These Roommates Started a Side Hustle in Their Denver Apartment. Now It’s an 8-Figure Business With $1 Million Months: ‘Go Be Unreasonable.’
Boone Whiteside and Ben Medalie didn’t want to work 9-5 “on someone else’s dream.”
The Download: coding’s future, the ‘Steroid Olympics,’ and AI-driven science
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not At Anthropic’s developer event in London this week, Code with Claude, attendees were asked if they’d shipped code…
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Meta Lays Off an Unspecified Number of Virtual Reality Division Employees: ‘Deeply Saddened’
Meta’s Supernatural virtual reality fitness app is reducing the number of workouts it releases per week as a result of the layoffs.
6 Creative Ways to Improve Internal Communications at Work
These creative internal communication hacks could be the secret weapon your team needs to boost productivity and actually enjoy staying in the loop.
You’re Not Too Small for a CRM — Here’s Why It Matters For Your Startup
The first sign that you need a CRM often appears when things start falling through the cracks
Make These Smart Moves to Turn Your Side Hustle Into a 6-Figure Business (Without Burning Out)
Learn how to turn your side hustle into a six-figure business without any unnecessary stress. Follow our proven strategies for growth, time management and sustainable success.
An OpenAI researcher who worked on GPT-4.5 had their green card denied
Kai Chen, a Canadian AI researcher working at OpenAI who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years, was denied a green card, according to Noam Brown, a leading research scientist at the company. In a post on X, Brown said that Chen learned of the decision Friday and must soon leave the country. “It’s deeply […]
She Runs a James Beard Award-Nominated Restaurant. Here’s Her 2-Step Process for Hiring the Best Employees.
Krista Cole, who runs Portland, Maine tapas restaurant Sur Lie with chef Mimi Weissenborn, shares hiring tactics that any small business owner can use.
How to Scale a Business Without Wasting Millions (Or Collapsing Under Your Own Growth)
Every founder wants rapid growth — until it breaks their company. Here’s how to scale with discipline, avoid costly mistakes and build something that actually lasts.
‘We Can’t Possibly Do It All Ourselves’: People Are Hopping Into Robotaxis 250,000 Times a Week, Says Waymo
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle unit of Alphabet, reports that it is booking more than 250,000 robotaxi rides per week.
Intel Requires Employees to Work From the Office More Often: ‘This Action Is Necessary’
The return-to-office mandate will go into effect on September 1.