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Diverse creators are building incubators, their own production pipelines and venues where they can screen work and receive feedback and support each other. Of the 13,252 Oscar nominees since 1929, 6% are from underrepresented ethnicities, a USC Annenberg Inclusion at the Academy Awards report concludes. Located in Atlanta and Los Angeles, it creates collaborative spaces for diverse talent to support each other. As the most underrepresented group in the industry, Latino talent is also keen to change their narrative. There were 32 years without Latino nominees at the Academy Awards, with the most recent shutout in 2002.

☆ Amazon's RTO backlash, Google's desk-sharing: Big companies clash with employees over the future of work
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Cindy Perman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced recently that employees would be expected to return to the office three days a week in the spring. In less than a week, 14,000 employees had joined the Slack channel and a petition started circulating, demanding the company retract the policy. General Motors, Starbucks, Apple and Twitter are among other big companies that have started calling employees back to the office. Employees resist RTO mandatesEmployers are doing their best to really sell RTO, marketing it to employees using words like collaboration, socialization and free snacks. Employees are a lot happier if they work from home one or two days a week so that boosts recruitment and retention.

☆ I'm a Black woman who left her job at an architecture firm to go out on her own and I've never been happier
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Xena Stryker left corporate America several years ago after feeling discriminated against. The company, Xena Design + Marketing Firm, has offices in Atlanta and Beverly Hills, California. At a previous job, I was the only Black woman at an architectural firm with hundreds of designers. I started my own company, Xena Design + Marketing Firm, and life is phenomenal right now. If you're in a similar position as I was previously in corporate America, my advice is: dream big, determine your unique selling point, find a supportive dream team, and get out.

☆ ChatGPT recommends 5 books to become a smarter investor - including 2 tied to Warren Buffett
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Insider's Phil Rosen asked ChatGPT to share book recommendations for someone looking to become a better investor. OpenAI's language bot listed five titles, including two with ties to Warren Buffett. ChatGPT generated a list of five books, including two that have ties to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. 'The Intelligent Investor' by Benjamin GrahamThis is the first book ChatGPT listed with ties to Buffett: Graham was one of Buffett's mentors. "These books provide a solid foundation for understanding how to invest in the stock market intelligently," ChatGPT concluded.

☆ You're a sucker if you trust ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Matt Turner | Dave Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But first: Adam Rogers, a senior tech correspondent at Insider, breaks down why ChatGPT is for suckers. Well, social scientists don't really know why anyone believes anything, from kooky stuff they read on Twitter to closely held ideals. Faced with those conditions, Gen Z has adapted to a new normal: When in doubt, find a new job. It has rankled some of the academics and advocates whose work helped kick off the psychedelics renaissance in the first place. Insider spoke to more than a dozen industry participants to chart its rise and its role in the psychedelics boom.

☆ Welcome to Generation Quit
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Now, Gen Z is suffering from lack of mentorship, tenure, and stability at a pivotal point in their careers. The cascade of quits over the last two years created a generative machine: Workers see others quitting, then they quit in turn. Short-staffed companies work the remaining employees harder — leading them to quit. Welcome to Generation Quit. As pretty much everyone began leaving, the workers left behind were more burnt out and overloaded.

☆ How to announce you've been laid off on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Often, the go-to place to alert your professional network has been social media like LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and others. Just don’t post your fury or bitterness online. So you might tag it #openforwork, a hashtag often used on LinkedIn, Desai suggested. But be careful not to appear desperate.”Be consistent across platforms: Chances are you may announce your layoff on more than one social platform. You don’t want to put out a very professional post on, say, LinkedIn but then launch an angry tweetstorm on Twitter.

☆ A manager of 95 Phoenix Airbnbs is stunned that half his homes are empty over Super Bowl weekend. Is it the latest Airbnbust?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Phoenix Airbnb hosts were expecting to be fully booked over Super Bowl weekend. Take a prime three-bedroom two-bathroom home that Kenworthy manages in Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix that actively prepped for a wave of Super Bowl visitors. The Super Bowl is being held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Christian Petersen/Getty ImagesThere are even signs of a recent surge in listings in response to the Super Bowl hype. While Phoenix will continue to be a popular vacation spot, Harvey predicts the Super Bowl disappointment will motivate some owners to sell their short-term-rental properties.

☆ I make 6 figures as a hospital pharmacist. Here's why it's a great career, and my advice to anyone who wants to pursue it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Gabrielle Reeder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Her hospital and pharmacy is open 24/7, and she works 8-hour shifts including Sundays at times. Rummana said the job is always fast-paced, but she's grateful and loves being a hospital pharmacist. I started working at CVS and then transitioned into hospital pharmacy at St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital in Wayne, New Jersey. I started working at Hackensack in January 2021 as a hospital pharmacist, and I make $71.60 an hour. Seeing people leave the hospital and lead happier, healthier lives can be translated into a career as a pharmacist.

