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Reuters, citing sources, had reported in April that the stock market flotation could value Mobileye at as much as $50 billion. "Most companies don't have the grit needed to blaze a trail with all this public market volatility." IPOs by U.S. technology companies have sunk to their lowest levels since the global financial crisis of 2008, as several companies have shelved plans for their listings in the country. read moreTech IPOs this year have raised $507 million, according to Refinitiv data, the lowest amount that has been raised through flotation since 2000. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and BofA Securities are among underwriters of Mobileye's offering.

☆ How one professional athlete is helping IBM encourage people to embrace a new era of data
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Ibm With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In this relationship, we use IBM's advanced analytics and AI capabilities to analyze the massive amount of data produced by fantasy football. The second reason is that ESPN Fantasy Football offers IBM a powerful platform to demonstrate our AI capabilities to 11 million people. Both Trade Analyzer and Player Insights are produced by transforming vast quantities of data into insights that inform decision-making. That's why we showcase the work of IBM Consulting through partnerships like the Masters, the US Open, and ESPN's Fantasy Football. Learn more about how IBM and ESPN are working together to bring data-driven insights to fantasy football.

☆ 5 strategies on how to create a pitch deck from a designer who earns up to $200 an hour making decks for companies like NASA, Equinox, Gap, and the Discovery Channel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Jp Mangalindan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Williams offered five strategies on how to get the most out of pitch decks. But after trying her hand at acting — and quickly becoming disillusioned with the industry — she decided that the money in pitch decks was too good to turn down. "I didn't even know people [created pitch decks] professionally," said Williams, who got into the industry through a business connection. Designing a pitch deck requires a balance of creative design and business acumen, she said. The deck's font really matters.

☆ ‘Quit’ Review: Know When to Fold ’Em
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Barbara Spindel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

If you read the business pages, it’s been almost impossible to ignore the many articles on the topic of “quiet quitting” in recent months. This buzzy term refers to employees—at least half the U.S. workforce, according to polling—resolving to meet only the bare minimum requirements of their job descriptions. When it comes to giving up, however, Annie Duke has something louder in mind. In “Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away,” the author, consultant and former professional poker player proposes that quitting, the unambiguous kind, ought to be seen as a virtue and honed as a skill integral to both professional and personal success. Instead, it’s often maligned by a culture that valorizes grit and tenacity.

We were the first Black family to join Temple Emanu-El, a synagogue in Providence, Rhode Island. My bat mitzvah was probably the first time I experienced that being Black and Jewish in America was a rarity. As I got older and left the nest of my family and synagogue in Rhode Island, I moved to New York. As a Black woman, when I would tell people that I’m Jewish, the reactions I would get were, “Seriously? She explained that the Jewish faith meant so much to her and that it would be ridiculous to stop participating in it just because someone else was uncomfortable.

☆ Here's everything the Federal Reserve is expected to do today
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Construction workers outside the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Building, photographed on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesThere's not a lot of mystery surrounding Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting, with markets widely expecting the central bank to approve its third consecutive three-quarter point interest rate hike. That's the highest the fed funds rate has been since early 2008. Economic outlook: Part of this week's meeting will see Fed officials issue a quarterly update of their interest rate and economic outlook. Powell presser: Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will hold his usual news conference following the conclusion of the two-day meeting.

☆ Sequoia partner Jess Lee reveals 4 do's and don'ts for founders who hope to be selected for the firm's new ultracompetitive accelerator
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jess Lee, a Sequoia partner, shared tips for founders hoping to be selected for next year. The firm's first US Arc class is beginning its second week of a seven-week intensive course to help founders hone their startup business plans. It isn't enough to just have a great business idea, Lee said — the idea has to be in a market where there is the possibility of huge disruption and growth. "It's not easy to start a company," Lee said. "At seed and preseed it is so much about the story of who you are and why you had this insight," Lee said.

☆ I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here are 4 things they never did when their kids were young
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-09 | by ( Margot Machol Bisnow | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As parents, we hear a lot about the things we should do with our kids. As I researched and wrote my book, "Raising an Entrepreneur," I interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults about how they helped their children achieve their dreams. Despite the diverse ethnic, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds, there were four things that the parents of these smart, driven and entrepreneurial individuals never did when their kids were young:1. Sports, video games, debating, music, birdwatching — every child of the parents I spoke to had a passion outside of the classroom. The parents never veered their kids away from the hobby because they knew it was keeping them mentally active.

