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Ofori was one of a small number of Black founders in the U.K. who eventually secured funding for their businesses. But Black founders overall received just 0.23% of venture funds in 2018, according to data from Extend Ventures. Other VC companies will pit Black founders against each other to compete for the limited funding allocated to them, Wernér said. Google also supported Propelle's Ofori and Husmus' Wernér, offering funding via its Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. Black Tech Fest 2024 BTF by ColorintechShe also approached some of her former colleagues at Goldman and got high-profile investors including female entrepreneurs on board.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Ayesha Ofori, Ofori, Morgan Stanley, Propelle Ofori, I've, aren't, VCs, Sarah Wernér, Mattias Wernér, they've, Wernér, Karl Lokko, Lokko, Ashleigh Ainsley, Dion McKenzie, McKenzie, Ainsley, They've, Meta, Propelle's, Colorintech, Stefan Bollinger, Julius Baer, You've, George Floyd, Colorintech's McKenzie, Ashleigh Ainsley Colorintech, Donald Trump's Organizations: London Business School, CNBC, Ventures, Diversity, Equity, Black Tech, Black Tech Fest, Facebook, Google, JPMorgan, Black, Fund, Goldman, U.S, Walmart, White, DEI Locations: Swedish, North London, Silicon, Europe, Ainsley, Britain, U.S, Silicon Valley

☆ Leaked AWS org chart: These 11 executives are helping Matt Garman take on the AI competition
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Matt Garman leads AWS with 11 executives amid rising cloud and AI competition. ADGreg Pearson: VP, AWS Global SalesAfter Garman became CEO, he integrated global sales teams under Greg Pearson, combining AWS Global Sales, WW Public Sector, the Greater China Region, and Sales Strategy and Operations. Kathrin Renz: VP, AWS IndustriesRenz leads the organization responsible for industry-specific AWS products for customers. ADRuba Borno: VP, AWS Specialists & Partners, AWS WWCO Partner ManagementBorno has been at AWS since 2021. Uwem Ukpong: VP, Global ServicesUkpong runs the AWS Global Services Organization, which includes training, professional services in commercial and public sectors, customer support and managed services, and security.

Persons: Matt Garman, Adam Selipsky, Julia White, Andy Jassy, Julia, Garman, White, Peter DeSantis, Andy Jassy's, DeSantis, Charlie Bell, Prasad Kalyanaraman, Bell, Colleen Aubrey, Aubrey, Elizabeth Baker, Baker, Werner Vogels, Werner, Amazon Werner Vogels, Greg Pearson, Kathrin Renz, She's, Scott Rosecrans's, Laura Grit, Uwem Ukpong Organizations: Amazon, SAP, Microsoft, White, AWS, Peter, AWS Infrastructure Service, Infrastructure, Oracle, VP, Public, AWS Enterprise, Partners, Partner Management Borno, Specialist Organization, Global Services, AWS Global Services Organization, Cloud, Product Management Locations: DeSantis, China Region, Borno

☆ Bill Gates, Amazon's CTO, and other tech leaders share their predictions for 2025
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-03 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AI's significant impact on workforce and tech use will continue in 2025, leaders say. Talks of artificial intelligence dominated 2024, and tech leaders predict that the next stage of the new AI era will come in 2025 — for better or for worse. ADHere's what else Vogels, Delangue, and other tech leaders say 2025 has in store. ADAs smarter tech integrates into the workforce, Vogels said "a quiet revolution" is happening among workers who value meaningful societal impact over financial success. Tech users will find more intentional ways to use their devices in 2025, according to Vogels.

Persons: Werner Vogels, Clement Delangue, Bill Gates, Gates, GenAI, Don McGuire, McGuire, Vogels, Millennials, Tesla, Donald Trump, Michael Perica, Jacob Channel, Trump, Perica Organizations: Trump, LinkedIn, Management, Wall Street, ADP, Tech Locations: Rimini

Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu,” an update of the silent vampire classic, is a Christmas movie. For years, the Christmas horror genre has helped movie fans get their scare on. These films have become part of holiday movie culture — and now, “Nosferatu” could join them as another not-so-festive flick. The Christmas horror spirit also lives in streaming service Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In,” hosted by trash cinema maven Joe Bob Briggs. Both Manjourides and the “Nosferatu” director cited 1974 proto-slasher “Black Christmas” as a prime example of the category.

