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☆ Inside homebuilding heir Bill Pulte's battle against a Twitter troll who turned out to be an executive at his former company
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Bill Pulte, the grandson of one of the homebuilding industry's most successful founders, has built a Twitter following of 3.2 million. He's such a believer in Twitter that the Pulte family office participated in Tesla CEO Elon Musk's bid for control, with an investment he says in the "millions of dollars." Pulte alleges that Jones used Twitter bots to harass him and the larger Pulte family with damaging, incendiary accusations, including that his father, Mark Pulte, was an arsonist. Additionally, he said Sheldon's account appeared to have interacted with at least one of Jones' Twitter accounts. With his suspicion that multiple executives were involved in the Twitter harassment, Pulte's digging in his heels.

☆ We spoke with more than 50 CEOs, billionaires, execs, and government officials in Davos. Here are our 4 biggest takeaways.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Matt Turner | Cadie Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Insider's Matt Turner and Cadie Thompson share their biggest takeaways from the World Economic Forum. More than 1,500 business leaders descended on Davos in the Swiss Alps last week for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. The week of Davos, Alphabet published an explainer on its approach to AI signed by execs including CEO Sundar Pichai. "With every technology, there is good and then there's bad," Rima Qureshi, Verizon's chief strategy officer, told Insider. Several of those who spoke with Insider highlighted the need for much-greater collaboration among companies — and a willingness to experiment.

But to reach its ultimate destination - supermarket shelves - cultivated meat faces big obstacles, five executives told Reuters. California-based cultivated meat company GOOD Meat already has an application pending with the FDA, which has not been previously reported. Regulatory approval is just the first hurdle for making cultivated meat accessible to a broad swath of consumers, executives at UPSIDE, Mosa Meat, Believer Meats, and GOOD Meat told Reuters. But it will take hundreds of millions of dollars for GOOD Meat, for example, to build bioreactors of the size needed to make its meat at scale, Tetrick said. But cultivated meat companies have the advantage that they can claim their product is real meat, Tetrick said.

☆ I was a career coach on the side for years before quitting my 6-figure consulting job to do it full time. Here are 3 steps I took to make the transition.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Yanet Borrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Yanet Borrego is a full-time career coach who used to work as an engineer at ExxonMobil. To make the transition, she reinvented herself and developed coaching skills on the job. These are the three steps that prepared me for the transition from corporate work to full-time entrepreneurship. To leverage my full-time job at the time, I looked within ExxonMobil for opportunities to further develop those skills. My desire to create an impact and fulfill my purpose as a full-time career coach was greater than the security offered by my corporate job.

Five decades ago, Jim Ziglar witnessed the landmark Roe v. Wade decision take shape inside the Supreme Court chambers. Jim Ziglar, center left, clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun, center right, in 1972-1973, the session in which Blackmun wrote the landmark majority decision for Roe v. Wade. Blackmun, Frampton said, "really wanted to become an expert in the history of abortion and the history of abortion law." The Supreme Court clerks who served in the 1972-1973 session, in which the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down. Richard Hoffman and Rhesa Barksdale worked as clerks for Supreme Court Justice Byron White in the 1972-1973 session, in which White wrote the dissenting opinion in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

☆ Google isn't just afraid of competition from ChatGPT — the giant is scared ChatGPT will kill AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A perfect example of this is the viral technology ChatGPT. ChatGPT makes a lot of people nervous (here's everything you need to know about it, BTW). Or maybe one day ChatGPT will just teach the class — that's probably part of Google's AI nightmare. If ChatGPT runs rampant, the search giant fears it could ruin AI adoption for everyone. My colleague Hasan Chowdhury breaks down how so-called generative AI — not just ChatGPT — could derail an entire sector of emerging technology.

☆ Snam rethink reflects Europe’s new energy reality
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Lisa Jucca | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

MILAN, Jan 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Snam’s (SRG.MI) new business priorities highlight Europe’s revised energy needs. Indeed, Snam is reducing its investments in green projects like hydrogen and biomethane to 1 billion euros from 1.3 billion euros under the previous plan. That’s a 23% increase from the 8.1 billion euros unveiled under its previous 2021 to 2025 strategic plan. This compares with 1.3 billion euros under the previous plan. Snam said it targeted EBITDA growth of around 7% a year on average despite rising interest rates, up from 4.5% in the previous plan.

☆ 'Transformative, fascinating': Here's what top executives at Davos are saying about ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Cadie Thompson | Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Buzzy AI chatbot, ChatGPT, has only been open to the public for a few weeks. Here's what top executives are saying about the technology at the World Economic Forum. Here's what top executives have been saying:Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEOCoursera's CEO said ChatGPT is a mind-blowing "game changer" in an interview with Insider. Peggy Johnson, Magic Leap CEOJohnson told Insider she thought ChatGPT was "definitely a transformative technology." Becky Frankiewicz, ManpowerGroup CCO and presidentFrankiewicz said the chatbot was "super fascinating" and she had been experimenting with it to write job descriptions.

