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☆ Elephant seals amaze scientists with their ability to sleep 1,200 feet deep under the ocean to avoid predators
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elephant seals drift downwards in a "sleep spiral" when deep diving in the ocean, a new study found. Sleeping while deep diving allows the seals to avoid predators, scientists believe. The seals fall into sleep during deep dives of up to 377 meters, which is around 1,235 feet, to avoid predators. "This is not light sleep but real paralytic, deep sleep that would have humans snoring. The recordings showed the diving seals going into a sleep stage known as "slow-wave sleep" before transitioning into REM sleep, which leads to a kind of "sleep spiral" or sleep paralysis, experts found.

☆ King Charles draws on mother's inspiration for his first Commonwealth Day as head
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - King Charles drew on his mother's inspiration on Monday as he celebrated his first Commonwealth Day as symbolic head of the grouping with a service at London's Westminster Abbey, joined by other senior members of the British royal family. "The Commonwealth has been a constant in my own life, and yet its diversity continues to amaze and inspire me." The 74-year-old king was joined for the service by his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, and his eldest son Prince William and his wife Kate. [1/5] Britain's King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort, meets with choristers following the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain. "Her late majesty loved the Commonwealth, and the Commonwealth loved her," said Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland.

☆ Suppliers for Spring say the creator merch startup has owed them money for months and they're in the dark on how to get paid
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Product vendors hired by Spring say the creator merch company owes them money. "There's two types of acquisitions," Michael Curtiss, partner and M&A advisory lead at WilliamsMarston, told Insider. "I think this will send a couple of suppliers broke," the second vendor added. By June 2022, the second vendor said they had noticed their business was not getting paid on time. "I just can't stand what they did," said one person who worked closely with Spring vendors.

☆ Galaxies spotted by Webb telescope rewrite understanding of early universe
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

These galaxies, one of which appears to have a mass rivaling our Milky Way but 30 times more densely packed, seem to differ in fundamental ways from those populating the universe today. "The leading theory is that an ocean of dark matter filled the early universe after the Big Bang," Labbe said. "This dark matter - we don't know what it is actually is - started out really smooth, with only the tiniest of ripples. These ripples grew over time due to gravity and eventually the dark matter started to collect in concentrated clumps, dragging hydrogen gas along for the ride. "Their explosion set off the chain of events that formed subsequent generations of stars," Labbe said.

☆ Creator merch company Spring has laid off staffers and closed its Kentucky production facility
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Spring recently laid off staffers and closed its Kentucky production facility. Software company Amaze announced in November that it had acquired the merch company, formerly known as Teespring. Around late October, Spring assured staff that the merger with Amaze wouldn't result in warehouse staffers losing their jobs, two former staffers said. At the beginning of December, the warehouse staffers lost their benefits, two former staffers said. At the time, several former staffers were already speculating that Spring would make an attempt to sell the Kentucky facility.

☆ Companies Are Inventing Silly, Cute Executive Titles but It's a Trick
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Drew Limsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Chief amazement officers, chief heart officers, and chief empathy officers are popping up across companies. They also found that titles like chief people officer and chief happiness officer were gaining in use. If you thought home's where the heart is, think again, because the workplace now has a chief heart officer. Sometimes the chief heart officer exists in addition to the head of human resources, a role that is increasingly called, more humanistically, the chief people officer. Claude Silver, the chief heart officer at VaynerMedia and self-proclaimed "first chief heart officer," told Forbes in 2017 that she was "here to be of service" to her staff.

☆ Creator economy experts say 2023 will be a buyer's market for M&A. Here are 5 themes to watch, from tech buyers like Shopify to startup consolidation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Marta Biino | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"As a result, institutional acquirers, like PE firms who still have dry powder to spend, will start snatching up mid-to-large sized creator startups at much more advantageous prices." Insider spoke with creator-economy and market experts about what deals and the broader M&A landscape in 2023 may look like. "They're going to see that the creator economy exists as a direct failure of them to support creators," Gestetner said. "But if an opportunity arises for us to significantly enhance our capabilities to make us a better business powering the creator economy, we'll consider it." Startups can expect consolidation in saturated marketsThe crowded niches within the creator economy startup sphere could also face a wave of consolidation.

