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Before I became a mother, I thought ambition meant saying yes.Yes to another assignment, even if the pay was mediocre. Yes to the meeting that probably could have been an email. Yes to the opportunity that sounded impressive, even when it wasn’t especially interesting. I wanted the byline, the invitation,…
Today’s tech titans are using similar financial tactics to Enron, but that doesn’t mean they’re careening toward disaster, one AI guru says.Enron, an energy supplier and trading powerhouse, collapsed into bankruptcy in 2001 after it was revealed to be a fraud. But it was also a story of three things,…
Mark didn’t have a six-figure salary when he started investing in real estate.The Florida-based former police officer, who prefers not to share his last name for privacy reasons, said he never earned more than $52,000 a year. Still, he built a 25-unit real-estate portfolio in less than five years and…
At Boston Consulting Group, consultants of the future might look a lot like those of the past: generalists with business acumen.The difference, said BCG veteran Mel Wolfgang, is that the firm increasingly sees its consultants developing some of the technical capabilities once concentrated among specialists in areas such as IT…
Alex Harman was on the last stretch of his trek to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania when he stopped on a steep part of the mountain. He had gone to bed at 3 p.m. the day before and set his alarm for midnight to start hiking early.Now the…
Alphabet’s Waymo is taking a bite out of ride-hailing in its most mature markets, third-party data showed.And that share is large enough that its effects on human drivers could be detectable, Gad Allon, a Wharton professor who studies the gig economy, said.Just don’t expect it to look like a visible…
Harvard University’s investment arm disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX, revealing a massive payoff from an early investment in Elon Musk’s rocket company following its blockbuster public debut. Harvard Management Company reported the position in a regulatory filing Friday, making SpaceX the largest individual stock holding disclosed in its…
We went behind the scenes to see how Ferrero, an Italian company is building a confectionery empire in the US, from spending billions on buying iconic American brands, to investing in new factories and an R&D lab, and even creating a new Nutella flavor specifically for Americans. Read the full…
Selena Gomez set out to create “the world’s first mental fitness ecosystem.” Instead, the startup is becoming her own personal headache.A federal lawsuit filed Thursday offers a detailed account of what investors say went wrong at Wondermind — from an app that was never built to major corporate partnerships they…
The former CEO of Taco Bell says McDonald’s new drink menu lacks originality.Greg Creed, who served as Taco Bell’s chief marketing officer when the chain introduced the popular “Baja Blast” drink over 20 years ago, shared some feedback this week on McDonald’s new menu of “refresher” drinks.”Any brand could have…
