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☆ When he's not starring on Love is Blind, Berkeley Haas' Sikiru 'SK' Alagbada likes to invest in startups. Here's what he looks for.
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
"Love Is Blind" contestant Sikiru "SK" Alagbada got into UC Berkeley's MBA program in 2021. Alagbada worked as a data engineer and is now the co-chair of LAUNCH, the UC startup accelerator. "It's almost like a mini-YC," he said, referring to the famous Silicon Valley startup accelerator, Y Combinator. He looks for startups that have a clear "founder-market fit," whether it's in terms of technical expertise or a strong network, Alagbada told Insider. When it comes to his personal investing, Alagbada prioritizes startups based in Africa.
☆ 8 easy side hustles you can do from your computer
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Christopher Massimine | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The past few years have seen a rise in side hustles as people look to pad their incomes. You can also start a blog and sell products through it. They can also design and sell their graphics as prints or products on platforms like Etsy. Affiliate marketingAffiliate marketing is a great side hustle because it can be done anywhere in the world. There are many ways to promote products through affiliate marketing, including social-media posts, review videos, and blog articles.
☆ Golfer Becky Brewerton's mental health journey back to the top
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Alex Thomas Jack Bantock | Alex Thomas | Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
Formerly a prodigious amateur, for eight years Brewerton had traveled the world competing at the summit of women’s professional golf. Regular top-10 finishes became fleeting, then non-existent, and as Brewerton’s ranking tumbled, so too did her income. Despite her struggles in the game, Brewerton never fell out of love with golf. Looking back, Brewerton believes she was often guilty of over-training, at the expense of working on the mental side of her game. Comfortably inside the top-20 ranked players on the LET, Brewerton is enjoying her best season in a decade, with three top-10 finishes highlighting a flurry of top-25 outings.
☆ From 'Bones and All' to the 'Black Panther' sequel, November's must-see queer content
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Elaina Patton | Elaina Patton Is A Freelance Entertainment | Culture Writer. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +13 min
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’Even before making its way to theaters, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — the long-awaited sequel to the 2018 film starring Chadwick Boseman — has birthed some of this fall’s biggest pop culture moments, including a Rihanna song drop. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” opens in U.S. theaters Nov. 11. “The Inspection” opens in U.S. theaters Nov. 18. “Bones and All” opens in U.S. theaters Nov. 23. “Strange World” opens in U.S. theaters Nov. 23.
☆ The kick comes at the end - world's hottest chili flavours French chocolates
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Lucien Libert | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/2] French chocolatier Damien Vidal poses with chocolates flavoured with Carolina Reaper chilli pepper at the Paris Chocolate fair in Paris, France, October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Lucien LibertPARIS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - It is hard to come up with something new at Paris' annual chocolate fair, but French chocolatier Damien Vidal found a way to put a mouth-tingling twist on his confectionary: incorporating the world's hottest chili. Two Japanese tourists and other visitors at the chocolate fair gamely tried the shiny chocolate-chili balls and nobody spat them out. "Mmm, it is both sweetie and spicy, not too spicy, the spicy taste is mild," said Japanese student Hitomi Ebitani. French fair visitor Justine Bonneau agreed.
☆ Christie's launches 'Department X' as collectible sneakers and street-wear boom
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Christie's is launching a new department to capitalize on the booming market for collectible sneakers, streetwear and sports history. The auction house on Monday announced its Department X, giving Air Jordans and Supreme skate decks their own category, alongside Impressionist & Modern Art and Old Masters. "When looking at the auction world and the way collectors are evolving and the new collectors coming into the marketplace, we felt this is a strong a robust marketplace," said Caitlin Donovan, Christie's head of Handbags, Streetwear and Sneakers, who will head Department X. Department X will sell rare collectibles across music, fashion, art and sports history, but sneakers and streetwear will be among its biggest categories. In June, Christie's held a "Six Rings − Legacy of the GOAT" sale dedicated to basketball legend Michael Jordan's career, with sales nearing $1.5 million.
☆ Gopuff execs started grilling managers about bathroom breaks after the $15 billion delivery startup adopted Amazon's playbook
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Tom Dotan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Former Gopuff managers say executives called out managers when employees took bathroom breaks. Gopuff had been hiring Amazon managers over the past few years to remake their operations. Current and former Gopuff managers said Amazon's management style didn't fit into the startup. Gopuff started adopting the Amazon playbook of running warehouses beginning last year – and that included grilling managers over why workers were taking bathroom breaks. That contributed to the perpetual problem of deliveries piling up outside warehouses and going to waste, according to three former Gopuff employees.
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