Persons: Robert Eggers ’, ” Eggers, ”, Steven Spielberg, LMPC, ’, —, ” Paul Dergarabedian, Christmas, Joe Bob Briggs, Joe Bob, “, ” Matt Manjourides, there’s, Eggers, Bob Clark, Eggers ’, Werner Herzog’s, Count Orlok, Bill Skarsgård, Ellen Hutter, Lily, Rose Depp, Bram Stoker’s, Charles Dickens, Craig Lathrop, It’s, Bob Dylan, Nicole Kidman, “ Babygirl, Depp, Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor, Johnson, Emma Corrin, There’s Organizations: NBC News, Focus, NBC, Getty Locations: Walpurgisnacht, Christmastime, Prague, U.S, Canada

☆ I worked with Jeff Bezos for 15 years and my biggest Amazon failure disappointed him. These 6 lessons helped me rebuild my career.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Ethan Evans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementEthan Evans, a former Amazon VP, led a failed project in 2011 that interrupted Jeff Bezos' launch plans. My biggest launch failure was in 2011 on a project Jeff Bezos personally cared about. The failure interrupted Bezos' plan to present the feature publicly, causing me to miss my promotion and almost leave the company. Here's the story of my biggest failureWhen I started at Amazon, I was assigned to Prime Video and had periodic direct exposure to Bezos. When I was promoted to director, I continued working with Bezos on creating Amazon Studios.

Persons: Ethan Evans, Jeff Bezos, Evans, unravels ChatGPT, Bezos, Jeff, could've, ramping, Werner Vogels, must've, Bezos would've, I'd Organizations: Amazon VP, Amazon, Publicly, Business

☆ LeBron James' SpringHill to merge with 'The Kardashians' producer Fulwell 73
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Alex Sherman | In Alex-Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LeBron James, right, and Maverick Carter participate in a Q and A after the premiere of the STARZ original series "Survivor’s Remorse" in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James' entertainment business, SpringHill Co., has agreed to a merger of equals with Fulwell 73, the British television, film and music production company behind shows including "The Kardashians" and "Carpool Karaoke." Carter will be co-CEO of the combined company along with Leo Pearlman, Fulwell's managing partner. The deal will bring James' company increased scale to strike larger deals with media companies and streaming platforms, Carter said. The combined companies will be backed by investors including Fenway Sports Group, RedBird Capital Partners, UC Investments, Nike, Epic Games, Main Street Advisors and Eldridge Industries.

Persons: LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Ben Winston, Tom Werner, Carter, Leo Pearlman, Fulwell's, James, Adam Sandler, Winston, Eldridge Organizations: STARZ, Los Angeles . Los Angeles Lakers, SpringHill Co, SpringHill, CNBC, Netflix, NBA, Robot, Fenway Sports Group, RedBird Capital Partners, UC Investments, Nike, Epic, Street Advisors, Eldridge Industries Locations: Los Angeles, SpringHill, York

☆ The NFL is heading to Germany – and the country has fallen for American football
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Eduardo Tansley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

The German balances punditry with his role as the commissioner of the European League of Football, a professional American football league founded in 2020 which has 18 teams split into three conferences. Paid options with increased coverage are now available through DAZN, the NFL League Pass, and RTL+. According to the NFL, there are approximately 19million fans in Germany, with 3.6m (18.9 per cent) following the NFL closely. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has 500 registered football teams with more than 70,000 members, according to sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE. There are 14 German players in the NFL Academy, based at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom.

