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☆ How Mark Vlaskamp built his Texas laundry-delivery business and made $2.4 million in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mark Vlaskamp started a laundry-delivery business in 2017 in hopes of cashing in on a model that was gaining popularity. The Folde's original concept was to pick up and deliver customers' laundry to local laundromats. But Vlaskamp and his cofounders, Jordan Suydam, Myles Bragman, and Aaron Bowen, soon realized their business model had limitations. Here's how Vlaskamp built his laundry business and his advice for other entrepreneurs interested in starting one. "I've never stopped scrolling Instagram to look at a plumbing company," Vlaskamp said.

Austin later condemned North Korea’s “irresponsible and reckless activities” during a joint press conference with Lee. The South Korean government source said officials suspect it was a Hwasong-17, North Korea’s most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that was first successfully tested on March 24. That launch set a new standard for Pyongyang, recording the highest altitude and longest duration of any North Korean missile ever tested. North Korea followed the presumed ICBM test Thursday with two short-range ballistic missile launches, according to South Korea and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to the media in Tokyo following North Korea's weapons tests.

☆ Alonso and Alpine condemn abuse of F1 steward
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Fernando Alonso and his Alpine Formula One team have condemned online abuse of race steward Silvia Bellot after Spain's double world champion was penalised at the U.S. Grand Prix and then reinstated. Bellot, also Spanish and the only female steward at the race in Austin, is carrying out the role again in Mexico City this weekend. Alonso, who finished seventh in Austin last Sunday but was demoted to 15th after a Haas protest and then restored to the position after a further review in Mexico on Thursday, posted on Instagram. "I strongly condemn the recent online abuse which has been directed at FIA race steward Silvia Bellot," he wrote. Alonso had his U.S. Grand Prix points reinstated after stewards found race control gave rivals Haas the wrong advice about a deadline for making a protest.

☆ China’s ‘Lipstick King’ returns to live-streaming show after mysterious three-month disappearance
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

On Tuesday night, Li Jiaqi reappeared on Alibaba’s Taobao Live, a live-streaming platform for the e-commerce giant. By the end of the two-hour show, 63 million viewers had watched his live-stream, higher than most of his previous shows. The 30-year-old livestreamer, also called Austin Li, was one of China’s biggest internet celebrities, with 64 million followers on Alibaba’s Taobao. Just before the abrupt ending, Li had shown his audience a multi-layered ice cream treat decorated with Oreos and wafers. In June, just two weeks after Li disappeared, Beijing intensified its crackdown on the the country’s booming livestreaming industry.

☆ China's 'Lipstick King' returns to live-streaming show after mysterious three-month disappearance
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Laura He | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

On Tuesday night, Li Jiaqi reappeared on Alibaba's Taobao Live, a live-streaming platform for the e-commerce giant. His show immediately attracted thousands of viewers within the first few minutes, despite no prior notices on his social media accounts. The 30-year-old livestreamer, also called Austin Li, was one of China's biggest internet celebrities, with 64 million followers on Alibaba's Taobao. He once sold 15,000 lipsticks within five minutes in a sales competition against Alibaba founder Jack Ma, winning himself the nickname "China's lipstick king." E-commerce livestreamer Austin Li Jiaqi attends a public-welfare livestreaming ceremony on September 23, 2021 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.

☆ China's top livestreamer resurfaces 3 months after his show was cut short as he was showing off a military tank-shaped cake on the eve of the Tiananmen massacre
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

China's top influencer Li Jiaqi's livestream was cut short after he showed off a tank-shaped cake. The incident took place on June 3, a day before the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre. He was referring to Alibaba's ecommerce platform and the Chinese version of TikTok, respectively. The ecommerce giant has already lost another top livestreamer, Viya, whose accounts went offline after a tax evasion scandal last year. Viya, who was known for hosting a popular shopping stream on the e-commerce platform Taobao, is still missing in action.

☆ China's livestreaming sales king returns to screens after long absence
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Florence Lo/IllustrationBEIJING, Sept 20 (Reuters) - China's top livestreaming sales influencer Li Jiaqi reappeared on screens on Tuesday, ending an over three-month-long absence that began after he was cut off abruptly, mid-show, on the eve of the anniversary of the country's Tiananmen Square crackdown. Li's reappearance on his livestreaming channel on Tuesday evening for roughly two hours occurred with little advance notice, with the news spreading by word of mouth. In the first hour, Taobao users paid nearly 30 million visits to his channel. He gave no explanation for his absence and his studio did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. Analysts say their disappearance from screens have hurt online sales.

☆ New York City sues Starbucks on claims the company illegally fired a Queens barista for union organizing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York City is suing Starbucks for allegedly firing an employee and union organizer in Queens. "Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing," the fired employee said in a statement. In a statement, Locke urged Starbucks to "rehire all illegally fired workers and put an end to their illegal union-busting campaign." "It's been a year since the campaign with Starbucks Workers United began at a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY," Locke said. Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing."

Shivon Zilis was pictured for the first time alongside Elon Musk and their twins on Wednesday. Musk quietly fathered twins with Zilis, a director at Neuralink, in 2021. She has a high-level role at NeuralinkIn 2017, Zilis joined Neuralink, the futuristic brain microchip company also co-founded by Musk. Tesla's new Gigafactory is located near Austin, and court documents obtained by Insider show list Musk and Zilis as residents of that address. Zilis and Musk's twins were born in November, a few weeks before Musk and the musician Grimes had their second child via surrogate.

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