☆ 18 movies with valuable entrepreneurial lessons: From 'Startup.com' to 'Becoming Warren Buffett'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Vikas Jha | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Takeaway: This movie shows the effect money, greed and power can have on relationships. "The Social Network" (2010)"The Social Network" shows us that business success requires more than just a great idea. "Becoming Warren Buffett" (2017)In this documentary, Warren Buffett reveals his day-to-day, and his two most important investing rules. Takeaway: This movie shows how two young men were pitted against each other, striving to grow in a cut-throat business. I've found myself feeling motivated after watching a great film with lessons I can transpose to my entrepreneurial journey.

☆ Salary Transparency Is Coming — so I Decided to Tell Everyone What I Make
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

But there's a glaring catch to my support for pay transparency: I haven't actually practiced it in my own life. To find out why, I decided to commemorate the dawning age of salary transparency by telling pretty much everyone in my life what I earn. Norway responded to pay transparency with yet another level of transparency, and that brought down the level of snooping.. Thanks to its nationwide experiment, Norway has been fertile ground for scholars trying to measure the consequences of extreme pay transparency. But I do believe that as more states implement pay-disclosure laws — and as Gen Z increasingly comes to dominate the workforce — salary transparency is going to become the new norm.

With more than 250,000 followers and 2.7 million likes, Chef Way grew to stardom on TikTok for his cooking videos. But now, the social media influencer who is an assistant district attorney in Texas is facing backlash for his previous comments belittling Black women — particularly those with dark skin. In a series of deleted tweets that date back to 2015 from @WaymoTheGod, Chef Way, whose real name is Waymond Wesley, posted demeaning photos and made misogynistic comments about Black women. “To those I’ve hurt with my past tweets that have resurfaced, I am deeply sorry,” he wrote. “Women of color have been too forgiving in the past, which put some of us in undesirable positions and unhealthy situations,” one user tweeted.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in the House Chamber on Jan. 6, 2023. She said it’s a bad idea for the House to bring up those bills. Still, some of the more moderate Republicans acknowledge that they’ll have to make compromises with Democrats to get immigration bills signed into law. The GOP rules package adopted Monday identifies the seven bills that will get speedy votes in the House. “Many of their radical things will be stopped in the Senate because we have a Democratic majority,” Schumer said, vowing not to let ultraconservative lawmakers defund the FBI.

☆ How passive income helped this 25-year-old founder reach $1 million in annual sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Website templates generate passive income and allow her to expand her services further. She shared the path she took from digital novice to full-time entrepreneur and how building passive income streams can support a growing business. Use passive income as a foundation for your businessLuna sells web templates and builds customized sites for her clients. "I saw just how much potential I had to be creative, make passive income, and create absolute financial freedom," she said. Similar to the web templates, Luna only has to create each course one time, but can continually sell it to new aspiring designers.

☆ Jim Cramer predicts these ten S&P 500 stocks will perform well in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Wednesday offered investors a selection of stocks that he believes will do well this year. To come up with his picks, he examined the best- and worst performers in the S&P 500 from last year and chose five potential 2023 winners from each list. Here are the best-performers from 2022 that Cramer believes could continue to see gains this year:HalliburtonCramer predicted that the stock has a multi-year rally ahead of it. Enphase EnergyCalling it the "renewable golden boy," Cramer said the solar energy technology company is a profitable, solid business. Northrop GrummanThe company's stock could be the best defense contractor to own as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, according to Cramer.

☆ Morgan Stanley sees these names rebounding after heavy tax-loss selling at the end of 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

With a new year underway, there's an opportunity to scoop up some names that investors sold to save on taxes in 2022, according to Morgan Stanley. In fact, Morgan Stanley fielded more inquiries on tax-loss selling strategies in 2022 than in any other year, analyst Todd Castagno wrote in a note Friday. Morgan Stanley looked for those popular stocks that have derated but may be repurchased once the tax loss is realized. Plug Power has the most upside to Morgan Stanley's price target — a whopping 288%. Morgan Stanley named the solar energy company a top pick after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law in August.

☆ Final farewell: From Sidney Poitier to Pope Emeritus Benedict a look back at the influential figures who died in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +55 min

Other world leaders who died in 2022 include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died in August. The final days of 2022 saw the loss of some exceptionally notable figures, including Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2022 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Dan Reeves, 77. A Cuban-born artist whose radiant color palette and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice. A prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films.

☆ 8 Phrases That Make You Sound Weak at Work and What to Say Instead
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Michael Thompson | Mike Thompson Blog | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Avoid phrases like, "I'm not an expert but..." and "It's just that..." to sound more confident. Plus, according to sociologist Maja Jovanovic in her TED Talk, saying sorry make us appear smaller and timider than we really are. So if you catch yourself complaining instead of saying "sorry for venting" or "sorry for laying this on you," steal a line from Maja and try this simple switch instead — "Thank you for listening." But try to limit how much you say you're sorry when there's nothing for you to be sorry about. This may sound obvious, but "sorry, I'm stupid" happens.

