How Saying ‘Yes’ to Every Opportunity Helped My Startup Make $1 Million in the First Year

September 25, 2024

The conventional wisdom for entrepreneurs to say “no” to opportunities can be counterproductive early on. Embracing “yes” can lead to discovering your strengths, finding valuable collaborators and identifying your business niche — ultimately earning you the privilege to say “no” later.

How to Win Black Friday and Cyber Monday This Year with AI

September 25, 2024

As Black Friday and Cyber Monday continue to break sales records, businesses must use every tool available to stand out in the market. This article explores how AI-driven strategies can enhance personalization, streamline operations and drive revenue across channels during BFCM.

I Tried Making an AI-Hosted Podcast with Google’s NotebookLM. It Worked Surprisingly Well.

September 25, 2024

Are AI-created podcasts the future?

Inflation Threatens 87% of Franchisees — Here Are the Ways They’re Fighting Back

September 25, 2024

From soaring labor costs to escalating supply prices, franchise owners are facing significant economic challenges, mostly due to inflation.

How an Idaho State Senator Saved a Beloved Franchise By Hitting the Road In His Camper Van

September 25, 2024

Peter Riggs’ first job out of college was as a Pita Pit franchisee. Years later, he returned as CEO to bring the brand back to life.

A tiny new open-source AI model performs as well as powerful big ones

September 25, 2024

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), a research nonprofit, is releasing a family of open-source multimodal language models, called Molmo, that it says perform as well as top proprietary models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The organization claims that its biggest Molmo model, which has 72 billion parameters, outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-4o, which is estimated…

One Price, All the Microsoft Office Tools Forever

September 25, 2024

For $69.97, enjoy Word, Excel, and more without ongoing fees.

Why This Mother Daughter Duo Are Making a Killing on Consignment Handbags In New Jersey

September 25, 2024

For their business to work, Dianne and Gabrielle Melillo need more than customers. They need a community that has total confidence in them.

The Download: how to connect the US’s grids, and OpenAI’s new voice mode

September 25, 2024

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 one developer won’t quit fighting to connect the US’s grids Michael Skelly hasn’t learned to take no for an answer. For much of the last 15 years, the energy entrepreneur has worked…

Why one developer won’t quit fighting to connect the US’s grids

September 25, 2024

Michael Skelly hasn’t learned to take no for an answer. For much of the last 15 years, the Houston-based energy entrepreneur has worked to develop long-haul transmission lines to carry wind power across the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southwest, delivering clean electricity to cities like Albuquerque, Chicago, and Memphis. But so far, he has little…

The Download: AI vs quantum, and the future of reproductive rights in the US