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Two Stanford grads believe the $100 billion wearables market has a major blind spot: women’s health.Investors seem to agree.Clair Health, a San Francisco startup cofounded by 22-year-old CEO Jenny Duan and 24-year-old CTO Abhinav Agarwal, has raised $11.6 million in seed funding to develop a bracelet that tracks women’s hormones.Competitors…
I’m the organizer in my friend group. But I’m not by nature an organizer. I love to separate the laundry into piles and then shove the clothes, unfolded, into drawers. I’m also not a glamorous, girl boss who makes everyone wear coordinated outfits. And I don’t always want to reach…
AI, it seems, is for the experts.In a new working paper, researchers at Harvard Business School and the nonprofit business school, INSEAD, found that AI-native startups are building smaller, flatter teams with fewer entry-level workers than their non-AI peers.The study, titled “AI-Native Firms,” examined Y Combinator startups from 2020 to…
Corporate attorney Zack Shapiro used to spend hours each workday stuck behind his desk drafting legal documents in Microsoft Word.Now, the founder and managing partner of the boutique AI-native law firm Rains says artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed how he practices law — freeing him from much of the tedious…
Playgrounds used to play fast and loose with kids’ safety … which was half the fun anyway. They’re considerably safer today, although some anthropologists argue there are developmental benefits to playing on challenging structures, like those of the past.”Generally, researchers have found that risky play helps children build resilience and confidence,…
Editor’s note: In February 2025, Business Insider wrote about a medical professional named “Daniel,” who was secretly juggling two full-time remote jobs and on track to earn about $280,000. (Daniel is a pseudonym, but Business Insider has verified his identity and employment.) Read that story here. In a recent interview,…
West Point overlooks the Hudson River, which was the fastest and most reliable way to transport troops, weapons, food, and other crucial supplies during the war. George Washington knew that controlling the river was key to America’s survival in the fight against the British. He established his headquarters there, calling…
Being a freelance writer and editor means I have the flexibility to work from wherever, whether that’s on a hospital bed getting induced, late at night after the kids go to sleep, or in a nice hotel on a work trip.It’s not always glamorous, but it certainly has its moments,…
When they were really little, we used to call vacationing with the kids “babysitting with palm trees.” Now that they’re teens, maybe it’s more like “traveling with jerks.”I mean, sometimes they’re grateful and engaged. But just as often, it can feel like every decision is getting evaluated by the most…
In August, I quit my steady job as a New York City public high school teacher to start a full-time graduate program in Manhattan. I worried about the choice not only because I loved my work with the kids, but also because I had traded a consistent paycheck and affordable…