Persons: Holt, ” Patrick Esume, Jürgen Kessler, Esume, ” Esume, Tom Brady, Sebastian Widmann, Daniel Jensen, ” Jensen, ”, Jakob Johnson, Marcel Dabo, Aaron Jones, Amon, Ra St, Brown, Gerrit Meier, Bjoern Werner, Markus Kuhn, Sebastian Vollmer, Duke Dennis, Ian Maule, Jensen, “, Meech Robinson Organizations: American, NFL, Allianz Arena, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park, RTL, Athletic, Sky Sports, ITV, “, European League of Football, Getty, Hamburg Silver Eagles, Hamburg Blue Devils, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Munich’s Allianz, Hamburg, NFL Europe, Bundesliga, Soccer, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Super, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Sports Illustrated, Chiefs, New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Giants, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, U.S . Army, Detroit Lions, Colts, Olympic Sports, SPORTFIVE, German Basketball Association, NBA, NFL Academy, Loughborough University, NCAA Division Locations: Germany, Europe, Munich, United Kingdom, American, U.S, DAZN, NFL Europe, German, Frankfurt, America, Mexico, “ St, Las Vegas, Los Angeles

The West WingOne of Trump’s most important picks will be his White House chief of staff. Karoline Leavitt, who was Trump’s campaign spokeswoman, is being considered as White House press secretary – a job that typically is the most public-facing position in the White House. National security postsTrump has suggested his national security team would be tasked with reassessing the United States’ posture toward Ukraine and Russia, China, Iran, and the simmering conflict in the Middle East. The debate over a renewed Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to pit Republican national security hawks against the party’s isolationist wing. Secretary of state and national security adviser will be among the most hard-fought positions to stand at the forefront of those shifts.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Howard Lutnick, Linda McMahon, John McEntee, Cliff Sims, Ross Werner, Goldman Sachs, Trump’s, John Kelly, Susie Wiles, Wiles, Russ Vought, Brooke Rollins, Bob Lighthizer, Karoline Leavitt, –, Musk, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Elon Musk, helms, Kennedy, ”, Ken Paxton, Matt Whitaker, Jeff Sessions, Sen, Mike Lee of, of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Mark Paoletta, Kash Patel, Patel, Christopher Wray, James Comey, Jeffrey Jensen, Louis, Bill Barr, Jensen, Michael Flynn, Barr, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Tennessee Sen, Bill Hagerty, Richard Grenell, Grenell, ” Arkansas Sen, Tom Cotton, Keith Kellogg, Ratcliffe, Gina Haspel, Cotton, Mike Waltz, Mike Pompeo, Elise Stefanik, She’s, Morgan Ortagus, David Friedman, Kelly Craft, Scott Bessent, “ He’s, MAGA, he’s, Elon, Hank Paulson, George, Jay Clayton, Lighthizer, McMahon, Doug Burgum, flinch, Jamieson Greer, CNN’s Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Hannah Rabinowitz, Kylie Atwood Organizations: CNN, Trump, White House, Heritage Foundation, White, Pentagon, West, America, Policy Institute, RFK Jr, SpaceX, Senate, Republicans, PAC, Department of Health, Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, Justice and Homeland Security, of National Intelligence, Conservative, FBI, Republican, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, New York Republican, House GOP, United Nations, UN, State Department, Soros, Goldman, George Bush’s, Department, Chinese Communist Party, Securities and Exchange Commission, Treasury, Commerce Department . North Dakota Gov, US Trade Locations: Trump, Central Park, Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, Beach, St, United States, Ukraine, Russia, China, Iran, Florida, Tennessee, Japan, Germany, ” Arkansas, Barr, UN

☆ McDonald’s is struggling. So is its big french fry supplier
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

That’s hurting french fry suppliers like Lamb Weston. This shift has taken a toll on Lamb Weston because people are less likely to cook french fries at home. Around 80% of french fries consumed in the United States come from fast-food chains, according to Lamb Weston. McDonald’s has launched a $5 meal, which includes a McDouble cheeseburger or a McChicken sandwich, small french fries, 4-piece chicken nuggets and small soft drink. “Many of these promotional meal deals have consumers trading down from a medium fry to a small fry,” Lamb Weston CEO Thomas Werner said last week on an earnings call.