☆ Don't make this common career mistake in your 20s, says the CEO of Hilton
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The job taught Nassetta, the 60-year-old CEO of Hilton Worldwide — a multinational hospitality company with a $38.86 billion market capitalization, as of Tuesday morning — more than just how hotels operate, he says. "Young people have so much access and information to knowledge, but you don't want to confuse that with experience." In contrast, some of his friends spent their 20s and 30s rising through the career ranks to powerful positions — and quickly flaming out, he says. On finding help in unexpected places: 'To this day ... you just don't know what you don't know'I like to think I work hard, I'm well educated, I'm reasonably smart. But even to this day, and certainly when I was in my 20s and 30s trying to figure things out, you just don't know what you don't know.

☆ I'm the first 'chief creator officer' at my company. Here's why I think more C-suite roles should focus on influencers and brands.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She's now the company's first global chief creator officer, leading a team of 30 professionals. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ashley Rudder, Whalar's global chief creator officer. Now, I'm the company's first-ever global chief creator officer, a position I started in December after bringing some of my ideas to upper management. I'm responsible for all global creator sourcing, identification, and execution, including negotiations, contracts, and creative consultation on all creator-led campaigns. I hope we'll see many more chief creator officers in the future.

☆ From PayPal to Facebook, Silicon Valley has long been obsessed with the idea of company "mafias." Take a look at ex-Square staffers who have created more than $40 billion of startup value.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The idea of Silicon Valley "mafias" first emerged with the Oracle, Facebook, and PayPal mafias. Former Square staffers have gone on to launch startups worth nearly $40 billion cumulatively. Silicon Valley insiders have long been obsessed with the idea of startup "mafias." The "PayPal mafia" was perhaps the most infamous company that spawned the founders of tech giants like YouTube, Yelp, Tesla, and LinkedIn. Facebook and Oracle also have their own mafias of former employees that have produced iconic tech companies like Salesforce, Asana, and GoodRx.

☆ I run a 7-figure online stationery store I started on the side while working as a pharmacist — here's how I grew it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Irene Kwong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Irene Kwong is the founder and CEO of stationery company Simply Gilded. She started the business on the side in 2015 while working as a pharmacist. I became a pharmacist in May 2009 after eight years of school and more than $100,000 in student loans. When I first started, I reached out to another business owner I really admired who owned a pen shop called Pengems. Know that it's never too late to start something new and to find success in what you're inspired to do.

The play “Crystal City 1969,” first staged in 2009 in Dallas, was performed for the first time in San Antonio last weekend at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. Student walkout in Crystal City, Texas, on Dec. 20, 1969. Growing up in a Mexican American household, he spoke no English. The effect of that sort of discrimination was to tell Mexican American and Mexican students that their language, their culture, was worthless, valueless and something to be ashamed of, Garcia said. Rodriquez attended one of the performances of "Crystal City 1969" over the weekend.

☆ I'm Whalar's first global chief creator officer, a new position focused on influencers and brands. Here's why I think more companies should add this role.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Nearly $40 billion of startup value later, here's what the members of the Square mafia have been up to since leaving the fintech giant
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Square staffers have gone on to launch startups worth nearly $40 billion cumulatively. Insider tracked 15 members of the "Square mafia" to see what they're up to these days. The "PayPal mafia" was perhaps the most infamous company that spawned the founders of tech giants like YouTube, Yelp, Tesla, and LinkedIn. Facebook and Oracle also have their own mafias of former employees that have produced iconic tech companies like Salesforce, Asana, and GoodRx. Insider tracked 15 ex-Square employees in their current ventures, ranging from launching multibillion-dollar public companies to running high-profile VC firms.

☆ Self-made millionaire: These 3 traits separate highly successful people from everyone else at work
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"I said yes to almost any opportunity that I got," says Steve Adcock, who retired early at 35. While people might measure and achieve success differently, there are some traits that set high achievers apart from others. The habits of successful people tend to be profoundly powerful, yet "incredibly simple," says Steve Adcock, a self-made millionaire who retired at 35. But to build wealth and be successful, you need to be willing to learn from your mistakes and understand your shortcomings. Improving your emotional intelligence can also help you navigate challenging situations calmly and rationally, and work with many different types of personalities more effectively.

☆ How Charlie Javice's Frank Sale to JP Morgan Wound up in Allegations of Fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Katherine Long | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Her financial aid startup, Frank, was featured in the New York Times, CNBC and Wall Street Journal. After leaving the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school, Javice traded on her reputation, bolstered by glowing profiles, as a successful entrepreneur. In a 2018 interview with Insider, Javice claimed Frank secured an average of $28,000 for its users, and was helping students get "thousands off their tuition." "Charlie's first company fizzled after 18 months, so after losing all her investors' money, she convinced every one of them to fund her next company, Frank." At Frank, Javice admitted she sometimes painted a more positive picture of the company's health than was supported by the facts.

