DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ I've made 6 figures a year as a virtual assistant and now I train others to do the same.nHere's how I find the best-paying clients and avoid the big red flags.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Hannah Dixon is a six-figure earning virtual assistant coach and recruiter. Dixon says referrals carry significant weight, more than anything else, in the virtual assistant business. I first started as a virtual assistant, now I'm a virtual assistant coach and recruiter and I've provided training to 27,000 learners across 170 countries. Position your presence based on the types of clients you want to attractLet's say you're a virtual assistant offering podcast-management services. Six-figure pricing requires a six-figure service, and this VIP service should start before you land the client.

Persons: Hannah Dixon, Dixon, —, It's, I've, I'm, you'll Organizations: Service Locations: Guanajuanto, Mexico

☆ How to get sponsored on Instagram and get paid brand partnerships
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When she signed her first brand partnership as a part-time content creator in 2016, it was an unpaid brand ambassadorship, she told Insider. Fast-forward six years and Cortes is a full-time influencer and earned more than $300,000 in a year — with under 50,000 Instagram followers. Most of that revenue came from brand deals, she told Insider. And Instagram itself is getting in on the action with a new creator-brand marketplace where partnerships can be made through DMs. Christian Di Bratto, a talent manager who works with creators, told Insider that personalizing pitches is key.

Persons: Emma Cortes, Cortes, JaLisa Vaughn, Jefferson, Marrica Evans, influencers, Instagram, Dunkin, here's, Julie Tescon, Di Bratto, Kayla Compton Organizations: Nissan, Karma, LinkedIn, DMs, Instagram

☆ I've made 6 figures a year as a virtual assistant and now train others to do the same. Here's how I find the best-paying clients and avoid the big red flags.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

For the last 15 years, I've been traveling the world full time as a digital nomad — 58 countries and counting. I first started as a virtual assistant; now I'm a virtual-assistant coach and recruiter and I've provided training to 27,000 learners across 170 countries. Stop seeking opportunities and start creating themWhen I started as a virtual assistant, I initially turned to gig sites to find work, but it was short-lived. Position your presence based on the types of clients you want to attractLet's say you're a virtual assistant offering podcast-management services. If you're already crystal clear on who you serve as a virtual assistant, you can intentionally spend time in places your clients are more likely to be.

Persons: Hannah Dixon, Dixon, —, It's, I've, I'm, you'll Organizations: Service Locations: Guanajuanto, Mexico

☆ How to reach out to brands and land deals as an influencer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Many influencers, like Gigi Kovach (a part-time lifestyle influencer), go straight to email to reach out to brands for collaborations. Here's how they reach out brands for collaborations, including several email templates they use. Holly PhanHow to contact brands as an influencer to pitch a paid sponsorshipIt takes time to figure out what type of pitch sticks and grabs the attention of brands. Here's how 33 influencers pitch brands, from email templates to media kits. Email templates influencers use to reach out to brandsMessage templates and DMs influencers use to contact brandsMedia kit examples

Persons: Brand, Gigi Kovach, Kovach, Read, Ashley Jones, She'll, Jones, London Lazerson, Maesha, Influencer Emma Cortes, Holly Phan, Jen Lauren, Lauren, Shonar Organizations: London, YouTube, LinkedIn

☆ How to get sponsored on Instagram and get paid brand partnerships, according to influencers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When she signed her first brand partnership as a part-time content creator in 2016, it was an unpaid brand ambassadorship, she told Insider. Fast-forward six years and Cortes is a full-time influencer and earned more than $300,000 in a year — with under 50,000 Instagram followers. Some brands, like Dunkin Donuts or jewelry brand Mejuri, are known for their partnerships with micro influencers. Read: 7 top brands that work with micro influencers on Instagram, TikTok, and moreTo help content creators better understand how they can get sponsored on Instagram, here's a compilation of our coverage of how influencers get brand deals. Christian Di Bratto, a talent manager who works with creators, told Insider that personalizing pitches is key.

WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic and Russia, accusing them of illicit gold dealings to fund Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries like the Central African Republic and Mali. The Wagner Group did not immediately respond to the U.S. allegations. The U.S. State Department ahead of the announcement said that the action against Wagner was unrelated to an aborted mutiny last weekend. Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Costas Pitas; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Russia's, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Brian Nelson, Vladimir Putin, Diamville, Andrey Nikolayevich Ivanov, Midas Ressources, Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk, Costas Pitas, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: United Arab, Russia's Wagner Group, U.S . Treasury Department, Wagner Group, Central African, Terrorism, Financial Intelligence, U.S . State Department, Russia, Industrial, Trading, United, Wagner, Treasury, Industrial Resources, Thomson Locations: United States, United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic, Russia, U.S, Ukraine, Africa, Mali, Libya, Syria, Ukraine's Crimea, Donbas, African Republic, Dubai, Saharan Africa, Washington, Russian

☆ Jesse Watters is taking Tucker Carlson's old Fox News slot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jesse Watters, known for his "Watters' World" segments, is taking Tucker Carlson's old slot. Watters' profile at Fox News rose through his work with the network's former star Bill O'Reilly. Watters' show "Jesse Watters Primetime" will take the 8 p.m. Eastern slot on July 17, Fox News said in a statement on Monday that outlined its forthcoming schedule. In its statement, Fox News described the show as Watters' "fresh take on the major headlines of the day while interviewing newsmakers from across the country." Carlson did not immediately respond to Insider's Twitter DM seeking comment on Watters taking over his former Fox News slot.

Persons: Jesse Watters, Watters, Tucker, Bill O'Reilly, Carlson, Tucker Carlson, " Watters, O'Reilly, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Organizations: Fox News, Dominion, Morning, Fox Nation, Twitter, Fox, Dominion Voting Systems Locations: New York, Chinatown

☆ The cult of Emily Oster
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Sarah Todd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Emily Oster is sitting in the back of a car, checking her Garmin watch as we lurch through rush-hour traffic toward the Holland Tunnel. A self-described expert in data, Oster uses her economics training to dig into studies on things like circumcision and screen time and translate them for popular consumption. There doesn't seem to be much of a gap between the way Oster presents herself in her books and newsletters and the way she conducts her life. Unsurprisingly, economics informs every aspect of the way Oster sees the world. When Oster was a toddler, her mother told a Yale colleague that Oster often talked to herself before falling asleep.

Persons: Emily Oster, doesn't, Oster, Taylor Swift, Spock, —, Mandy Moore, Emily DiDonato, Amy Schumer, " Oster, Emily, Aisha McAdams, Claudia Goldin, who's, Lori Feldman, " Feldman, Winter, It's, reopenings, Timothy Caulfield, Oster's Brown, OSTER, She's, Sheryl Sandberg's, Brown, Denis Tangney Jr, graham, Eminem, Sharon Oster, Ray Fair, Jesse Shapiro, Katherine Nelson, Carl, Choate Rosemary Hall, John F, Kennedy, Glenn Close, Ivanka Trump, Goldin, Steven Levitt —, Oster —, Paul Farmer, Steven Levitt, Oster's, Levitt, Robert Barro, demographer Monica Das Gupta, Joseph Delaney, she'd, I've, Matt Notowidigdo, Chicago Booth, hadn't, Udo Salters, Patrick McMullan, Shapiro, Jessica Calarco, Dr, Anthony Fauci, Donald Trump, Calarco, Rochelle Walensky, Delaney, University of Manitoba epidemiologist, Abigail Cartus, Justin Feldman, Delivette Castor, they're, COVID, Castor, Notowidigdo, Carter, you'd, she's, there's Organizations: Garmin, Brown University, New York Times, American Academy of Pediatrics, Yorker, Yale School of Management, Yale, Harvard, Connecticut, Choate, University of Chicago, Forbes, Wall, Publicly, University of Manitoba, Getty, Oster, Centers for Disease Control, Columbia University, Harvard Business School Locations: Holland, Montclair , New Jersey, Montclair, Harvard, Providence , Rhode Island, New Haven , Connecticut, China, Canada, Chicago, Ohio, New Jersey

