4 Ways to Avoid Holiday Staffing Blunders
Preparing your payroll now can help you avoid ending up with too many or too few workers. Here’s how to utilize all types of employees to make it through the holiday season.
The Download: a battery pivot to AI, and rewriting math
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. Why this battery company is pivoting to AI Qichao Hu doesn’t mince words about the state of the battery industry. “Almost every Western battery company has either died or is going to die. It’s kind of…
Entrepreneurs Need Intermittent “Brain Fasts” to Stay on Top. Here’s Why — and How to Implement Them.
The remarkable cognitive and other health benefits of information dieting.
Ask Marc | Get Free Advice About Your Business From the Co-Founder of Netflix
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Dan Fleyshman Reveals His Secrets for Finding Business Success and Personal Fulfillment
On this episode of “The Jeff Fenster Show,” hear serial entrepreneur Dan Fleyshman’s remarkable journey, his investment strategies, and his invaluable advice for aspiring founders.
2 Oil Stocks to Buy Today, 1 to Keep an Eye On
Surging oil prices on solid demand worldwide and extended production cuts by Saudi and Russia are driving the energy sector’s growth. Amid this backdrop, it could be wise to invest…
iOS 17 includes these new security and privacy features
Apple’s long-awaited iOS 17 update for iPhones lands today with a number of new and improved security features. Much of the new features are aimed at protecting iPhone owners who are at greater risk of cyberattacks and spyware, like journalists, activists and human rights defenders. Other iOS 17 features are better suited for the wider […]
Boxbot pivots from last-mile trucks to robotical parcel storage
I love a good pivot story. It’s something most startups will confront at some point or other, if they’re going to make it long term. In a category where luck, timing and market forces are at least half the battle, you’ve got to be willing to roll with the punches. Boxbot has been kicking around […]
How new tech is helping people circumvent digital authoritarianism
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. I want to talk about the battle that’s raging every day between people who want to censor online content and those who want to protect…
Shop Smart, Spend Less: How to Avoid Impulse Buys and Make Smarter Purchases
A whopping 73% of Americans admitted in a 2022 study by Slickdeals that the majority of purchases they make are impulsive! Besides, it’s easy to fall into the trap of…
Procurement management platform Levelpath raises $30M
Back in 2014, Stan Garber and Alex Yakubovich set out to reinvent the request for proposals (RFP) process with the launch of Scout RFP, which provides a cloud-based sourcing solution designed to help organizations source faster — and, ideally, easier. Scout RFP was acquired by Workday in 2019, and Garber and Yakubovich decided to stay […]