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☆ Meet 30 rising stars of real estate who are transforming the way homes are sold and offices get built at firms like Blackstone, Redfin, and CBRE
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Robert Davis | Dan Latu | Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meet Insider's third-annual slate of emerging talent in commercial and residential real estate. We selected 30 young professionals 35 and under whose leadership spans a vast industry. Insider has tried to capture the brightest of the bunch in our third-annual Rising Stars of Real Estate list. But real estate isn't all about making money. Presented in alphabetical order by last name, here are the rising stars of real estate for 2022.

☆ I Finally Found a Hat That Fits Over a Bun, Top-Knot or Updo
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

When I started wearing my hair in a bun virtually every day, I discovered that wearing a sun hat became…a real pain in the buns. Suddenly, the bucket hat styles that I’d loved for years either didn’t stay on my bun-topped head or looked rather ridiculous—like a lumpy Cat in the Hat. The North Face hat is made for outdoor adventures, fabricated from a durable, quick-dry recycled nylon with a perfectly-angled bucket brim with some oomph to it. The North Face name and logo comes embroidered boldly and noticeably smack-dab on the forehead, which was a little too much for me. Once I started wearing it all the time, in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I realized it was more an object of envy than ridicule.

☆ I help small businesses solve their cashflow issues quickly. Here are 3 things I'd warn anyone to do during a recession to save as much money as possible.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Lara Hodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Lara Hodgson is the CEO of Now and works with thousands of small businesses in different sectors. She says small businesses should think through scenarios like what to do if items doubled in cost. As the CEO of Now®, a B2B payment acceleration and cashflow solution for small businesses, I work with thousands of small businesses in every industry and sector and sit at the point of commerce. Right now, small businesses need to build up a diverse toolkit of resources, as no one tool solves all your needs. Coming out of the pandemic, we've seen the formation of more small businesses than ever before in history.

☆ ‘Young Bloomsbury’ Review: A Bohemia of Their Own
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Donna Rifkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

It’s impossible to appreciate the context of Nino Strachey’s book “Young Bloomsbury” without a clear understanding of what Old Bloomsbury was. Unfortunately, that presents its own difficulties, since no one, not even the Bloomsbury Group’s original members, has ever agreed on how to define it. The achievements of the group took place in a variety of fields: literature (Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster), art history (Roger Fry and Clive Bell), biography (Lytton Strachey), painting and decorative arts (Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant), international politics (Leonard Woolf) and economics (John Maynard Keynes). Among them, Virginia Woolf, Keynes and Fry were the farthest-reaching innovators. But if the others did not reach the same heights, their work nonetheless remains significant.

U.S. marginal production (+14.5 million bpd) captured nearly all the increase in global consumption (+14.8 million bpd) between 2009 and 2019. FRACKING TECHNOLOGYIn a narrow sense, the shale revolution refers to the widespread application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques to increase output from shale and other tight rock formations. Like other technologies, however, shale production has eventually settled into a more mature and conservative phase, hastened by the traumatic shock to oil and gas markets during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2022, the Biden administration has tried to cajole domestic oil producers to increase their output, without much success. U.S. shale producers are expected to account for a much smaller share of global growth in petroleum production and consumption in the next few years.

☆ Binance drops new ad with Cristiano Ronaldo as FTX celeb endorsers like Tom Brady and Steph Curry face a lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Binance launched its first global marketing campaign, and it features soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo. As the World Cup begins, Ronaldo is launching is first NFT collection under the Binance partnership. Meanwhile, FTX celebrity endorsers like Steph Curry and Tom Brady are facing a lawsuit for promoting the fallen crypto exchange. As the World Cup begins, the ad campaign coincides with Ronaldo's non-fungible token collection that became available on Friday as part of a multiyear partnership with Binance. The Ronaldo deal also comes as investors filed a lawsuit against pro athletes who promoted FTX, including Tom Brady, Steph Curry, David Ortiz, as well as celebrities like Larry David and Kevin O'Leary.

☆ From digital wallet accounts to shares in project ownership, the metaverse will reimagine money as we know it
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Mastercard With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In Asia, brands have an opportunity to drive value by creating new experiences for customers in the metaverse. At its core, the metaverse is an interconnection of immersive, real-time virtual experiences. It's still more idea than reality — virtual or otherwise. Making virtual reality realFor "value" in the metaverse, we can substitute the word "experiences." Money will be expressed in new ways, from digital wallet accounts to tokens (like cryptocurrency) that represent rewards, vouchers, or a slice of ownership in a project or service.

Hi, I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. On the agenda today:But up first: Each year, Insider surfaces 100 leaders across 10 industries who are driving unprecedented change and innovation. Ashley Davis from our special projects team is here to take us behind the scenes of this year's list. InsiderIn the past 12 months, business leaders have faced inflation, a polarized political climate, persistent supply-chain issues, the Great Resignation, a real-estate boom, and more. Our editors carefully selected the power players, activists, and pioneers who are shaping the future.