☆ Twitter's latest vendor to go unpaid is Oracle, despite Elon Musk's friend Larry Ellison investing $1 billion in the takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison is a fellow billionaire and longtime friend of Musk. Even Elon Musk's close friend and financial backer Larry Ellison isn't safe from the Twitter owner's refusal to pay various bills and expenses. Oracle, the company Ellison cofounded and where he remains chairman and CTO, is the latest Twitter vendor to go months without being paid for services rendered, according to two people familiar with the company. Stiffing Oracle is more of a surprise given Musk's close personal and financial relationship with Ellison. Ellison was subpoenaed as part of Twitter's lawsuit to force Musk into acquiring the company for the agreed upon price.

Persons: Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Musk, Elon Musk's, Larry Ellison isn't, Ellison, He's, Linda Yaccarino, Kali Hays Organizations: Twitter, Oracle, Google, X Holdings, Tesla, New York Times Locations: Europe, Asia, khays

☆ Snap loses 'respected' monetization leader to Uber amid broader executive shakeup
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He is now vice president of engineering at Uber. Panda reported to Nima Khajehnouri, Snap's vice president of engineering, who has been at the company since 2015. Snap, however, recently hired Eric Young as its new senior vice president of engineering, with Khajehnouri now reporting to him. He joined Greylock earlier this year after being at Snap also since 2015 as its senior vice president of product and growth. Along with Patrick Harris in a newly created role as Snap's senior vice president of partnerships, and David Sommer as head of verticals.

Persons: Panda, Snapchat, Nima Khajehnouri, Khajehnouri, Jerry Hunter, Eric Young, Young, Hunter, Jacob Andreou, Peter Sellis, Darshan Kantak, Rob Wilk, Patrick Harris, David Sommer, Kali Hays Organizations: Uber, Google, Reuters, . Workers, Greylock, Microsoft, Meta, Facebook, Twitter Locations: khays

☆ These tiny Japanese pick-up trucks that cost about $5,000 are winning fans in America
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tiny Japanese trucks that cost as little as $5,000 are winning over some Americans. It's not just tiny homes taking America by storm – now tiny trucks made in Japan are becoming increasingly popular too. The tiny trucks are a common sight on Japanese roads, but they've also won over some Americans wanting a versatile, compact – and cheap – vehicle. The cheapest Kei truck sold by Japan Car Direct is about $5,000, with shipping costs accounting for much of that sum. Japan Car Direct and its competitors will walk customers through the import process, which requires several forms to be completed.

Persons: they've, It's, Kei, Subaru Sambar, Suzuki, Matt Matusiak, we've, Matusiak, there's Organizations: Japan, Morning, Daihatsu, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Honda, Nissan, of Transportation, Environmental Protection, Vehicles, Twitter Locations: America, Japan, Pennsylvania

☆ Meta is already backing off its future retail plans a year after opening its first physical store
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Meta last May opened its first retail store within its Burlingame office campus. Meta's nascent strategy to launch its own retail stores is already being undone, according to people familiar with the situation. As part of the company's metaverse strategy, the Meta Store serves mainly as a showroom for its Quest headset, where people can test out the hardware and purchase it. It was thought upon its opening to be the beginning of Meta's retail ambitions. It has also discontinued the sale of its Portal video chat device, previously part of its retail store, and will not be releasing a planned watch product.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg's, Gilliard, Meta, Zuckerberg, Meta's, Susan Li, I'm, Kali Hays Organizations: Meta, Facebook, LinkedIn, Big Tech, Microsoft, Reality Labs, Twitter Locations: Burlingame, California, Seattle, khays

☆ Elon Musk's war against Twitter bots isn't going very well. Next, you'll have to pay to DM those who don't follow you.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he said getting rid of spam bots was a priority. As part of this war on bots, Musk says you'll soon have to pay to DM accounts who don't follow you. Last year, Elon Musk promised "to defeat the spam bots or die trying." The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the level of bot activity on Twitter is about the same as before Musk took over. "As I've said many times, it is increasingly difficult to distinguish between AI bots," Musk added.

