Entrepreneurship
Jack Dorsey regrets that he’s ‘partially to blame’ for the state of the internet today
Jack Dorsey says he has regrets about the social media giant he co-founded. Dorsey, who announced plans to leave Twitter in November, recently tweeted that he feels guilty about the role the company has played in creating a centralized internet, where a small handful of companies and platforms claim an outsized proportion of users and […]
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Here are the 3 top trends for Asia’s start-up scene in 2022, according to Microsoft
For entrepreneurs in Asia, the future seems brighter than ever. More so than elsewhere in the world, Asia “leapfrogged other forms of connectivity” to become so-called “mobile-first,” said Jesus Martin, chief strategy at Microsoft Asia. “And because Asia went mobile-first, mobile became the platform that underpinned innovations and new business models.” Mobile first refers to the strategy […]
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This 38-year-old makes $160,000 per month in passive income—after losing his job: ‘I work only 5 hours a week now’
Growing up, I loved music and had my sights set on becoming a full-time musician. I followed my dream in a practical way — working a corporate 9-to-5 as an audio engineer while growing a business as a freelance music producer for indie artists on the side. But in 2009, at age 26, I lost […]
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Elon Musk just bought 9% of Twitter—here’s how much money you’d have if you invested $1,000 five years ago
Twitter shares soared in Monday morning trading after filings revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had purchased a 9.2% stake in the social network. Musk’s 73,486,938 shares make him Twitter’s largest shareholder, and were valued by CNBC at $2.89 billion at Friday’s closing price — a fraction of the world’s richest man’s $273 billion fortune, […]
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Here’s what’s inside the nearly $140,000 gift bag given to Steven Spielberg, Will Smith and other Oscar nominees
The Oscars are on Sunday, and Los Angeles will soon be awash in designer gowns, famous movie stars and high-price gift bags. For the 20th consecutive year, LA-based marketing company Distinctive Assets is distributing its famously expensive “Everybody Wins” gift bags to select nominees. This year’s bag is valued at just over $137,000 and includes […]
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5 money-saving tips from a TikTok lawyer who reads the fine print
Reading the fine print means you could be saving money that you might not have otherwise known about, according to Erika Kullberg, lawyer and founder of Plug and Law, a legal tech start-up for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Kullberg found that you could be eligible for compensation for everything from getting bumped from your flight […]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s advice for young people: Focus more on building relationships than being ‘objective focused’
Most people know Facebook’s dorm-room origin story. But according to Mark Zuckerberg, you might have learned the wrong lesson from it. On a recent episode of the “Lex Fridman Podcast,” hosted by MIT computer scientist Lex Fridman, Zuckerberg said his initial ability to launch Facebook back in 2004 wasn’t because he dropped out of college […]
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Berkshire Hathaway shares topped $500,000 each—here’s why Warren Buffett says he’ll never split the stock
Class A shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway closed above $500,000 a share on Wednesday, setting a new high-water mark for the stock. It was the first time the shares have ever closed above half a million dollars, and helped push the company’s market cap above $730 billion. It is now the No. 6 most […]
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