Goodbye VR, hello AR, and can AI be more human, plz?

July 21, 2023
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. It seems like the fizzle has gone out of the VR conversation altogether, as every manufacturer and conversation is refocusing its attention on AR. That wasn’t particularly new, but Apple’s flagship headset is a huge leap away from virtual reality, […]

Your Public Messaging Strategy Starts With Your Inner Circle

July 21, 2023
Entrepreneurs spend hours planning and developing key messaging strategies to broaden the reach of their business. Instead, start with an “inner circle” core of family, friends, colleagues, and most importantly an existing customer and vendor base.

How to Overcome the Victim Mindset After Divorce

July 21, 2023
No matter what you discover on your journey through divorce, recognizing unhealthy mindsets and patterns is an important step that will enable you to push fear aside and heal, create a new life and find happiness after divorce.

Leave sex workers out of your NPC TikTok discourse

July 21, 2023
Every time a woman monetizes the absurd, she’s accused of making fetish content. It’s a symptom of the anti-sex moral panic sweeping pop culture — and this time, it’s coming for TikTok’s NPC creators.  Snippets of these creators’ livestreams keep going viral, and because the internet loves to hate on women, the nonsensical mannerisms that […]

AMC scraps plan to charge more for better seats

July 21, 2023
AMC Theaters has announced that it’s dropping plans to charge more for preferred seats and less for front row ones through a tiered pricing system. The plan, called “Sightline,” was being tested in three U.S. markets since March. The company says it saw “little or no increase in patronage of front row seating, despite a […]