Persons: Elon Musk, hasn't, you'll, Musk, Jonathan Mayer, Musk's, I've, Twitter Organizations: Twitter, Street, Princeton University

☆ Salesforce insiders say that by wooing back former execs, Marc Benioff may finally feel comfortable enough to loosen his grip
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been wooing back former executives for years. Insiders say that those that know Benioff best may get him to loosen his grip. Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff has spent years wooing former executives back to the company. Benioff has surrounded himself with people "that know how Salesforce works and know how Benioff works" one former exec explained. With all of that new blood from aquisitions washed away, Benioff seems to think Salesforce can move forward by going back.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Brian Millham, Millham, Salesforce, Benioff, he's, Miguel Milano, Ariel Kelman, Kendall Collins, Steve Fisher, Dave Moellenhoff, Jim Steele, Clara Shih, Marc, —, Larry Ellison, Benioff's, Keith Block, Bret Taylor, Slack, Stewart Butterfield, Mark Nelson, Julie Bort Organizations: Oracle, Twitter Locations: Salesforce

☆ A.I. should help this software stock rally nearly 20%, Wells Fargo says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Artificial intelligence is a boon to Adobe that can't be ignored, according to Wells Fargo. Analyst Michael Turrin upgraded the software stock to overweight from equal weight and raised his price target to $525 from $420. "The AI debate continues to drive ADBE," he said in a note to clients Friday. He also said organizations attempting to cut costs within IT should help increase the popularity of Adobe's DM and DX platforms. As a stock, he said Adobe has a stand-out profile given the fact that profitability stats support valuation.

Persons: Michael Turrin, Turrin, Adobe's, Adobe, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Adobe Locations: Wells Fargo, Adobe's

☆ A woman with a lung condition is suing Delta after she says it gave her an empty oxygen tank on a flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Delta passenger with a lung condition says the crew gave her an empty oxygen tank on a flight. A Delta passenger with a lung condition is suing the airline, accusing it of giving her insufficient oxygen on a flight and saying she had to be taken to a hospital as a result. She says Delta instead provided her with an oxygen tank that was insufficient to last the 55-minute flight. Nash-Jackson says the cabin crew then gave her a second oxygen tank that turned out to be empty. In May, a Delta passenger filed a complaint to the Department of Transportation after suffering anaphylaxis on a flight.

Persons: Mattie Nash, Jackson, Nash, she'd, Sara Metzger, Metzger Organizations: Morning, Delta, Chicago O'Hare, Nash, Department of Transportation, Twitter Locations: Minnesota, Minneapolis, St.Paul, Chicago, Delta, Atlanta, Portland , Oregon

☆ Why young workers are posting their before-and-after work routines on Tiktok — and why thousands are watching
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Content creators are sharing their routines before and after work on TikTok. Kakalecik has more than 16,000 followers on TikTok and is part of a growing number of 9-to-5 workers sharing their daily routines. But it's not just attractive to followers; creators find a sense of purpose when filming content, too. It's also for the content creators themselves. For Barbour, showing up on TikTok reminds him that there is more to life than work.

Persons: —, Jocelyn Kakalecik, swiping, TikTok, it's, Emmanuel Boateng Jr, Boateng, Kakalecik, Cameron Barbour, Barbour, It's, I've Organizations: Service, Productivity Locations: New York City, America

☆ Elon Musk's Twitter races to build a live video service as it woos right-wing media personalities
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Kali Hays | Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Elon Musk is zeroing in on building live video on Twitter, sources told Insider. Twitter is working on a series of video products and services, including a new live video offering, according to people familiar with the matter and advertising industry sources. The goal is to have reliable, high resolution live video capabilities on Twitter, similar to what is offered on YouTube Live and Instagram Live, the people familiar said. He "went live" on Twitter in early May through a low-quality live video stream while testing Periscope — "an accident," one of the people familiar said. Other Twitter video initiativesPeriscope is not Musk's only attempt to revive Twitter's video capabilities.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson's, Elon Musk's, Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, Musk, Let's, deb, witt, ould, revie, ater, Diva,, ann, l. "If Organizations: Engineers, Twitter, YouTube, itt Locations: usk