☆ I made the biggest decision of my career when I sold Credit Karma. Here are the 4 most important lessons I learned.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Kenneth Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kenneth Lin is the founder and CEO of Credit Karma, a personal-finance company that was sold to Intuit for a whopping $8.1 billion in one of the biggest fintech deals of 2020. Lin says it took months to decide on the acquisition and it was the biggest decision of his career. After countless Starbucks conversations and dozens of "duds," the idea for Credit Karma hit. This decision wasn't made overnight and neither was the success of Credit Karma. There's no blueprint for the perfect CEOLike others who start to ascend in their careers, I spent much of my early years at Credit Karma feeling a bit like an imposter.

☆ 5 books to help you be smarter and more successful at work from Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Finding the time, or motivation, to read a 300-plus page book after an exhausting workday is no easy feat. "There is so much valuable knowledge you can learn from books and put into practice in your own life …. Many of the world's most successful business leaders, from Bill Gates to Warren Buffett, are proud bibliophiles, citing reading as an important habit for sparking creativity and broadening your understanding of the world. Gates said that Gallwey's insights "subtly affected" how he showed up to work throughout his career at Microsoft. This "is an outstanding book about CEOs who excelled at capital allocation," Buffett wrote in his 2012 letter to shareholders.

☆ Elon Musk's Tesla, the world's leading EV maker, is capping off 2022 as one of the S&P 500's worst-performing stocks.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But to Musk, prices have already started dropping, which eliminates the need for the Fed to keep rates so high. If it was all [interest] rates, NDX would be down a similar amount," Black tweeted at Musk. Ultimately, Tesla investors shouldn't feel alone in their pain amid downtrodden stock prices this year. How has your view of Tesla stock changed since October? Their managers told us how they overcame a brutal year for the stock market, and shared the stock picks that worked best.

☆ Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is officially divorced from her husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has finalized her divorce with her husband, Perry Greene. Her husband first filed for divorce in September, saying their marriage was "irretrievably broken." Perry Greene first filed for divorce in September, stating that the couples' marriage had been "irretrievably broken." Perry Greene told Insider in September the congresswoman was his "best friend for the last 29 years" and an "amazing mom." The far-right congresswoman was apparently absent from a House session held on Wednesday, the day before the divorce was finalized.

☆ Climate change will become a CEO dealbreaker
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( John Foley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

While StarMark Financial again delivered record earnings in 2022, my own views on climate change are no longer compatible with my duties as the CEO of a global financial firm. A Pew Research survey last year showed that respondents in nine countries including the United Kingdom, France and Spain ranked climate change as the most pressing of five threats to the country. While we believe that supporting measures that advance climate change mitigation creates value, it is clear that some large public-sector clients disagree. At the same time, some Democrat-led local governments have threatened to take business away from us if we take too mild a stance on climate risk. I believe we face the risk that climate change will prove catastrophic within our lifetimes.

☆ There's one big flaw in Elon Musk's argument that Tesla stock is falling because the Fed is raising interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk has argued that Tesla stock has been crushed this year because the Fed is raising interest rates. But Musk's argument has one big flaw, according to Tesla investor and Future Fund manager Gary Black. But according to Musk, Tesla's stock price decline can be attributed to the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes this year rather than his outside business activities. If it was all [interest] rates, NDX would be down a similar amount," Black tweeted at the billionaire on Tuesday. The Fed hiked interest rates by only 50 basis points at its December FOMC meeting, compared to its prior four interest rate hikes of 75 basis points.

☆ The man behind Trump World’s myth of rigged voting machines
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +32 min

He publicly announced his purchase of Montgomery’s data in August at a gathering in Missouri of hundreds of his followers. “I own it,” Lindell said of Montgomery’s data, touting it as irrefutable proof Trump was cheated. On Nov. 9, far-right podcaster Joe Oltmann linked Montgomery’s Hammer and Scorecard claims to a parallel conspiracy theory: that widely used voting machines manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems were rigged to flip votes from Trump to Biden. Powell amended her complaint a few days later and dropped the expert’s declaration and the references to Montgomery’s claims. But the government said in a recent court filing that the order has nothing to do with election data.

☆ A real-estate investor who owns 9 commercial properties explains how he retired at 32 after just 5 years of investing by branching into commercial properties over residential — and shares where he see
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Justin Sloan retired at 32 years old, just five years after he started investing in real estate. Sloan did this by branching out to commercial real estate, which he prefers over residential. Buying his first residential propertySloan began researching other investable assets such as franchises and municipal bonds, but found the idea of real estate investing especially appealing. "I was that naive to the idea that you could hire someone else to take care of your real estate." That same year, he stopped opening more cell phone stores, and instead directed all his revenue towards real estate investing.

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