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LDC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group focused on reshaping perceptions of U.S. Latinos through data and economic research. In 2020, Latino consumption was measured at $1.84 trillion. Three-quarters of the Latino population were concentrated in just 10 states in 2020: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Texas. According to the report, Latino growth staved off a decline in the population and labor force in three states — New Jersey, New York and Illinois — from 2010 to 2018. As a result, Latino real GDP contracted a small amount in 2020, by 0.8% compared to 4.4% for non-Latinos.

☆ For Some Figma Fans, Adobe Deal Triggers Fears Over Innovation, Pricing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

In many instances, users switched over to it from Adobe products for those reasons. The fear is “not necessarily that it’s going to get worse, it’s that it’s just not going to get better anymore,” Mr. McCarthy said. Since last week, the social media site has become a popular forum for Figma users to voice their worries. If Figma price points approached some of the existing price points for Adobe products, “our costs would go through the roof,” said Mr. McCarthy. Both Adobe and Figma said that the strong community element is part of what made Figma so valuable and attractive to Adobe and they hope it can remain.

☆ 3 entrepreneurs who’ve raised millions on their best work advice: ‘Careers are like spiderwebs’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Their reasons vary ― some leave as a result of low pay, for example, others as a result of a lack of career advancement. Millions are also finding themselves out of work for reasons outside of their control, like being temporarily or permanently laid off. If you're looking to advance your career, whatever stage you happen to be at, here are three pieces of career advice from entrepreneurs who've recently pivoted themselves. "Careers are like spiderwebs," she told CNBC Make It during PR company BAM's Media Matchmaking Day. 'Rising tide lifts all ships'For Amy Divaraniya, the advice is pretty classic: "A rising tide lifts all ships," she says.

☆ Netflix insiders reveal how the streamer uses data to drive creative decisions, with 'contentious' debates over renewals and reliance on a sometimes 'flawed science'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Discussions about renewing shows can be "contentious" between creative execs and data analysts. "When you want to buy a project, they will do an analysis and do a budget ballpark on it," one former Netflix exec told Insider. Compared to similar teams at traditional production companies and Hollywood studios and networks, Netflix's CS&A execs have more of a front-row seat in creative discussions, insiders said. At legacy studios, deciding whether or not to greenlight a show or acquire a film is "much more of a gut instinct," said a second former Netflix exec. That can be particularly useful when assessing whether to acquire certain IP, said a third former Netflix exec.

☆ Why an early investor in Blue Bottle Coffee and Sweetgreen says he's found the 'holey grail' in a Hawaii doughnut chain
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Founded by two siblings, Holey Grail sells doughnuts made-to-order with local ingredients. Since it opened, Holey Grail has attracted long lines of customers — and hungry startup investors. Holey Grail DonutsInvestors like True say they've sniffed out a multi-million dollar opportunity with Holey Grail, one that defies the norms of an industry that has focused on the more lucrative software market. With $9 million in funding from investors like Collaborative Fund and Lee Fixel, Holey Grail wants to change up the multibillion-dollar doughnut market. But Holey Grail isn't the only food chain to benefit from the cravings of tech's monied elite.

☆ How an entrepreneur started a doughnut chain in Hawaii and landed $9 million in VC funding from early investors in Sweetgreen and Blue Bottle
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Since it opened, Holey Grail has attracted long lines of customers — and hungry startup investors. Holey Grail DonutsInvestors like True say they've sniffed out a multi-million dollar opportunity with Holey Grail, one that defies the norms of an industry that has focused on the more lucrative software market. With $9 million in funding from investors like Collaborative Fund and Lee Fixel, Holey Grail wants to change up the multibillion-dollar doughnut market. Hole in oneAt first glance, Holey Grail is an unlikely bet for top technology investors. But Holey Grail isn't the only food chain to benefit from the cravings of tech's monied elite.

☆ How a network in Salt Lake City is bringing experts together to address climate change issues in Utah
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kazi Awal/InsiderSalt Lake City, Utah, is facing climate-related challenges like droughts and worsening air quality. The Utah Climate Action Network is bringing people together to seek solutions to these problems. To inspire climate-centric innovation, the organization helps facilitate the Utah Climate Action Network. The partnership was founded in 2016 between Salt Lake City, the University of Utah, the business community, faith organizations, and other groups, to foster a collaborative response to climate change. To spread the word about sustainability plans, Salt Lake City also partnered with Path to Positive Utah, Utah Clean Energy, and the Utah Climate Action Network on a training program to educate and empower climate leaders across sectors in the city.

☆ Adobe's product chief sees its $20 billion bet on Figma as a way to fast-track into virtual-whiteboarding tools, which he says will soon become as important as PowerPoint
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Adobe's $20 billion bid for Figma would bring one of its own biggest competitors on board. Adobe's $20 billion bid to buy the design-software company Figma shocked many in the design community, especially as IPOs and acquisitions have slowed amid the downturn. Since Dylan Field, the CEO of Figma, founded the company in 2012, it quickly became one of Adobe's biggest competitors. Belsky said that right now, there's no clear integration between Figma and Adobe's tools like Photoshop or Illustrator, but joining forces brings the opportunity to do that. Belsky said he sees whiteboard tools becoming as important as PowerPoint or other slide-presentation tools.