☆ Warren Buffett's right-hand man blasted crypto, praised Elon Musk and Tesla, and defended the Fed in a rare interview this week. Here are the 14 best quotes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Charlie Munger called out fraud and delusion in crypto, days after Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX imploded. Warren Buffett's right-hand man said bitcoin and other crypto should never have been legal. He made the incendiary comments in a rare CNBC interview this week, just days after Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX exchange became the latest crypto player to implode. "It's partly fraud and partly delusion — that's a bad combination. I think that's totally crazy.

☆ Matt Quinlan's high-dividend stock funds hold more than $20 billion in investor assets. The Franklin Templeton vet told us where he finds innovators that can deliver big returns.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Marley Jay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Historically, big dividend payments have been associated with just a couple of stock market sectors. Franklin Templeton fund manager Matt Quinlan says that's changed in recent years. But inflation and interest rates were extremely low during that period, and it seemed like the growth and spending could go on forever. In a market like today's that's defined by higher interest rates and inflation, which erode returns over time, a solid dividend yield can give buyers a real leg up. He's also run its $24.3 billion Rising Dividends Fund for three years, and its results have been particularly strong across his tenure.

☆ As shoppers flood back into stores, retailers are scrambling to merge e-commerce and in-store experiences
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Danni Santana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Retail entered into a new normal in 2022 — one where shoppers returned to stores in droves. Nike, Walmart, and startups like Tradeblock are developing new ways for consumers to shop. But unlike pre-pandemic times, consumers are now looking at brick-and-mortar as an extension of retailers' online offerings, rather than a siloed part of the business. Some of the most innovative brands like Nike, Walmart, and startups like Tradeblock are developing new ways for consumers to shop in-store and online. Each is unlike the company's previous retail stores.

☆ How the Pandemic Taught Us to See the Whole Supply Chain
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As 2022 fades, the question is what lessons supply chain pros will take with them into the future. As 2022 fades, the question has become: What will those supply chain professionals take with them into the future as stresses ease? See the full chainEarly in the pandemic, retailers desperate to fill the shelves quickly realized how little visibility they had into their supply chains. One place where the work of rethinking supply chains has already succeeded is Best Buy, according to Becca Meinz, the retailer's VP end-to-end supply chain strategy. Responsiveness is the aim of many supply chain innovators as we move past the worst pandemic shocks.

☆ Amidst the layoffs at Amazon, the company's ultra-secretive research lab is at risk of being shut. It's a sign things are changing 'dramatically' at the company.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Early last month, members of Amazon's secretive in-house research lab, Grand Challenge, were called into an unexpected video meeting. Weibel announced 3 of the 5 projects Grand Challenge was working on would shut down, effective immediately. When other team employees wanted to collaborate with the team, they needed additional approvals from its leadership. Amazon Glow was among the Grand Challenge projects to be discontinued at the end of this year. Getting support promoting Grand Challenge projects was a challenge too.

☆ Meet All the 2022 WSJ. Magazine Innovators
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Magazine celebrated eight trailblazing talents at its annual Innovator Awards, held November 2 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. See below to read each honoree’s inspiring story—featuring: Anitta, Jeanne Gang, José Andrés for World Central Kitchen, Maya Rudolph, Jenny Holzer, Anthony Vaccarello, Margot Robbie and Jony Ive. You can find videos about each of the Innovators here, and a recap of the awards gala here.

☆ Nike execs have become some of the hottest hires in sportswear, triggering a talent war among rivals like Lululemon, North Face, and Columbia — and raising fears of a brain drain
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Nike alums lead numerous brands, including Lululemon, Allbirds, Columbia Sportswear, and The North Face. Tim Sheerin, the senior vice president of global wholesale at Columbia Sportswear, at an investor day event this year. The trend has accelerated in recent years, with competing sportswear companies including Lululemon and Allbirds opening offices in Portland, Oregon. While sportswear companies are a natural fit for former Nike executives, nonathleticwear companies also have hired from Nike's top ranks. Crocs, which named the former Nike vice president Emma Minto the senior vice president of the Americas in 2020, also has been on a hot streak.

☆ Famed Apple designer Jony Ive's advice to Airbnb's CEO during tough times: 'You aren't going to cut your way to innovation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky counts former Apple design chief Jony Ive as one of his closest advisers. The pair talk almost every day and Ive weighed in when Airbnb was mulling job cuts. "You aren't going to cut your way to innovation," Ive said, though Airbnb later axed 1,900 roles. Ive is now advising Chesky on everything from logo design to strategy, and since the onset of the pandemic, Chesky and Ive talk almost every day. When Airbnb started considering job cuts, Ive weighed in: "You aren't going to cut your way to innovation," he told Chesky at the time.

☆ Premarket stocks: A spooky forecast for the future of interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN Business —When will central banks stop raising interest rates? This week, the Federal Reserve is expected to increase rates by 75 basis points for the fourth time in a row. For some time, it was thought that 2023 would bring lower interest rates and a return to dovish monetary policy. Even the Federal Reserve appears confused about when it will stop rate hikes. A possible answer: Wall Street tends to favor big events, but the future of central bank policy may be more nuanced.

