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Why an H-1B Visa Hopeful Decided to Give up on Work in the US
In September 2025, President Trump set in motion a change that would throw the H-1B visa application process into disarray. His proposed $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions changed the immigration landscape for employers, employees, and visa hopefuls alike. Indian national Shreya Mishra Reddy…
We’ve lived between a sailboat and a campervan for 10 years. The freedom is real, but so are the trade-offs.
I was hiking with my boyfriend, Tom, in the redwoods north of San Francisco in 2015 when he made the craziest suggestion: “Why don’t we camp up here on Mount Tam? Give up rent?” At first, I thought he was joking. Move out of my cute Zen cottage in the Mill Valley redwoods? No way!
I thought, ‘What’s more valuable than the family dog?’ That question became a company with nearly $100M in sales.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ken Ehrman, co-founder and CEO of Halo Collar. It has been edited for length and clarity. Back in 2017, my niece’s dog, Ruby, escaped from their yard and was hit by a car. My niece was only 11, and this was her first experience with death.
What to know about the Horowitz Andreessen Academy, Silicon Valley’s $42 million AI-era college alternative
Silicon Valley has long celebrated the college dropout. Now some of its biggest names are backing an educational institution of their own. The Horowitz Andreessen Academy has raised $42 million and recruited prominent tech figures as instructors, guest speakers, and mentors. Venture-capital firm…
I bought cardigans from Old Navy, Gap, and Banana Republic. They were all nice, but I’ll be wearing one all season long.
However, I didn’t think the material — made from 72% cotton and 28% nylon — was super breathable. It was thin but slightly rough on the skin, and I felt my underarms sweating after only a few hours. Despite this, I fell in love with the overall design of this cardigan. Although I normally wouldn’t
I wanted to live in the US, then had a game-changing visit to Europe. Here’s why I chose Germany.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ishansh Gupta, 29, who lives in Munich. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Growing up in India, I knew I wanted to live in the US one day. I had relatives who’d moved there, and the way Bollywood movies portrayed the American…
Bobbi Brown and other founders share their advice for starting your own company
Now might be the perfect time to launch that business you’ve been dreaming about. Americans filed more than 3 million applications to start businesses in the first six months of 2026, up 16.5% from a year earlier, according to US Census Bureau data. The uptick comes as AI lowers the barriers to…
NYC’s DoorDash settlement is just one part of Mamdani’s big swing against delivery apps
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s win against DoorDash is just one battle in his bigger war on delivery companies. The $131.5 million settlement accomplished what former mayor Eric Adams’ administration had begun. Now, regulating companies like Amazon, DoorDash, and Uber Eats has become a pillar of Mamdani’s…
Asia’s AI boom is spilling out of the stock market and into luxury spending
Luxury spending is holding up in parts of Asia even as the AI-fueled stock-market rallies that helped create new wealth have stumbled. In South Korea and Japan, affluent consumers are still spending on jewelry, watches, and other luxury goods after huge gains in AI-linked stocks swelled household…
Demi Moore, 63, says friendship is key to aging well. She shares a daily ritual with a group of women.
Demi Moore, 63, said her approach to longevity includes one simple daily practice with her friends. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar Arabia published on Tuesday, Moore said she believes in practicing gratitude every day and has made it a shared ritual within her “community of women.” “I have a…