Instagram, Cassaniti, Tweetie, They've, they've, hasn't Organizations: Accenture, Service, Thrones Locations: Wall, Silicon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Chicago , Illinois, India, Thailand, Brazil, Krabi, Philippines, Hawaii, Anchorage , Alaska, TrustedHousesitters, Utah, Grenada, Chicago, Florida, Scotland, Inveraray, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, England, Ireland, Europe, America, Cozumel , Mexico, Mexico, US, Texas, Belize, Costa Rica

☆ Meet the 18 most promising productivity startups revolutionizing how teams email, record calls, and take notes in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Melia Russell | Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Insider asked VCs to pick the best-in-class startups helping people get work done in 2023. The result is a list of up-and-coming companies juicing productivity for individuals and teams. After years of private-markets investors urging cash-flush startups to grow at all costs, the mandate has flipped to: "do more with less." The shift is leading companies to look for ways to juice productivity, and they have their pick of products aimed at helping teams work smarter. Here are the productivity startups to watch, sorted from least to most capital raised:Additional reporting by Paayal Zaveri.

☆ I've lived rent-free all year by house-sitting. Here's the script I use and my best tips to land great homes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Alice Draper | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The money I've saved is equivalent to what I'd have spent on long-term rentals or short-term Airbnb rentals. My tiny studio in Durban was $220 a month, excluding utilities, and it was in a cheap area in someone's backyard. The trade-off is I get free accommodation, while the homeowner gets free house- and pet-sitting. I've received multiple invitations for house-sits that I didn't apply for, including a six-month house-sit in Costa Rica that I wasn't available for. Under "My experience," the final section, I detailed the type of house-sits I've done and the various animals I've looked after.

☆ I make 6 figures a year as a freelance virtual assistant. Here are 3 things that help me work smarter and faster.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-05 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Hannah Dixon is a freelance virtual assistant and coach who juggles a lot of different projects. When I was starting out as a freelance virtual assistant, I juggled a lot of clients with very different projects and very different deadlines. An online Mastermind group is a collection of people who are working toward similar goals but bring different expertise to the table. I joined my first Mastermind group about a year and a half into my freelance career. Are you a successful virtual assistant with a story to tell?

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