Persons: Lamb Weston, McDonald’s, ” Lamb Weston, Thomas Werner, Lamb, R.J, Placer.ai Organizations: New, New York CNN Locations: New York, North America, Washington, United States

☆ The Briefing: Manchester United’s latest crisis is on INEOS – and has Palmer outgrown Chelsea?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Nick Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

They didn’t take it, and now they’re left with another season of mopping up and making do. Extraordinarily, saying that Palmer ‘scored four goals before half-time’ (which nobody has ever done before in the Premier League) undersells what he did against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. GO DEEPER Is 'amazing' Palmer the best attacking player in the Premier League? Over the years, some brilliant Italian players have appeared in the Premier League. Tottenham are off to Budapest to play Ferencvaros, while the travelling Manchester United circus rolls into Porto.

Persons: Riccardo Calafiori, League’s, Cole Palmer, “ I’ve, Erik ten, Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke, Timo Werner, Bruno Fernandes “, Sir Dave Brailsford, Omar Berrada, Michael Regan, Getty, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, — Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto De Zerbi, Antonio Conte, Thiago Motta —, They’ve, United, Palmer, Morgan Rogers, Liam Delap, Jadon Sancho, sparky, there’s Cole Palmer, Palmer ‘, Nicolas Jackson —, you’re, Cole Palmer’s, Mike Hewitt, he’s, Chelsea, they’re, Chelsea don’t, Cole, Calafiori, Gianfranco Zola, Paolo Di Canio, Gianluca Vialli, Jorginho, Roberto Di Matteo, Mario Balotelli, Carlo Cudicini, Guglielmo Vicario, Gianluca Festa, Alessandro Pistone, Marco Materazzi, Angelo Ogbonna, Destiny Udogie, Facundo Buonanotte, Adrian Dennis, Gabriel Martinelli, Martinelli, Germain Organizations: weekend’s Premier League football, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal, Leicester City, Everton, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur didn’t, United, Sky Sports, FA, Fulham, Southampton, Ten, Tottenham, Spurs, Aston Villa, Ipswich Town, Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion, Champions League, Getty, Leicester, Bournemouth, League, Paris Saint, Slovan Bratislava, Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Bayer Leverkusen, Milan, Bayern Munich, Bologna, RB Leipzig, Juventus, Conference League, UEFA, Gent, Fiorentina, Welsh, New Saints, Europa League, Ferencvaros, Newcastle, AFC Wimbledon Locations: Chelsea, Italy, England, AFP, Manchester, Copenhagen, Bialystok, Budapest, Porto, Newcastle

☆ He bought a cruise ship on Craigslist and spent over $1 million restoring it. Then his dream sank
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Buying a historic cruise ship he found on Craigslist back in 2008 was undoubtedly a life-altering decision for Chris Willson. Ship of dreamsWillson and Li moved on board the ship and focused their energies on painstakingly restoring it. Christopher WillsonHis ultimate goal was to transform the neglected ship into a museum, but things didn’t quite go to plan. “We absolutely loved our time with that ship,” Willson tells CNN Travel. It subsequently remained at Alameda for several years, before being purchased by a businessman, who went on to list the ship on Craigslist.

Persons: Chris Willson, Jin Li, Willson, Li, Christopher Willson, ” Willson, I’m, ”, Wappen von Hamburg, “, Aurora ’, Helen’s Marina, ” Herman, “ I’d, Christopher Willson “, Aurora, he’d, Kristina Werner, Connie Cochran, ” Cochran, Cochran, he’s, Christopher Wilson Willson, I’ve, “ There’s, Mary, that’s, haven’t, “ I’ve, hasn’t, It’s, Chris, … Wappen von, … Wappen von Hamburg doesn’t Organizations: CNN, Craigslist, CNN Travel, Blohm, California Delta, Herman, Aurora, Unified Command, US Coast Guard, California Department of Fish, Wildlife, Coast Guard, San, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s, Delta, Global, Wildlife’s, Spill Prevention, City, ” CNN, Love, YouTube, … Wappen von Hamburg Locations: Utah, Germany, Voss, California, Rio Vista, San Francisco’s, Little Potato, Stockton, California’s Central Valley, Chaleur, San Joaquin County, City, Russia, Vancouver, Alameda , California, Alameda, Craigslist, United States, Philadelphia’s Delaware, Long, Aurora

☆ Floods claim two more casualties as torrential rain batters central Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

One person drowned in southwest Poland and thousands were evacuated across the border in the Czech Republic after heavy rain continued to batter central Europe on Sunday, causing flooding in several parts of the region. Rivers overflowed from Poland to Romania, where four people were found dead on Saturday, after days of torrential rain in a low-pressure system named Boris. Some parts of the Czech Republic and Poland faced the worst flooding in almost three decades as towns evacuated thousands. That surpassed a record seen in heavy flooding in 1997, which partly damaged the town and claimed 56 lives in Poland. In Romania, authorities said the rain was less intense than on Saturday, when flooding killed four and damaged 5,000 homes.

