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☆ I was promised a part in the 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' remake — instead I left LA jobless and in debt
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Rufus Burns played the role of Jazz in the viral short film 'Bel-Air,' based on the sitcom, 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' When the television version of the short film was picked up by NBC, Burns believed he'd reprise the role. Rufus Burns played Jazz in the viral "Bel-Air" short film. We moved out to LA to start pre-production on 'Bel-Air,' and I worked for freeAs we started to get closer to pre-production for "Bel-Air," Cooper said I should move out to LA. Were you involved in the "Bel-Air" short film?

☆ Ex-Sheetz worker said she quit her job over the chain's 'smile policy' that bans 'obvious missing, broken or badly discolored teeth'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A former Sheetz employee said she quit over the chain's "smile policy." One employee said a manager referenced the 'smile policy' during a promotion discussionSome Sheetz employees refer to the chain's rule about teeth as the "smile policy." Managers have in some cases hired workers who technically violated the rule, however, workers told Insider. It covers half the cost of more complicated procedures, such as crowns, inlays, and denture repair, Sheetz told Insider. The same year, the company also increased its annual college tuition reimbursement amount to $5,250, up from $1,500, Sheetz told Insider.

☆ My 7-month-old baby has had COVID, flu, and RSV. I'm angry, but I also know I did my best.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Samantha Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I'm a mom of four kids.The youngest is 7 months oldHe spent his early weeks behind two baby gates, away from his siblings. RSV at 3 months, flu at 5 months, and COVID at 6 months. Our son, Fox, was exposed to COVID the day he was born. Fox spent a lot of time safely stowed in the bassinet behind two baby gates — a place where both he and the dog felt protected. I know I did my best to keep him healthyFox spiked his first fever with the flu.

☆ Hoping to beat the tourist crowd on your trip to Japan? That ship has sailed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Abigail Ng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

I thought I managed to beat the tourist crowds on my recent trip to Japan. Visitors gather on a terrace near the Kiyomizu-dera to watch the sunset and autumn leaves in Kyoto, Japan. In the months before those rules were lifted on Oct. 11, there were fewer traffic jams and queues, said Aw. Tokudaw's Aw said bookings with her company remain strong for the year-end period, at around 85% of pre-Covid levels. Travel, however, told CNBC Travel that its customers from Singapore have made bookings all the way through to April.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly said it was a mistake to pick a fight with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao: 'not a good strategic move on my part"
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The relationship between Bankman-Fried and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao soured when Bankman-Fried pushed for crypto regulation. "It was not a good strategic move on my part," Bankman-Fried told the New York Times in an interview. The former FTX CEO said criticizing Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, known as "CZ," "was not a good strategic move on my part," in an interview with the New York Times on Sunday. The New York Times reported that Bankman-Fried used his growing influence in Washington to criticize Zhao in private meetings. "I shouldn't throw stones in a glass house, so I'll hold back a bit," Bankman-Fried told employees, according to The Times.

☆ 'I should've listened. There's no excuse': Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland apologizes in first TV interview since prison release
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland sat down with GMA on Friday in his first TV interview since leaving prison. In the interview, McFarland expressed remorse and admitted to lying to investors to save his company. McFarland was released from prison in March and says he plans to venture into the tech industry next. In his appearance on GMA, McFarland expressed remorse for his infamous Fyre Festival scheme. When asked by GMA's Michael Strahan why he didn't pull the plug on the festival before, McFarland said there was "no excuse."

☆ I almost quit a great job because I started to resent it. Here are 4 things I should've done sooner to feel less frustrated at work.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

At the time, I wrote about self improvement, especially as it related to work and careers. I wrote about my experience adopting the daily routines of successful and powerful people like Tim Ferris and Donald Trump. Nothing ended up panning out — fortunately, because it was around that time that things changed for me at work. My editor wrote back almost immediately: She'd take these comments into account when generating assignments. Adapted with permission from the book Don't Call It Quits: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love by Shana Lebowitz Gaynor.

☆ My startup failed after I invested 6-figures and 2 years of my life. Here are 5 things I should've done differently
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jenna Gyimesi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

10 years after Greenberg's first startup failed, she reflects on 5 things she wishes she knew before becoming an entrepreneur. I got into investment banking hoping to gain the experience and money needed to launch my own startup. The idea wasn't bad, the business model wasn't bad, the execution... was questionableI funded the project with my own savings. Be careful when outsourcingI was no coding expert so I hired an outsourced tech team to build the app. So if you build in the features you need and know how to access them, you won't need to rely on outsourced tech team members.

☆ I was fired from Google. Here's what I should've done sooner, even though it turned out to be good for my career and mental health.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Grigory Yakushev | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Grigory Yakushev was fired from Google six years ago after a steep drop in productivity. I was fired from Google in April 2015, after nearly five years of working in the office in Zurich, Switzerland. I figured that if Google wasn't happy with my performance, it could feel free to fire me, but I wasn't going to jump myself. After a week on the PIP, it was quite obvious to me that I wasn't going to be successful. It's been nine years since I was fired from Google, and I can say it was definitely a fortunate event in my life.

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