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Poppi’s CEO and cofounder, Allison Ellsworth, said that she’s opened $5,000 investment accounts for her three kids under 10. Loading audio narration… In an interview with The Wall Street Journal released on Sunday, Ellsworth spoke about how she’s teaching her three children about investing after their latest windfall.Ellsworth and her…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amrisha Agarwal, a 36-year-old café owner in Rishikesh, India. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I was born and raised in Kolkata, a populous city in India’s far eastern state of West Bengal. I was married…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Peter Millard, a 78-year-old retiree living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with his wife, Rita. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… My wife and I spent more than 20 years moving between countries, trying to find the…
Even as companies like Cloudflare and Snap cite AI as they lay off thousands of employees, Jensen Huang told graduates on Sunday that there’s no better time to “begin your life’s work.” Loading audio narration… Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University’s 2026 Commencement, the Nvidia CEO made his case that AI will be…
When Tejal Rives was laid off from Amazon in October 2025, she and her husband had a plan. Loading audio narration… They had bought a career-coaching and résumé-writing business, Do My Resume LLC, in 2024. Rives used some smart time management hacks to turn it into a side hustle alongside…
There’s a certain irony to being a middle manager right now. Loading audio narration… We’ve been chronicling how vulnerable managers have become in the AI era. Companies are flattening org charts to boost efficiency. Coinbase is eliminating “pure managers” as part of its AI-driven job cuts. Block has rebranded them…
At 5 a.m. every Thursday morning, my phone pings with a text from my friend. This early morning communication is a yearslong tradition that began when we lived in the same time zone. My 5 a.m. is her 8 a.m., a much more reasonable hour for a check-in. Loading audio…
It was Christmas morning, and my 9-year-old daughter was thrilled to open up our new backyard fire pit. Loading audio narration… She asked me if we could roast marshmallows and make S’mores that same night. “Sure,” I responded. “If you can put the firepit together.”I knew she could do it,…
As an Egyptian citizen who has lived here for 30 years, one of my favorite things to do is hot-air ballooning in Luxor.Nadine ArabI live in Egypt, and I always remind tourists that there are other gems to see beyond the pyramids.For example, I love hiking Mount Sinai and snorkeling…
A Chicago-based executive is trying to break a record in Florida with the sale of his home by listing it for $115 million — and it’s nowhere near South Beach.Steven Lempera, the president of an energy company in Illinois, bought the 87-acre lakefront compound in Tampa, Florida, in 2021 for…
