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Zoom is handing $150K to solopreneurs as AI pushes 33 million workers to become their own boss
As AI threatens to wipe out jobs, the American dream—stable employment, a clear ladder to climb, and a company to…
This AI CEO hires Gen Z with zero experience because they’re not stuck in ‘old ways of working’
Gen Z can’t catch a break. They’re struggling with mass unemployment as entry-level jobs vanish. Some 40% of bosses have…
Ex‑Google CMO quit a seven‑figure job at 28—says getting promoted was ‘easy’ once he broke the rules
Alon Chen joined Google in 2006 at 23, with no marketing experience and no connections at the company. By 28…
I have a Pebble back on my wrist. That’s a sentence that’s going to lead to quite a few questions.…
Student Beans made him a millionaire, a heart condition made this millennial founder rethink life
Today, we meet James Eder, the 42-year-old cofounder of Student Beans (a discount coupon company targeting the college crowd), who…
I generally ignore funding announcements. Every week, I get a dozen press releases celebrating massive rounds, oversubscribed rounds, strategic rounds,…
The world’s youngest self-made billionaire hasn’t taken a day off in 3 years and can’t stop thinking about work—here’s how he keeps from burnout
Step aside, Mark Zuckerberg, Silicon Valley has a new muscle to flex in its rolodex of young founders. Billionaire Brendan…
Founder of $100 million company never unplugs from work, but encourages her team to have work-life balance: ‘They didn’t sign up to be entrepreneurs’
Founders can find it hard to step away from work when their company rests on their shoulders. The concept of…
AOL was the first destination on the internet for millions of Americans during the first dot com boom, and is…
Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism
Serial entrepreneur Nicole Bernard Dawes seemed destined to build million-dollar food brands. As a kid, she grew up working the…