☆ 'It's like watching a snuff film': Media elites shocked by The Atlantic's surgical dismantling of CNN boss Chris Licht
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

("I'm a fucking machine," Licht told me one day, when I asked why he was skipping a meal.) A clear-the-air town hall where he gets irritated with the CNN journalist interviewing him. Licht told Alberta. The big blunder Alberta returns to over and over in the story is the May 10 Trump town hall. Another media big wig, but one not at the conference, told me he thinks Licht is "done" at CNN.

Persons: moly, Chris Licht, Tim Alberta, Matt Dornic, Licht, Joe Maysonet, chirping, Zucker, Jeff Zucker, Here's Licht, Whatsapp, —, isn't, it's, Nikki Haley, Lago Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Alberta, Trump, Capitol, cnn, Cnn, Mar Locations: Alberta, Hudson, COVID, Puck, Trump, American

One is about the possibility that we’re going to have this super intelligent AI that’s capable of great destruction. casey newtonI think that’s right. But it’s just like — I don’t think — I don’t think about to do these things in the moment like Dan. I don’t think that there’s an ethical issue with doing what he wants to do. And yeah, I just think it’s going into an area that’s going to be uncomfortable for the friend.

Persons: kevin roose, casey newton, we’re, ” casey newton I’ve, kevin roose It’s, Kevin Roose, ” casey newton, Casey Newton, clowned, New York Times ’, Kate Conger, Casey, Ajeya Cotra, kevin roose Totally, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, They’re, Kevin, Dan Hendricks who’s, “, “ I’m, don’t, you’re, I’m, — casey newton, it’s, ChatGPT, casey newton I’m, I’ve, Martinez, Varghese, kevin roose Tyler, —, Steven A, Schwartz, ”, they’re, it’ll, there’s, Mr, Bean, We’ve, James Vincent, It’s, Jensen Huang, Harry Potter, Harry Potter of, kevin roose —, casey newton Parallelelizable, Parallelizable, — casey newton Let’s, that’s, who’s, NVIDIA —, casey newton Well, doesn’t, katie cogner, Kate Conger who’s, katie cogner Hi, katie cogner I’m, Dan, what’s, Getty, casey newton Kate, let’s, John, Here’s John, john, kevin roose That’s, Kate, he’s, He’s, he’ll, casey newton That’s, There’s, we’ve, “ I’ve, ” Kate, cogner, Prince Harry, katie cogner Doesn’t, Harry, casey newton We’re, We’re, kevin roose Kate, they’ve, Joni Mitchell, Chris Vecchio, Chris, kevin roose I’m, You’d, casey newton “, you’ll, casey newton Oh, ” kevin roose Organizations: The New York Times, NVIDIA, New York Times, Safety, Google, AI, ChatGPT, Avianca Airlines, Delta Airlines, China Southern Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Royal Dutch Airlines, “, Bar Association, Texas, M University Commerce, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Harry Potter of Kentucky Christian, Facebook, eBay, “ New York Times, Boston, Garden, MetLife, TED, AIs Locations: British, Avianca, Durden, ChatGPT, Taiwan, Kentucky, Hogwarts, Harry Potter of Kentucky, California, Madison, —

☆ Stratasys receives $1.21 bln unsolicited buyout proposal from 3D Systems
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 2 (Reuters) - Stratasys Ltd (SSYS.O) said on Thursday that it had received an unsolicited buyout proposal from rival 3D Systems Corp (DDD.N), valuing the industrial 3D printer at about $1.21 billion. Stratasys shares were up 10.1% at $16.04, while 3D Systems was up 2.6% at $8.55 in premarket trading on Friday. 3D Systems has proposed to acquire Stratasys for $7.50 in cash and 1.2507 of its newly issued stock for each share of the target company, which translates to $17.92 on a per-share basis. Stratasys said its board would "carefully review" the newly received non-binding proposal, adding that the Desktop Metal deal is still expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. 3D Systems on Friday confirmed its bid for Stratasys and said that if the deal goes through, it will bring $100 million in cost synergies.

