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☆ Founder Finances: A comprehensive guide to creating a budget for your business
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

This series, "Founder Finances," shares tips on how to allocate money, stabilize your team, and prepare for growth, according to founders who've done it. Read more: Founder Finances: A baker shares the $15K budget she's using to relaunch her business after stepping away to fight cancer. Read more: Founder Finances: How a 30-year-old entrepreneur uses a $2,000 monthly social-media marketing budget to build a thriving side hustle selling loungewear. Read more: Founder Finances: Etsy seller shares the $3,700 monthly budget preparing her business for its busiest quarterCreating company culture in the officeBranden Sewell, the founder of Seal Pro Painting. If you're interested in contributing to Insider's Founder Finances series, please contact Alex York at ayork@insider.com.

The Wyndham Rewards® Earner Business Card is one of three Barclays-issued Wyndham Rewards cards, and it's by far the most lucrative. The Wyndham Rewards® Earner Business Card is a small-business credit card, so you shouldn't apply unless you have a small business. Keep in mind when you have the Wyndham Rewards® Earner Business Card (or any other Wyndham card), you'll receive a 10% discount on go free awards. Automatic top-tier elite statusWyndham Rewards® Earner Business Card cardholders receive Diamond status with Wyndham, which is the chain's highest elite tier. For those who stay with Wyndham and like collecting and using Wyndham points, the Wyndham Rewards® Earner Business Card is definitely worth it.

You can earn Marriott points from paid stays, co-branded credit cards, or flexible points transfers. How to earn Marriott pointsEarn points from Marriott Bonvoy hotel staysThere are plenty of different ways to earn Marriott points, but let's start with the most simple one: earning points on hotel stays. Earn 6 Marriott Bonvoy points for each dollar of eligible purchases at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy™ program. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 85,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy®. Awards can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points) at hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy®.

☆ A 25-year-old entrepreneur shares the most important investments to create a professional and personal brand
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-21 | by ( Alexandra York | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She says social media, marketing, and personal branding are the most important investments. For her personal brand, she spends about $350 each month on a branding coach who helps her decide what message she wants to project through her work. Both a personal and professional brand are important for growthCurtis presenting at a TEDx event. courtesy of CurtisSince merging companies, "it's becoming less of a personal brand," Curtis said. The most important tactic to creating a sustainable brand online is providing value to viewers, she said.

☆ A Yale professor's new book sheds light on a seemingly obvious way to negotiate
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-13 | by ( Jonathan A. Knee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Barry Nalebuff's lively and elegant new book, "Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate," feels particularly timely. This makes the publication of Barry Nalebuff's lively and elegant new book, "Split the Pie: A Radical New Way to Negotiate," particularly timely. Despite the provocative subtitle, Nalebuff's approach is neither radical nor new. This is the real value of Nalebuff's approach. "Split the Pie" makes a similar point when it highlights that "reputational concerns reinforce the incentive to split the pie."

☆ A former executive assistant to Jeff Bezos, Marissa Mayer, and Eric Schmidt shares her career tips from working with Amazon and Google's top talent
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-19 | by ( Stephen Jones | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ann Hiatt worked as Jeff Bezos's executive assistant and as chief of staff at Google for Eric Schmidt. Hiatt tells readers to find managers who they admire and who have an aspirational career path. That's the advice of Ann Hiatt, who worked as an executive assistant to Jeff Bezos and Marissa Mayer, and as chief of staff to Eric Schmidt. Amazon founder Bezos hired Hiatt in 2002 and they worked together until 2005, when she left to study for a PhD. Hiatt wrote in her book: "My next career steps have always been inspired by asking myself the key question of 'What do I want to learn in the next phase of my career?'"

☆ Side hustle and 'polywork' culture is really just a desperate reflection of a low-paying job market
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-14 | by ( Stephen Moore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The pandemic has seen a rise in "polywork" — people working multiple jobs or side hustles. One aspect of this future is a rise in people holding multiple jobs. Still, the buzz around polyworking fails to consider that many are not pursuing multiple work opportunities voluntarily. For many, working multiple jobs is a necessity. We have to be aware that it's one thing to want to work multiple jobs — it's another to feel like you have to work them.