☆ It's just the beginning of M&A in the creator economy. Industry experts predict 2023's top trends, and the buyers and sellers to watch.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Marta Biino | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"As a result, institutional acquirers, like PE firms who still have dry powder to spend, will start snatching up mid-to-large sized creator startups at much more advantageous prices." "They're going to see that the creator economy exists as a direct failure of them to support creators," Gestetner said. "But if an opportunity arises for us to significantly enhance our capabilities to make us a better business powering the creator economy, we'll consider it." Startups can expect consolidation in saturated marketsThe crowded niches within the creator economy startup sphere could also face a wave of consolidation. In the creator economy, companies bet on the fact that YouTube advertising revenue on the videos will increase as the audiences of creators grow and they gain more views.

☆ Tulsi Gabbard's one-time Democratic colleagues are both perplexed and unsurprised by her far-right pivot: 'An Elise Stefanik kind of turn'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard left the Democratic Party before campaign with far-right Republicans. "Nope," Sanders said when Insider asked if he'd like to talk about former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, an early supporter of his 2016 presidential campaign. "I'm not surprised," said Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia, another former Armed Services Committee colleague of Gabbard's. Hawaii's two Democratic senators — Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz — both declined to speculate about what may be driving Gabbard's political movement, despite serving with her in the Hawaii delegation. "I think she's home," Hirono said repeatedly when asked what she thought had happened, referring to Gabbard's political home.

☆ Cramer talks about some hot industrial stocks, and how we're playing Wall Street's pivot from tech
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has done so much better than the average semiconductor company, or even the above-average enterprise software company that it's insane that we even focus on some of the latter. The 600 companies formed in the last two years rent too much of your brain space even in passing. What enterprise software company can say that? As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

☆ Software company Amaze has acquired Spring, the creator economy merch startup formerly called Teespring
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Amanda Perelli | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Creator merch startup Spring, formerly Teespring, was acquired by software company Amaze. This announcement follows Spring's recent struggles rebranding as a creator economy company. Merchandise startup Spring, formally Teespring, was recently acquired by software company Amaze, the company confirmed to Insider. Spring was one of at least 20 creator startups that experienced cuts this year. Lamontagne will join Amaze as president and lead Amaze's creator community and commerce group, while Jansen will take over as chief business officer, according to Amaze.

☆ A former Microsoft VP shares 4 ways to win over senior executives and nail a high-stakes presentation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Chris Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Chris Williams is a former VP of HR at Microsoft and a podcaster, consultant, and TikTok creator. Whether it's a formal presentation, a simple meeting, or even a casual encounter, it can be overwhelming. In my presentation, I stated a clear case: "We had become dependent on a constant rise in stock prices as a means of compensation. One long-time board member asked me, "To be clear, you're changing the entire compensation package for every employee in the company?" In my compensation presentation, I had vastly overestimated the need for explanation.

☆ Blake Shelton announces he's leaving ‘The Voice’ after 23rd season
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Ariana Brockington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Blake Shelton surprised fans of “The Voice” by announcing that he will be leaving the singing competition show after its upcoming 23rd season. It wouldn’t happen without you!”“The Voice” is currently airing its 22nd season with Camila Cabello, John Legend, Stefani and Shelton as coaches. For the spring season, Shelton will reunite with Kelly Clarkson, who became a coach in Season 14 and won the most recent season with trio Girl Named Tom in December 2021. “I’m excited to be joining this season of ‘The Voice’ as a coach,” Horan said in a statement. Since Season One, Shelton has delighted viewers with his constant jokes and dedication to his team members.

☆ I tried the popular weight-loss app backed by Tony Xu and Scooter Braun. Keeping the weight off was harder than expected.
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-25 | by ( Lisa Rabasca Roepe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Noom is a weight-loss app that uses a psychology-based approach to change your eating habits. One writer tried Noom for eight months to shed some pounds and prevent pandemic weight gain. In my latest attempt to lose weight, I turned to the Noom app. Lisa Rabasca RoepeI imagine that this is a powerful exercise for someone who has more than 10 pounds to lose. In fact, I've noticed that the people who have the most weight to lose have the most success with Noom.

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