☆ Citi's Jane Fraser is bringing underperforming staff back into the office
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Although Fraser sees no need to return to the old ways, Citi’s experiment has shown not all workers can hack it working remotely. A tool in the war for talentFraser became the first woman to run a major Wall Street bank when she took the Citi CEO role in March 2021. As part of her mission to cast Citi as the bank “with a soul,” Fraser saw an opportunity to embrace rather than resist a hybrid work schedule that allowed staff flexibility. It’s simply not sustainable,” she wrote in a memo to Citi’s more than 200,000 global staff. Most roles at Citi would become hybrid, with three days in the office and up to two at home, she said in the memo.

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☆ Citi's Jane Fraser, Wall Street's WFH champion, now has some doubts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —When Jane Fraser became CEO of Citigroup nearly two years ago, in the middle of the pandemic, she established the kind of flexible hybrid work culture that’s mostly unheard of among elite Wall Street bankers. Although Fraser sees no need to return to the old ways, Citi’s experiment has shown not all workers can hack it working remotely. “Apprenticeship is really important,” she added, recalling her own “eccentric and wonderful” mentors from her time as a young banker. A tool in the war for talentFraser became the first woman to run a major Wall Street bank when she took the Citi CEO role in March 2021. As part of her mission to cast Citi as the bank “with a soul,” Fraser saw an opportunity to embrace rather than resist a hybrid work schedule that allowed staff flexibility.

☆ I'm the VP of admissions at a small liberal-arts college. Early decision favors the wealthy — here's one way to fix it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Adam Miller is the interim vice president for admissions and financial aid at Whitman College. I served as the director of admissions at Whitman College for nearly 10 years, and this year, I've shifted gears and am now the school's interim vice president for admissions and financial aid. They may also not reflect changes in a college's financial-aid policies or the total cost of attendance, which can be updated yearly. The offering has since developed into our early financial-aid guarantee, which, like our original estimator, doesn't require you to apply to Whitman. Last year, 301 people applied for the early financial-aid guarantee, and 237 of them wound up applying to Whitman — 63 applied early decision.

☆ 'Entourage' star Adrian Grenier traded Hollywood for a Texas ranch. Read the 21-page deck that helped him launch a production company and inspire others to embrace sustainable living.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Adrian Grenier, star of HBO's hit series "Entourage," now lives at Kintsugi, a ranch outside Austin. He's taking viewers into his sustainable lifestyle with a new production company, Earth Speed Media. "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier went from La La Land — to working the land. Named Kintsugi, a Japanese word for a traditional art of repairing pottery, the ranch is a far cry from life in Hollywood. To coincide with Earth Speed Media's launch, the company shared the deck that helped it raise more than $150,000 in pre-seed funding last year.

☆ After building a $105 million lingerie startup, this founder is pivoting to energy drinks by tapping her community and male mentors
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Michelle Cordeiro Grant launched Lively in 2016 and sold it three years later for $105 million. "Nobody talks about the fact that it's OK to graduate at some point," Cordeiro Grant said. On January 11, Cordeiro Grant launched the energy-drink startup GORGIE in hopes of creating a wellness product that filled the void of female voices in the energy-beverage industry, she said. Insider spoke with Cordeiro Grant about her transition from bras to beverages and the lessons, tools, and people she's taking with her for her next venture. This is an as-told-to story based on an interview with Cordeiro Grant that has been edited for length and clarity.

☆ Disney CEO Bob Iger orders workers to return to the office 4 days a week
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Disney CEO Bob Iger is clamping down on remote workers. Iger, who recently returned to Disney’s helm after a brief hiatus, ordered employees to return to corporate offices four days a week beginning March 1. In an email sent to employees obtained by CNN, he said that employees work better together in-person. Iger returned to Disney in November 2022, replacing predecessor Bob Chapek after a tumultuous, brief tenure. Snapchat’s parent company recently asked workers to return to the office 80% of the time, or the equivalent of four days a week, beginning in February.

☆ Disney CEO Bob Iger tells staff to return to the office 4 days a week, saying 'nothing can replace' in-person work
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Disney staff have been told to return to the office four days a week from March. CEO Bob Iger, who returned to the company in late 2022, announced the policy in a memo to staff. "It is my belief that working together more in-person will benefit the company's creativity, culture, and our employees' careers," Iger told staff. For roughly the past year, most Disney staff have been required to visit the office three days a week, The New York Times reported. Disney is following in the footsteps of other companies who have told staff to return to the office as coronavirus cases largely decline.

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