Persons: Werner Kogler, ”, Mirek Burianek, Donald Tusk, ” Tusk, Pavel Bily, “, Gergely Karacsony Organizations: Austrian, ” Police, Firefighters, Local Locations: Poland, Czech Republic, Europe, Lower Austria, Vienna, Glucholazy, Czech, Stronie Slaskie, Rivers, Romania, Lipova, Prague, Jesenik, Klodzko county, Klodzko, Poland’s Nysa, Nysa, Budapest, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Towns

☆ Customers didn’t stop spending. Companies stopped serving
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It’s called a sector rotation, and it happens all the time as part of the natural course of a business cycle. The US economy is still pretty strong, growing at an annualized rate close to 3% in the most recent quarter. But it’s not as if Americans have stopped going to restaurants — they’re just being a bit more discerning when they do. Instead, they’re going to Texas Roadhouse, where they can sit down and have some service with their meal. Or they’re swinging through Chipotle, which saw sales shoot up 11% last quarter at stores open at least a year.

Persons: CNN Business ’, they’ve, that’s, it’s, they’re, ”, Mark Hoplamazian, Marriott’s, Disney, Hugh Johnston, — they’ve, Pete Werner, wouldn’t Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Wall, Texas, Disney, CNN, Bloomberg Locations: New York, —, Texas

☆ How Olympic host cities have recycled 5G infrastructure to improve locals' internet speeds and connectivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Chris Stokel-Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Behind the scenes, 5G infrastructure is powering live broadcasts worldwide and the moments spectators and athletes capture and post on social media. After the event, it became a hub for YouTubers and other content creators because of its gigabit-speed internet connectivity. In the lead-up to the Games, connectivity infrastructure was embedded in the London Underground light-rail network and the Westfield shopping center in Stratford. 5G technology wasn't adopted at a consumer level until 2019, and Japan's 5G-infrastructure rollout was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the 5G technology was fast enough that train riders could watch the opening ceremony on their personal devices.

Persons: —, Rolf Werner, Werner, Sandeep Raithatha, Raithatha, That's Organizations: Service, Nokia, Virgin Media O2, 5G, Stratford Halo Virgin Media O2, Games, Stratford, Stratford . Communities, Tokyo, Olympics Locations: Paris, Europe, London, Tokyo, Westfield, Stratford ., Japan, Beijing, China

☆ 2 renowned strategists say the US should defend Taiwan with nuclear strikes. Experts say such talk is just a taste of what's to come.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The US once floated nuclear retaliation in 1958 if China invaded Taiwan, and stationed nuclear weapons on the island until 1974. It would essentially tell Beijing that an invasion of the island risks nuclear war, he said. "What's the benefit of reassuring Xi that our nuclear weapons are not relevant?" "So relatively low-yield nuclear weapons could destroy that amphibious force and do little to no collateral damage onshore in Taiwan." He added that threatening war — much less nuclear war — over Taiwan would be deeply unpopular at home.

Persons: —, David Kearn, Kearn, — he'd, Greg Weaver, Weaver, Obama, Matthew Kroenig, James Acton, Greg, Matt, Kroenig, Lyle Goldstein, Goldstein, we're, Acton, Francesca Giovannini, Giovannini, Xi Jinping, Xi, It's, Marshall Billingslea, Billingslea, Rebeccah Heinrichs, Jake Werner Organizations: Service, John's, Atlantic Council, Pentagon, Business, RAND, US Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Department, Nuclear, Carnegie Endowment, International, China Initiative, Brown University, International Peace, Harvard University's Kennedy, Georgetown University, US State Department, Hudson, Keystone Defense Initiative, Kroenig, East Asia, Quincy Institute, Responsible, Johns University Locations: St, Taiwan, China, Beijing, Washington, Korea, Japan, Taiwan Strait, Washington , DC, Guam, South China, Russia, United States, Bejing, South Korea

☆ We're still 'very optimistic' about nickel prices, says Nickel Industries
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe're still 'very optimistic' about nickel prices, says Nickel IndustriesJustin Werner, managing director of Nickel Industries, discusses the outlook for the commodity.