☆ The American middle class used to signify economic security. That's now quickly becoming a luxury only the wealthiest can afford.
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-25 | by ( Paul Constant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While a majority of Americans consider themselves middle class, he says far fewer actually are. Those numbers are disastrous for the American middle class. When most noneconomists talk about the middle class, we don't mean the strict middle third of American household wealth. A 2015 Pew report found that while 89% of all Americans self-identify as members of the middle class, just 50% of Americans actually met the broadest economic definition of middle class. Throughout the 20th century, a secure and growing middle class was the source of America's prosperity.

☆ 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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☆ Meet Afghanistan's fearless Gen Z influencers, who are blowing up on TikTok and have more Instagram followers than the president
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-05 | by ( Ali Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

A group of women in Afghanistan are breaking through as Gen Z influencers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. More Afghans are online, and dozens of Afghan women have 50,000 or more followers on at least one social platform. A generation of Afghan women in their 20s have mastered the art of living their lives on social media. The 26-year-old posts several times a day, and she has more followers on Instagram than the country's president, Ashraf Ghani. Ayeda Shadab photographed at the ancient Citadel in Herat, Afghanistan.

☆ We asked CEOs from 24 companies like HP and Prudential about their actions plans for addressing equality and racism. Here are the 5 main takeaways.
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-13 | by ( Jennifer Eum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After releasing heartfelt statements recognizing systemic racism in the US and pledging to fix it, corporate America's response is taking shape. Social media platform TikTok, for example, is using an internal diversity task force to solicit insight from outside organizations and experts. Many organizations making donations to organizations like historically black colleges or investing in causes to advance social justice. Blue Apron, the meal-kit service, will give a day off to employees for election day, November 3. The quick responses from these CEOs indicate that deeper conversations on diversity, equality, and inclusion have taken shape at the top-most levels of large companies.

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But we don't need research to prove that the post-COVID-19 celebrities will all look a little bit like Leslie Jordan. Jordan is one of the true stars of the lockdown, amassing more than 3.8 million Instagram followers in a little over a month. Our dear Leslie might be complaining a bit, but he's still trying to make the most of what he has. Jordan just got on Instagram about a year ago at the urging of the PR team for the one-season FX sitcom "The Cool Kids." They signed him up with an Instagram account, and he started recording videos from his home in West Hollywood, California.

☆ American Express Blue Business Plus credit card review
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-25 | by ( Darren Murph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Digging into the Amex Blue Business PlusWhile every business is different, it’s fairly safe to assume that every small business owner is busy. Disadvantages of the Amex Blue Business PlusThe Blue Business Plus is aimed at owners of small and medium-sized businesses. KEY DETAILS Citi Double Cash Card American Express Blue Business Plus Card type Mastercard American Express Sign-up bonus None. Other credit cards similar to the Amex Blue Business PlusThe Blue Business Plus is, in many ways, in a league of its own within the no-annual-fee camp. Learn more about the Blue Business Plus Credit Card from American Express.

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☆ Bucket-list travel experiences like Singapore Airlines' first-class suite cost thousands of dollars, but they're much more attainable if you earn credit card points
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-20 | by ( Elizabeth Aldrich | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Some of the world's best first-class flights cost well over $10,000 but you can often get them for under 100,000 miles. A good travel credit card will help you accumulate these miles faster. See Business Insider's list of the best travel rewards credit cards »Get the latest tips you need to manage your money — delivered to you biweekly. Aspirational, bucket-list travel is one of the best uses of travel points and airline miles, in my opinion. You can transfer Amex points, Chase points, Citi points, and Marriott points to Singapore Airlines' KrisFlyer program, so you have lots of options for earning the requisitive rewards.

☆ Gwyneth Paltrow's seasonal gift guide includes solid gold rolling papers and an entire Spanish village
▼ + stars: | 2018-11-19 | by ( Sara Hendricks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gwyneth Paltrow's website and lifestyle brand, goop, has become well known for having slightly outlandish items on its yearly gift guides. This year, one of the items on its "Ridiculous but Awesome" roundup is an entire village in Spain. The guide also includes an Hermès surfboard, 24-karat gold rolling papers, and a zero-emissions yacht. One of the most expensive gifts is an entire rural village near Lugo, SpainThe village costs $172,910. The Hermes surfboard sells for $7,700.

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