Tag: Business

Lean into being inquisitive, even when it might feel uncomfortable. The most biased questions I’ve confronted have led to some of the most lucrative opportunities. At a minimum, biased questions have provided an opportunity for me to build out a strategy that works for a Black woman in a predominantly white and male space.Read Full Story

Intel’s cofounder was both an architect of the computer age and an explainer of its hard-to-fathom progress. If Gordon Moore had only cofounded Intel, he’d be remembered as one of the tech industry’s giants. But Moore, who died at his home in Hawaii on Friday at the age of 94, also devised Moore’s Law—the 1965 prediction that the number of components that could fit on an integrated circuit would double every year, which he revised to every two years in 1975. Originally made in an article for Electronics magazine, the observation became a talisman for the entire tech industry. And though skeptics have declared Moore’s Law to be dying or dead for years, its power as a bold, optimistic explanation of the extraordinary advances in computing over the past six decades is undiminished.Read Full Story

The fintech startup saw an opportunity to help fellow SVB clients in its own way: through an emergency bridge credit line. Two weeks ago, on what seemed like a typical Wednesday, Brex cofounder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras discovered something curious: a “weird” amount of inflows to deposits, as Brex’s enterprise customers moved cash onto the platform.Read Full Story

Gretchen Whitmer, the state’s Democratic governor, signed the legislation on Friday. Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled legislature.Read Full Story

VC firm Andreessen Horowitz just published its annual startup ranking, which reveals an increased focus on mental health and wellness. Mental health continues to be a top concern for millions of Americans. That includes children’s mental health, which is the single most concerning topic for U.S. parents, according to recent data from Pew Research.Read Full Story

Deutsche Bank shares were down 8.8% in late-afternoon trading on the German stock exchange after falling as much as 14%. Shares in Deutsche Bank fell sharply Friday, dragging down other major European banks and leading German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to express confidence in the country’s largest lender after fears about the global financial system sent fresh shudders through the market.Read Full Story

Maybe it’s partially a PR stunt, but research suggests CEOs would be better leaders if they had more hands-on experience in their fields. Laxman Narasimhan, the incoming chief executive of Starbucks Corporation, just did something that might make you feel a little better about your $9 latte habit.Read Full Story

OpenAI’s plugins could represent the second major phase in the rise of AI chatbots. We may have just witnessed the birth of OpenAI‘s version of an app store.Read Full Story

As billions of birds migrate to their breeding grounds this spring, people will engage with these flights in new ways, thanks to projects like BirdCast and Merlin. With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives. For many of us, it’s been a mixed bag. We rejoice when our Spotify For You playlist finds us a new jam, but groan as we scroll through a slew of targeted ads on our Instagram feeds.Read Full Story

In an exclusive Fast Company-Harris Poll, few people equated wealth with extravagance and excess. Most just want to be comfortable. The value of a dollar continues to erode due to high inflation, and as a result, Americans’ budgets are getting even tighter. But even as the typical American household has seen its purchasing power and wealth erode, many people are still feeling at least somewhat “wealthy,” according to an exclusive Harris Poll conducted earlier this month for Fast Company.Read Full Story