Persons: Justin Werner Organizations: Nickel Industries

☆ The author of the viral joke post about JD Vance having sex with a couch breaks his silence
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

@rickrudescalves hid the post within a week of publishing it, but the couch joke had already left an impression. AdvertisementOver the past week, for every seven people searching Google for "JD Vance," one person has searched "JD Vance couch," according to Google Trends. AdvertisementBusiness Insider tracked down the post's author, who we'll call Rick, in keeping with his former X screen name, @rickrudescalves. Rick is not the first person to post an absurd joke that ended up roiling political circles after flying over too many heads. As for his decision to include a fake citation in a tweet about a man having sex with a couch, Rick claims highbrow inspiration.

Persons: Donald Trump, JD Vance, @rickrudescalves, vance, Vance fantasizing, Obama, Kamala Harris, Stephen Colbert, Vance, Rick, he's, —, Trump, Rush Limbaugh, Werner Herzog, Jorge Luis Borges, John Fowles, I've, Lyndon Johnson, apocryphally, Hunter S, Thompson, Johnson, John Oliver Organizations: Service, Business, Google, Associated Press, Trump, Pundit, U.S . Postal Service, FBI Locations: Vance's, Columbus , Ohio, English

☆ 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

☆ Meet the Roadmap Generation: High-achieving Zoomers are taking an aggressive, long-term approach to planning their careers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementBusiness Insider spoke with two members of the Roadmap Generation and several of the HR professionals and executives who hire and oversee them. Many members of the Roadmap Generation are trying to set themselves up for future financial success by starting and stoking their portfolios early. Ambitious young professionals are prioritizing skills development early in their careers in the hopes of finding future success. Tom WernerFor all of their clear-eyed assuredness, however, the Roadmap Generation is also open-minded and curious, older bosses said. Dhunjisha agreed and suggested there's a simple way for a company to keep its Gen Z employees long-term.

Persons: —, Javi Galarce, Galarce, Z, Astad Dhunjisha, Dhunjisha, Gen Z's, Gen Z, Gen, Cassie Fields, Fields, Dia Dipasupil, Austin Curtis, Curtis, We're, Mark Pierce, Pierce, Tom Werner, Zers, Jon Hill Organizations: Service, University of Iowa, Business, Deloitte, University of Oklahoma, Wyoming Trust Locations: Texas

☆ How Glossier's perfume saved it from the millennial dustbin
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. But the recent success of Glossier's "You" perfume — which isn't new, but has been introduced to a new Gen Z audience thanks to a viral TikTok — is helping pull the brand back to life. The TikTok wasn't part of some big plan of Glossier to get back into the graces of the younger crowd. Related storiesA single viral TikTok, in theory, might fade away, but Glossier reacted to the successful viral moment among Gen Z buyers. AdvertisementFor the record, as a dutiful millennial woman, I own and enjoy several Glossier products (I personally love their mascara).

Persons: —, Glossier, Kyle Leahy, Mack, TikTok, Emily Weiss, Marisa Meltzer Organizations: Service, Business, Bloomberg Locations: Sephora

☆ EU AI act: Meta, Amazon execs say Europe’s new AI law could harm innovation
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Tom Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The first-of-its-kind law is poised to reshape how firms and other organizations in Europe use AI for everything from health care decisions to policing. For Meta’s (META) AI chief, Yann LeCun, “the big question” about the new law is “should research and development in AI be regulated?”“There are clauses in the EU AI act and various other places that do regulate research and development. I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he told CNN’s Anna Stewart at the Paris event. LeCun, widely known as one of the “godfathers of AI,” disagrees with concerns that AI could soon surpass human intelligence. “We need to make sure that innovation continues to happen and that the innovation doesn’t just come outside Europe.

