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On a bright Seattle morning in June, thousands of soccer fans thronged a stage near the city’s downtown. Eventually, they were going to watch the US men’s team beat Australia in a World Cup match.But first, they wanted to see Roger Bennett.Bennett is the cofounder and front man of Men…
What if the company you worked for just ghosted you?A group of staffers at Triller, a company that raised over $400 million to challenge TikTok, say they haven’t received a paycheck in the past year, nor heard from their bosses in months. The company shut down their work emails and…
On a blustery December day, nine large white cardboard boxes sat stacked next to a garbage can in the driveway of a New Jersey nurse as a man packed them into the bed of a pickup truck.Other than a manufacturer’s label in the corner and a note that the contents…
In the era of leaner companies, even the C-suite isn’t insulated from downsizing. Just look at Lucid.The luxury EV maker filed an 8-K to the SEC on Monday detailing plans to cut about 18% of its US workforce — including full-time employees, contractors, and hourly manufacturing workers at its AMP-1…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marissa Frois, CEO of The Entrepreneur’s Source. It has been edited for length and clarity.Like many teenagers, one of my first jobs was at a restaurant. When I started there, I had no idea it would shape my whole career in…
Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has made a major bet on Elon Musk’s SpaceX that could lead to more than just a financial return.Rinehart — Australia’s richest person with a fortune estimated at $38.4 billion by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — invested through Hancock Prospecting, her privately held mining and…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Caroline Huber, cofounder and co-CEO of Jones. It has been edited for length and clarity.I started smoking very casually, mostly at parties after I’d had a few drinks. I wasn’t dependent, and it didn’t feel like a problem. I was happy…
Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg, and the real Mark Zuckerberg.Sony Pictures Releasing; Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesJeremy Strong is making headlines for his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Reckoning.”The upcoming film is the latest in a new genre of entertainment: the startup biopic.Sebastian Stan, Jared Leto, and Amanda Seyfried have…
“Do you think we should get a work divorce?” I asked Cody, furiously scribbling in my notebook about a client meeting.”What do you mean?” he said as he flushed and looked up at me. “Honey, we literally just got the LLC paperwork filed with the IRS. We can’t quit now.”It…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brian Winch, the founder of Clean Lots. The following has been edited for length and clarity.As a young kid, I watched my parents work hard to keep food on the table. What is now called picking up a few side hustles…
