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As Panera Bread’s chief financial officer, Paul Carbone once signed off on a change that looked good on a spreadsheet.The chain swapped its salad base from 100% romaine lettuce to a mix of romaine and iceberg in the summer of 2024, a move he said was intended to save money.Now,…
A little over six months ago, Toptal CEO Taso Du Val told Business Insider he believed in what he called an 80/20 model: 80% remote work and 20% in-person work at quarterly off-sites.Now, that 80-20 ratio means something different to him: 80% of the workforce can be fully remote and…
How much would you pay to help your employees have a good night sleep?Last year, the CEO of AI startup Factory took an unusual talent management tactic: buying everyone pricey sleep tech.Factory has grown rapidly since its 2023 founding. Factory now has 120 employees and raised $150 million in April,…
Not every AI prompt needs Opus 4.8.As the fervor of tokenmaxxing dies down, some AI users are wondering how to get more bang for their buck and keep their monthly costs in check. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared the crypto company’s strategy: not skimping on the cheaper models.”We’re working hard…
“Hot Smart Rich” podcaster Maggie Sellers Reum didn’t just get a seven-figure investment from “The Diary of a CEO” star Steven Bartlett — she got a valuable piece of advice from him, too.Sellers Reum said Bartlett helped her deal with her “very dark thoughts” of self-doubt by reminding her that…
When JT Batson thinks about the FIFA World Cup, he compares it to an IPO.The head of US Soccer, the sport’s governing body, recently recalled a conversation with a veteran CFO who described what it’s like to take a company public: lots of work building toward a single, high-profile moment.Yet,…
Star podcaster Steven Bartlett better watch his back.”I tell Steven all the time, I’m coming for you, because I think the most valuable consumer in the world is a female consumer,” Maggie Sellers Reum, Bartlett’s podcast protégé and the host of “Hot Smart Rich,” told Business Insider. “So be ready.”Bartlett…
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston invoked an old and reliable piece of advice to choose his successor.Houston told employees in a Tuesday memo that Dropbox named Ashraf Alkarmi as co-CEO and that Houston would be training him as his replacement. Following 19 years at the helm, Houston said he plans to step down as…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rob Mallernee, the CEO of Eton Solutions, who teaches a class in private wealth management at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flager Business School. Business Insider has verified his employment. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.I teach a…
Nikesh Arora says AI has changed how he approaches hiring — but not in the ways many workers fear. Loading audio narration… The CEO of Palo Alto Networks — a cybersecurity company with a nearly $200 billion market cap — told The New York Times’ “Hard Fork” podcast that he…