☆ Google Cloud plans to unfreeze hiring by October, leaked memo says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A leaked email shows the firm plans to unfreeze hiring by October, reversing a pause that was set in motion in July. A leaked memo shows Google Cloud plans to unfreeze hiring. In an email sent to staff and obtained by Insider, Brad Calder, Cloud's vice president of technical infrastructure, said leadership is aiming to unfreeze hiring by October. The news comes months after Google announced plans to pull back on hiring due to uncertain economic conditions (though the firm has been hiring for critical roles across certain teams). Calder also said Google Cloud must hone its priorities for 2023, and that there are "too many Code Yellows and Purples."

☆ Mark Cuban fires business partners and NBA players for the same reason: 'A team can have 1 knucklehead, you can't have 2'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In boardrooms and on basketball courts, billionaire Mark Cuban says he's noticed one factor that consistently leads to success: team culture. He said he's fired business partners and traded basketball players because of their personalities — especially when the team has multiple self-centered or combative members. When he's hiring, Cuban specifically looks for people who can help make the workplace a better experience for others. "[They] may not have had the experience on the business side that we otherwise would have gone for," Cuban said. In basketball, Cuban said he doesn't necessarily screen new players for narcissism, but he has traded players to spark motivation within the team.

☆ Adobe, Figma Deal Signals New Era in Collaboration, Productivity
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Steven Rosenbush | Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

The purchase of Figma, whose tools are used by designers and developers, is Adobe’s largest-ever acquisition and extends its reach into new areas. The rising popularity of social networks helped fuel interest in an earlier wave of collaboration technology companies, including Jive Software and workplace chat company Yammer, later acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2012 for $1.2 billion. Startups that employ concepts of collaboration, including digital work-space company Notion, document company Coda and app platform Airtable, took off among software, design and product teams. Adobe is best-known by consumers for software programs—including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat—used for graphic design, video editing and more. The fact that Adobe was willing to pay so much for Figma reflects that belief that its software was fundamentally different, according to Mr. Saper.

☆ CIOs at Logistics Companies Call in the Robots
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Chief information officers at logistics companies like DHL Supply Chain North America and GXO Logistics Inc. are increasing investments in robots designed to move inventory around warehouses, but not all robots are up to the task yet, they say. GXO Logistics said it expects to be using more than 5,800 robots globally by the end of this year, up from 3,800 last year, while Kenco Logistics Services LLC plans to leverage roughly 120, up from 30 last year. Warehouse robots from Locus Robotics at a DHL Supply Chain facility. Photo: DHL Supply ChainAmid the robotics ramp-up, CIOs admit that the technology is not always more efficient than human workers or more cost effective. While warehouse robotic technology is mature in some areas, such as transporting goods from point A to point B, it is less mature in terms of picking up and placing down goods, tech leaders say.

☆ 2 Gibson Dunn partners outlines the traits they look for and the questions they ask in recruiting summer associates
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Peter Coutu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Gibson Dunn is one of the nation's most prestigious law firms. Gibson Dunn is ranked 12th in The American Lawyer's list of top law firms by revenue, pulling in $2.16 billion in revenue last year. Show that you're collaborativeJura said Gibson Dunn prides itself on being a great place to work, with a communal and supportive environment for all staffers. Ask questions about the firmJura said that students should not be afraid to ask questions about the firm. Asking questions can help candidates show a genuine interest in Gibson Dunn specifically.

☆ Housing might be struggling in China but there are green shoots in commercial property
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Su-Lin Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Commercial property is a bright spot in Chinese real estate, in contrast with the doom and gloom of the residential housing market. Likewise, property group CIFI Holdings posted a 23% year-on-year drop in home sales in China for the first half, but reported a 69.5% lift in its property investment revenue. While some investors sold assets to stay liquid, Spiro said the commercial sector generally has more supportive government and fiscal policies. All in all, the Chinese commercial property sector's resilience lies in its ability to rebound faster than its residential counterpart. Down but not outBut unlike housing, the commercial sector is rebounding particularly after lockdowns ended and government incentives kicked in, CBRE said.

☆ How bosses can keep staff happy, according to a CEO with 99% Glassdoor approval
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Charlie Metcalfe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tom Bureau has been the CEO of the publisher Immediate Media for more than 10 years. He shares his five tips for hiring and retaining happy, motivated staff. Tom Bureau, who's been Immediate's CEO since the company was formed in November 2011, has a 99% approval rating based on 115 voluntary, anonymous employee reviews on the site. Bureau shared with his Insider his top five tips for keeping staff happy. He continued: "If you are going to work, it better work for you, and it better be fun.

☆ Inside the little-known team of engineering execs Google Cloud uses as its secret weapon to solve customers' toughest tech challenges
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Google Cloud's Office of the CTO is a group of former tech execs with engineering experience. Nestled inside Google's burgeoning cloud business is a small group of engineering pros who work on some of the tech giant's most ambitious projects. Finance is another sector target for Google Cloud, which is benefitting from the cloud revolution taking over Wall Street. While the group sits within the cloud business, OCTO can leverage all of Google's resources from research and development to engineering, Rowe said. Through OCTO, Google Cloud is able to keep a pulse on what its customers are thinking about and what they care about.