Persons: Yann LeCun, ”, CNN’s Anna Stewart, “, Werner Vogels, Stewart, Vogels, “ Let’s Organizations: London CNN, Meta, CNN, EU, overregulating Locations: Paris, Europe, EU, underinvesting

☆ Big Tech goes on AI charm offensive in Europe as regulators circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It's worth noting that their comments come as the world's first major law governing AI, the EU's AI Act, was given the final greenlight. Meanwhile, European Commissioner Thierry Breton, a major architect of rules around Big Tech, is set to speak later in the week. Vogels, who is tasked with driving technology innovation within Amazon , said that AI can be used to "solve some of the world's hardest problems." Manyika said Google open-sourced its watermarking tech so that any developer can "build on it, improve on it." "I am concerned that there is potential for monopolies to emerge around Big Tech and AI," he said.

Persons: Rafael Henrique, Lightrocket, Werner Vogels, Society James Manyika, Thierry Breton, Vogels, Manyika, it's, Google's, Gemma AI, Emmanuel Macron, Eric Schmidt, Yann LeCun, Macron, Matt Calkins, Appian, Calkins Organizations: Getty, France —, Viva Tech, Amazon Chief, Google, Technology, Society, Regulators, Big Tech, European Union, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Elysee, CNBC Locations: PARIS, France, Paris, Jakarta, Indonesia, View , California, U.S

☆ How Nvidia is dominating an AI-obsessed earnings season without even reporting yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia is dominating earnings season, and it hasn't even reported results yet. Other mega-cap tech giants have been mentioning on earnings calls that they're boosting investment in AI infrastructure. AdvertisementThe company is gearing up for the release of its next-generation AI chip, named Blackwell, later this year. Nvidia has competition, but it still dominatesRecent earnings results from Nvidia's rival, AMD, suggest that most of this business is going to Nvidia and not its competitors. AdvertisementInvestors will have to wait until after the market close on May 22 to hear what Nvidia's earnings results actually are.

Persons: Blackwell, Elon Musk, We've, Musk, Tesla, Meta, Yann LeCun, John Werner, Brian Olsavsky Organizations: Nvidia, Microsoft, Tesla, Meta, UBS, Blackwell, AMD, Intel, Gaudi Locations: Meta

☆ Hydrogen Offers Germany a Chance to Take a Lead in Green Energy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Stanley Reed | Melissa Eddy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the city of Duisburg in Germany’s industrial heartland is a vast steel complex that is one of Europe’s largest polluters. If adopted widely, the devices could help clean up heavy industry, such as steel-making, in Germany and elsewhere. “We are maybe in one of those few very promising industries where Germany has a significant and very promising base,” said Werner Ponikwar, chief executive of ThyssenKrupp Nucera, which produces the electrolyzers. The company was spun off from ThyssenKrupp, a German steel giant, in 2023. Overall, German state and federal governments have earmarked €13.2 billion for investment in about two dozen projects to develop hydrogen.

Persons: ”, Werner Ponikwar, ThyssenKrupp Locations: Duisburg, Germany, ThyssenKrupp

☆ Werner Spitz, Forensic Expert in High-Profile Murders, Dies at 97
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Trip Gabriel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dr. Werner Spitz, a pathologist whose accounts of the traumatic last moments in some of the most sensational American deaths of the past 60 years figured in cases involving President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., O.J. Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey, Mary Jo Kopechne and many others, died on April 14 in St. Clair Shores, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. He died in hospice care after a brief illness, his son Dr. Daniel Spitz said. Dr. Spitz’s career of more than 60 years traced to the early days of modern forensic pathology, and his textbook on the topic remains a gold standard in the field. Examining the remains of homicide victims was the one thing that did not bore him, he said.

Persons: Werner Spitz, John F, Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, O.J, Simpson, JonBenet Ramsey, Mary Jo Kopechne, Daniel Spitz, Spitz’s, Spitz, —, Dr, King Locations: St . Clair Shores, Mich, Detroit, Macomb County

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