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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kelly Ehlers, the founder and CEO of The Evoke Agency. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m the founder of a social media agency that brings in millions of dollars a year. I have a team of 45, and we…
What do you do if you’re a big media company that owns a bunch of cable TV networks?In many cases, you try to get rid of them. Just this week, Disney dumped its half-ownership of A&E and other networks for $1.2 billion,Versant CEO Mark Lazarus doesn’t have that option: The…
Carrie and Brian Smith rented an RV in July 2023 while participating in RAGBRAI, an annual seven-day bicycle ride across Iowa.Their accommodations weren’t cheap — or particularly nice.The bath towels were “kids’ old swimming towels,” Carrie told Business Insider. “The seats had cuts in them, and the upholstery was dried…
Caleb Ashton’s journey into the resale business was, like many who start out in that industry, humble.Ashton began flipping items — textbooks, action figures, golf clubs, sneakers, and more — while living with his wife in a one-bedroom apartment in 2019. He was eager to create an extra source of…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Camilla Kodsi, 27, the principal of Ark Capital Group, a Florida-based real estate investment firm founded by her father, Isaac Kodsi. When her father died unexpectedly in August 2025 in the middle of developing Arbor Residences, a residential building in Coconut…
Business Insider has recently completed production on “Dear Nizar, Dear Maryam.”The project is a follow-up to the Emmy Award-winning video about Hamada Shaqoura’s transition from food blogger to wartime chef.This is Business Insider’s first feature-length documentary. It will be released on the 2026-2027 international film festival circuit.Film synopsisBefore the war, Hamada…
The global economy is increasingly hinging on the notion that AI will be inexorably intertwined with every part of our lives.Also increasing: signs that consumers — or at least some consumers — don’t feel great about that, at all.You can see that most clearly in the anti-data center backlash, which…
The angst over China’s latest AI models is missing an important business fact: “open weight” AI is not the same thing as open-source software.Open-source software, where the code is freely shared, can be an amazing business. Think Red Hat, which IBM bought for $34 billion. Open-weight AI models are different…
I’d just spent the morning creating AI images for my online newsletter. They were eye-catching despite my nonexistent art skills. I turned the laptop screen toward my daughter.”What do you think?” I asked.She’s a 16-year-old art student considering a career in the arts. I thought she’d be impressed with the…
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says he has a hunch when the chipmaker’s downfall began.”I think one of the fundamental things is, and as you look at the great technology companies today, they’re deeply technical,” Gelsinger told “All-In Podcast” cohost Jason Calacanis during an interview taped at the Raise Summit…