☆ 'Crazy stuff is happening at my work': Silicon Valley engineers are really freaking out right now
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-01 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Silicon Valley, perhaps even more than the rest of corporate America, has long been engaged in a two-sided battle over the pursuit of happiness. In the Silicon Valley that emerges on Blind, the engineers who strive for work-life balance are just as burned out as the late-night grinders. But Silicon Valley has always overindexed for Optimizers. If this is Silicon Valley today, nobody's happy, and everybody's burnt. Stereotypically, Silicon Valley engineers are grinders.

☆ America's Overachievers Are Finally Leaning Back
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-02 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Today, Justin is working the least he ever has: 40 hours a week. But what these executives are missing is that some employees don't want to pal around with their coworkers. In peak hustle culture, work was where we expected to find everything we needed to live the good life: joy, purpose, community. Then he started billing for 40 hours a week of labor that often took him only a few hours to complete. But after nine months of leaning back, a solid 40 hours is starting to look pretty attractive.

☆ Science says parents of successful kids have these 26 things in common
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( Marguerite Ward | Rachel Gillett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

Here's what parents of successful kids have in common, according to research. Children with parents who stepped in to provide instructions frequently displayed more difficulty regulating their emotions later, the researchers wrote. "Too much direct engagement can come at a cost to kids' abilities to control their own attention, behavior and emotions. When parents let kids take the lead in their interactions, children practice self-regulation skills and build independence," Obradović wrote in the study. The parents tend to take parental leave.

☆ Jeff Bezos hired this Amazon applicant ‘on the spot’—here are the 2 interview questions he asked
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-02 | by ( Ann Hiatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

People always want to know how I got Jeff Bezos to take a chance and hire me to work directly for him at Amazon in 2002 . One interview took place in a dark office with just the glow of a code-filled monitor and a weird multicolored rotating nightlight in the corner. Bezos started the interview by promising that he was only going to ask two questions and that the first one would be a "fun" brainteaser. Knowing Bezos as well as I do now, I see why those were his only two questions. By the end of the interview, we both knew I would do anything to be successful, despite being a very junior candidate.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos Organizations: Amazon Locations: Redmond , Washington, Bezos, Seattle

☆ Insider Life: NYC's rising star broker — Trendy Greek escape — $200,000 tiny homes
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-27 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's the last weekend in August and we've got the perfect way to spend it: reading another edition of Insider Life. See what it's like to live a day as a rising real-estate star. The community has exploded during the pandemic, as we've spent more time at home, becoming increasingly aware of how our spaces look and feel. MicroLife InstituteA new tiny-home community outside Atlanta is aiming to change the way people live. The 500-square-foot cottages cost up to $200,000, and are built around communal areas that are designed to encourage socialization among neighbors.

☆ Why the leaders of an HR tech startup bet on founders recovering from past business challenges
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-22 | by ( May Teng | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

More than 32 employees at HR tech company Rippling are failed founders. The startup has hired 32 former startup founders and has around 300 employees. In fact, Sharma said, there are plenty of companies who value failed founders for their grit and drive. Building a recruiting strategy around failed foundersSankar and Sharma know firsthand that failed founders can make for great leaders. "The fact that all of us have been failed founders means we come with strong opinions.

A man with a $1 million net worth says his mom is his biggest financial influence. He learned about the cash-flow benefits and tax advantages of real-estate investing from her, and purchased his first rental property, a foreclosure, in 2009. In 2014, Drock and his wife bought a second rental property, another foreclosure, for $115,000. SmartAsset's free tool matches you with up to three fiduciary financial advisors in your area in minutes. SmartAsset's free tool matches you with up to three fiduciary financial advisors in your area in minutes.

Persons: Drock, he's, It's, Roth, doesn't, Get, I've Organizations: Service, Invest Locations: Wall, Silicon, Washington , DC

☆ 33-year-old self-made multimillionaire: Here's how to achieve extreme success
▼ + stars: | 2019-01-30 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

On Thursday, Altman revealed how to achieve such extreme success in blog post called "How To Be Successful." It's been viewed more than 200,000 times, according to Altman's site, and he calls it "one of the most important things I've ever written." This is very long, but I think one of the most important things I've ever written. "It is much more important to work on the right thing than it is to work many hours," says Altman. It's also easier to work hard when you have fewer other responsibilities, which is frequently but not always the case when you're young," Altman says.

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