☆ Elon Musk now owns Twitter. Here’s what he could change
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN Business —After spending months attempting to get out of his deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk officially owns the hugely influential platform. Musk has said Twitter, under his leadership, would have more lenient content moderation policies. Unbanning Trump and other accountsBut the most striking early change could come from who is and is not allowed on a Musk-owned Twitter. Musk, for his part, has focused on bringing back one of Twitter’s most prominent former users: Trump. The same day he sent his letter to Twitter attempting to revive the deal, Musk was widely panned for comments he made on the platform about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

☆ Kanye West's controversial $15,000-a-year school has abruptly shut its doors, reports say, amid a backlash over his antisemitic comments
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kanye West's controversial Christian school has abruptly shut its doors, reports say. West, under fire over antisemitic comments, appeared to confirm the closure in a since-deleted Instagram post. Students at the $15,000-a-year school, Donda Academy, wear uniforms designed by Balenciaga. Donda Academy, an unaccredited Christian school, requires parents to sign non-disclosure agreements before students join, Rolling Stone reported. Students at the $15,000-a-year school wear uniforms made by Balenciaga and the rapper's own brand, Yeezy.

☆ Online real-estate investment firm Fundrise is paying way over housing-market value for some build-to-rent communities. Here's why it says it's still a winning strategy.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Alex Nicoll | Lisa Kailai Han | James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Build-to-rent communities skip the intermediary and go straight to the homebuilder. While typical single-family rental strategies, pioneered by Blackstone in the aftermath of the Great Recession, are inherently tied to the housing market, build-to-rent is not. In the eyes of private equity, there's no difference between build-to-rent communities and apartment blocks. If you value Cypress Bay as an apartment building, instead of a collection of homes, Fundrise got a good deal. Fundrise is still working on deals, Miller said, with a deal pipeline stretching out to 2025.

☆ For $15k and a signed NDA, students at Kanye West's unaccredited Donda Academy start the day with 'full school worship' before parkour enrichment classes
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The unaccredited pre-K through 12th-grade school, Donda Academy, costs $15,000 per year to attend, Rolling Stone reported. In comparison, Donda Academy charges $15,000 per student, Rolling Stone reported, with about half of students receiving some sort of financial aid. Donda Academy, its principal, Brianne Campbell; assistant principal, Allison Tidwell; and sports director Shayla Scott did not respond to Insider's requests for comment. Tamar Andrews, an educational consultant for Donda Academy, confirmed to Rolling Stone that parents are asked to sign an "informal agreement" to enroll. "The process of Donda school is for the parishioners, for the attendees," Yusef told Rolling Stone.

☆ 15 venture capitalists that early-stage sports tech, health, and wellness founders should know if they're looking to raise capital
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Matthew Kish | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Other recent investments include Bumble, Goop, Spring Health, Chief, Found, Daily Harvest, and Blueland. Recent investments include the sneaker-trading platform Tradeblock, which touts itself as an alternative to StockX and Goat. Recent investments include AnyDistance, Balanced, and Juna. Her recent investments include Calibrate, DUOS, Dutch, and Buffalo Market, a food distributor focused on plant-based and organic foods. Recent investments include pickleball products company Revolin, live-sports artificial-reality company Quintar, recovery products company Alleviate, and community cycling app Preem.

☆ CEO David Solomon Is Restructuring Goldman Sachs Again
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

David Solomon is changing up Goldman Sachs divisions like he switches tracks. Goldman Sachs's third restructuring in four years comes as insiders have been questioning the direction that Solomon is taking the storied investment bank in. But first, read Dakin's rundown of who's up and who's down in the latest Goldman Sachs restructuring under CEO David Solomon. The Swiss bank's investment bank chief Christian Meissner is also set to leave the company in the coming weeks. Keep updated with the latest business news throughout your day by checking out The Refresh from Insider, a dynamic audio news brief.

☆ Who's up and who's down in the latest Goldman Sachs restructuring under CEO David Solomon
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

And he will also oversee a wealth management business that is now going to include portions of the consumer business, but wrapped in a wealth management offering. Both, according to Bloomberg's reporting, are being demoted to senior positions within Nachmann's asset and wealth management division. Stephanie CohenAnother executive thought by insiders to have lost some of her territory is Stephanie Cohen, the co-head of the consumer and wealth management division. Had Cohen been able to successfully helm the consumer and wealth management division alongside Tucker York, the currently discussed changes wouldn't have been needed, the people said. Cohen's co-head, York, will now return to his prior role of running the bank's successful private wealth management business.

☆ Cathie Wood says this emerging investing trend is the 'most misunderstood and underappreciated'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood believes innovators in DNA development are the most undervalued corner of the market. "I believe that today the genomic revolution is most misunderstood and underappreciated," Wood said at Morgan Stanley's AlphaCurrents Conference last week, according to a transcript provided by the bank. "The stocks in the last year, this growth stock bear market, has ravaged the genomic space. Ark Invest has a specific exchange-traded fund dedicated to this space: ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG) . However, the fund has wiped out half of its value this year as rising rates hit growth stocks particularly hard.

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