Persons: Stratasys, Jaiveer Singh, Shilpi Majumdar, Anil D'Silva, Shounak Organizations: Stratasys, 3D Systems Corp, Systems, Metal Inc, Thomson Locations: Rehovot, Israel, Bengaluru

☆ Exclusive: Fractal, a New York venture studio, is laying off staff and will stop creating new startups
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Melia Russell | Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The venture studio Fractal Software will no longer start new companies, Insider has learned. Fractal Software, a venture studio that creates startups by hatching its own ideas and hiring founders to execute, has laid off staff and will stop starting new companies, Insider has learned. At least 28 employees, about 25% of staff, have left Fractal in the past six months, according to LinkedIn. Fractal confirmed layoffs occurred starting in December, but would not specify the number of employees affected. Fractal has a few more startups in the pipeline, with a goal of launching 145 companies, two people familiar with the company's strategy said.

Persons: Omri Bloch, That's, Joe Lonsdale's 8VC, Bienville, Melia Russell, Stephanie Palazzolo Organizations: New, Software, Investors, Tiger Global, Bienville Capital, Securities and Exchange Commission, Twitter Locations: New York, 8VC, Bienville

MUMBAI/SINGAPORE, June 1 (Reuters) - KKR & Co (KKR.N) is moving a managing director from India to Singapore to lead the firm's Southeast Asia private equity business, two familiar with the matter sources told Reuters, bolstering its personnel in the region. Kumar will work with Ashish Shastry, a partner who heads Southeast Asia and co-heads the firm's Asia Pacific Private Equity business. The move also comes as KKR strengthens its presence in India and Southeast Asia. It raised $15 billion for its fourth Asia-Pacific focused private equity fund in 2021, one of the region's largest for the asset class. KKR has been investing in Southeast Asia since 2005, and opened its Singapore office in 2012.

Persons: Prashant Kumar, Kumar, Ashish Shastry, Vini, Gaurav Trehan, Trehan's, Akshay Tanna, Sriram, Kane Wu, Mark Potter Organizations: KKR, Co, Asia Pacific Private Equity, The Wharton School, Indian Institute of Technology, JB Chemicals, TPG Inc, TPG, Associations, Reuters, Healthcare, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, SINGAPORE, India, Singapore, Asia, Mumbai, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Philippines

☆ Elon Musk's boost to Twitter's popularity is being 'unwound' as usage drops, new data shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter led to an uptick in downloads and usage for several weeks. Elon Musk's boost to Twitter's popularity may have been short-lived. A separate analysis of engagement with Musk's Twitter account shows a similar downward trend. All Twitter users averaged, 19.1 minutes spent on the app per day in April, Apptopia found. Younger users hit 15.9 minutes a day on the app in October, up from 13 minutes about six months earlier.

Persons: Elon Musk's, Musk, Tom Grant, Apptopia, Grant, Data.ai, Kali Hays Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Facebook, Silicon Valley Bank Locations: Apptopia, Silicon, khays

☆ Twitter users care less and less about what Elon Musk has to say, exclusive data shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter users are engaging with original tweets from Elon Musk less and less. "Elon Musk's tweets attracted more engagement after his stake in Twitter started to increase," Huge said in its analysis. "There is a significant difference in engagement for Elon Musk's original tweets after the acquisition, compared to before the acquisition." That high level of engagement in Spring 2022 quickly fell, however, the Huge data shows, to roughly 5 million engagements per week. While there have been some brief spikes in engagement with Musk's tweets so far this year, overall there has been a decline.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Elon, Musk's, Kali Hays Organizations: Elon, Twitter Locations: khays

Search resuls for: "DM"

25 mentions found