Entrepreneurship
How this entrepreneur quit her job to now teach people how they can afford anything
Paula Pant didn’t follow the same career path as most people in her community and family. She disappointed many when she decided to quit her job as a newspaper reporter to travel the world. Pant’s now an entrepreneur and is teaching people how they can afford anything. Watch this video to learn how she says […]
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How a former Lehman Brothers banker turned the tables and built a pandemic-proof business
Declan Ee always knew he wanted to run his own business. But when he graduated from University College London in 2006, he saw his peers applying for jobs at investment banks and decided to give it a try. His first gig? Lehman Brothers. “I liked seeing how businesses worked on a global scale. So that […]
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Omicron-specific Covid vaccines could finally be here this fall—here’s what you need to know
As we dive into summer, public health experts say a booster shot targeted at Covid’s omicron variant can better protect Americans during a possible virus surge in the fall. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that drugmakers like Pfizer and Moderna move ahead with developing omicron-specific booster shots for the coming fall. […]
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Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says more exchanges will fail: ‘There are companies that are basically too far gone’
The so-called crypto winter isn’t over yet — and a number of cryptocurrency exchanges have already run out of cash, billionaire and founder of crypto exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried said on Tuesday. There are “some third-tier exchanges that are already secretly insolvent,” Bankman-Fried told Forbes. The 30-year-old’s own fortune has taken a significant cut this […]
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This couple left the U.S. to travel full-time—and cut expenses by 50%: ‘We’ve lived in London, Rome and Lisbon’
My wife and I love to travel. In the five years that we’ve been together, we’ve made many unforgettable memories during our trips abroad. But in July 2021, we took a Greek Isles cruise for my wife’s 49th birthday that truly changed our lives. As we sat in our ocean view cabin, we talked about […]
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His company makes millions producing toys. Now it’s venturing into blockchain and the metaverse
When Jackson Aw was introduced to blockchain technology in 2018, he “didn’t get it at all.” “Can someone dumb it down even further for me? Like, can you just tell me what I can get as a consumer?” That was four years ago. Today, Aw, seems to have the answer to that question. The 32-year-old […]
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This 32-year-old has a toy business worth millions. Here’s how he got his big break with DC Comics
“I’m not the best artist. I’m terrible,” said Jackson Aw with a sheepish laugh. That may seem ironic, given how the 32-year old is the founder and chief executive officer of Mighty Jaxx, a designer toy company from Singapore. But to Aw, acknowledging his own shortcomings has helped him turn his start-up into a multimillion-dollar […]
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Microsoft finds Gen Z is redefining the idea of work hustle in and outside the office
Inga Kjer | Photothek | Getty Images For decades Microsoft has been associated with a traditional definition of office work, long hours in front of a computer, but now the corporate enterprise giant finds Gen Z entrepreneurs disrupting ideas about workplace hustle and the traditional 9-5 day. Many recent Gen Z college graduates are flipping the […]
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5 tips for selling your e-commerce business to an Amazon aggregator
In recent years, Amazon sellers have become a hot commodity. Growing a business on Amazon is more challenging and aggregators are taking the opportunity to snatch up promising and successful businesses while using their expertise to clean up the marketplace. Selling your e-commerce business to an Amazon aggregator can pay off, but only if you […]
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Sequoia says it is optimistic about Southeast Asia’s start-ups despite challenging market
Venture capital firm Sequoia is still “quite optimistic” about long-term prospects for start-ups, despite the recent market volatility. “This is a particularly challenging market for founders to get started,” Abheek Anand, managing director of Sequoia Southeast Asia, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Wednesday. When asked about the firm’s outlook for Southeast Asia’s start-ups, Anand […]
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