☆ Inflation and hybrid work 'skyrocketed' demand for flexible workspace, WeWork says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Global inflationary pressures are pushing companies to be "more nimble" with their corporate real estate portfolios, according to WeWork. "That ... has put the need for companies to look at flexibility in managing and thinking about their workspace," said Samit Chopra, the coworking company's international president and COO. "Which is of course, guided by a revolution in the entire work culture and the hybrid work phenomenon that has taken place over the last few months." Speaking to CNBC's "Street Signs Asia" on Tuesday, Chopra said that as companies try to bring at-home employees back into the workspace, they are focused on building engagement and a "collaborative culture." "What that has done … is it has skyrocketed the demand for flexible workspace for us across the world.

☆ I'm a VP at Google who's been with the company for 16 years. Here's what I look for in job candidates and the best way to stand out in an interview.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-24 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Sissie Hsiao is the general manager and vice president of Google Assistant. Since I began leading the Google Assistant team over a year ago, I've been inspired yet again by the power of our technology. Google Assistant was launched six years ago, and it's still very nascent and constantly adapting to make people's lives easier. So when I interview candidates, I want to know if they've used the product. As you answer the tough questions, think about how people all over the world would benefit from product innovation.

☆ These startups are beating Elon Musk in the race to let you mind meld with your computer
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-17 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

That's when I started reporting on them, and like any good nerd I was compelled by what scientists could learn with these "brain computer interfaces." The race for implantable brain chips has been a long, deliberate marathon. Graham Felstead, who has severe paralysis, was the first person to have a BCI inserted via the blood vessels. Brain chips will enable them to perform simple actions on their own and reduce the need for round-the-clock care. "When we started in 2015 and I was pitching venture capitalists on brain computer interfaces, no one knew what a brain computer interface was," says Matt Angle, the CEO of Paradromics.

☆ Stay flexible: 6 tips to keep your job or improve it in a recession when you're worried about layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-26 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That doesn't mean you should stay put in a stable job if you're miserable, careers experts say. Economists are predicting a recession that will accelerate unemployment in the US, and workers are worried their jobs are on the line. Some 78% of US workers are anxious about job security if the US enters a recession, a recent survey from Insight Global found. Although it may be tempting to quit your current job if you're unhappy, the effects of "unemployment depression" may be worse. Be flexible about your demandsHaving a degree of flexibility during a recession can't hurt your job hunt.

☆ 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.

☆ I made $1.4 million in revenue selling Canva templates. Here's how I scaled my business in less than 3 years.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-15 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here's how she started selling Canva templates for viral content, as told to Kimanzi Constable. I decided to presell my Canva templates to ensure it was a viable product. Before creating any templates, I asked my followers whether they'd buy a pack of 100 templates to help them create viral business content. I created the first iteration of the Viral Content Templates alongside Jamie. Since the templates launched in December 2019, my template business has brought in $1.4 million in revenue and continues to grow.

☆ Meet 16 top reverse-logistics leaders tackling retail's $761 billion e-commerce returns problem
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-15 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Becca Meinz, the vice president of end-to-end supply chain at Best BuyBecca Meinz is the vice president of the end-to-end supply chain for Best Buy. Steve Lewis, the senior vice president of commercial strategy at GXOSteve Lewis is the senior vice president for commercial strategy at GXO. Kraig Foreman, the president of e-commerce at DHL Supply Chain North AmericaKraig Foreman is the president of e-commerce at DHL Supply Chain North America. Eduardo Vilar, the senior vice president of merchant solutions at AffirmEduardo Vilar is the senior vice president of merchant solutions at Affirm. Glen Sutton, the executive vice president at Ceva LogisticsGlen Sutton is an the executive vice president at Ceva Logistics.

☆ Balancing being a manager and a mom almost killed me. I couldn't leave my job, so I changed how I approached work.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-16 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

It wasn't an option for me to leave my job — I was fully committed to my team and the clients we served. My work suddenly stopped sneaking up on me, and I was in control. My team was always willing to help out, but I delegated tasks that fit their work personalities. For instance, I had one team member who loved administrative tasks and I would assign that type of work to her. After my doctor told me she was concerned I would have an immediate cardiac event, I took time off from work.

☆ Want to be a sustainability leader? Get away from the screen and go see it in action
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-31 | by ( Eunice Heath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Author Eunice Heath, global corporate director of sustainability at Dow, is on the advisory council for the series. That's why I encourage any business leader focused on impact to step away from the screen and see sustainability in action. Eunice Heath, global corporate director of sustainability at Dow Dow; Edited by Kazi Awal/InsiderIt's one thing to see the photos on a screen, but it was another thing to see mother nature's sheer power up close. Support economic advancements in communitiesI've always believed that people are the key to our success in building a more sustainable world. Eunice Heath is the global corporate director of sustainability at Dow.

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