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3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder

Hi, Welcome Welcome back May 20, 2024 3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder It’s a difficult time to be a founder. These insights can help. BY Boaz Shedletsky 2024 is forming into one of the hardest years to survive as a startup founder. Last year, entrepreneurs were already reporting high rates of anxiety … Continue reading 3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder →

Sam Altman is ‘embarrassed’ that OpenAI threatened to revoke equity if exiting employees wouldn’t sign an NDA

Sam Altman is ‘embarrassed’ that OpenAI threatened to revoke equity if exiting employees wouldn’t sign an NDA The company says it has never enforced this provision and is changing the exit paperwork. cheyenne macdonald   Sun, May 19, 2024 REUTERS / Reuters OpenAI reportedly made exiting employees choose between keeping their vested equity and being … Continue reading Sam Altman is ‘embarrassed’ that OpenAI threatened to revoke equity if exiting employees wouldn’t sign an NDA →

4 strategies for promoting passion and purpose in the workplace

May 19, 2024 4 strategies for promoting passion and purpose in the workplace Yonason Goldson explains how leaders who project an autotelic sense of mission, vision, and nobility promote a cultural attitude geared to succeed. BY Yonason Goldson Many years ago, I introduced my six-year-old son to Chutes and Ladders. He took to the classic board game … Continue reading 4 strategies for promoting passion and purpose in the workplace →

What’s the future of the 32-hour and 4-day workweek?

May 19, 2024 What’s the future of the 32-hour and 4-day workweek? How companies are rejiggering the workweek to offer 4-day and 32-hour options. BY Lydia Dishman Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. There has been a lot of buzz in … Continue reading What’s the future of the 32-hour and 4-day workweek? →

TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTube’ criticism

TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTube’ criticism Charlotte Colombo Freelance Journalist   It’s official. TikTok is going longform. The application, which is facing a potential ban in the U.S., confirmed to TechCrunch on May 16 that it was testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos. Purportedly, this feature is available to … Continue reading TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTube’ criticism →

A Nobel Prize winner explains progressive capitalism and freedom

May 27, 2024 A Nobel Prize winner explains progressive capitalism and freedom Joseph Stiglitz believes a 21st-century economy and society require a rich set of institutions, from profit-making firms to cooperatives, unions, an engaged civil society, not-for-profit institutions, and public institutions, components of what he calls progressive capitalism. BY Next Big Idea Club Joseph Stiglitz is … Continue reading A Nobel Prize winner explains progressive capitalism and freedom →