Thu February 15 2024

Private Equity Companies Don’t Share the Wealth With Employees Enough. Why That Isn’t Good for the Startups They Acquire - Sam Blum

Scathing Critiques of AI Girlfriend Apps May Only Fuel Their Popularity - Bruce Crumley

AI Voice Cloning Plays an Emotionally Charged Role in Anti-Gun Violence Campaign - Kit Eaton

Nvidia Passes Amazon and Alphabet to Become Third-Most Valuable Company in U.S. - Ben Sherry

The Bad Reaction to Uber Eats’ Super Bowl Joke Begs the Question: Why Do Brands Try to Be Funny? - Roy Canivel

Why Your SWOT Analysis Is Probably Useless - Andrea Olson

Steps Small Businesses Can Take to Prolong Labor Productivity Gains - Bruce Crumley

Retail Sales Dipped in January After Consumers Spent Heavily Through the Holidays - Sydney Sladovnik

Musk Says SpaceX Incorporation Has Moved Texas from Delaware - Reuters

Sign Up Now: Learn Savvy New Ways to Secure Funding in This Exclusive Inc. Livestream, Today at 12 p.m. ET - Inc. staff

Slack Just Got an AI Injection That Might Speed Up Your Workday - Kit Eaton

William Post, Who Helped Create Pop-Tarts, Dies at 96 - Associated Press

7 Examples of Poor Leadership Behavior That Limit Business Success - Martin Zwilling

Biden Administration Announces $970 Million in Grants for Nationwide Airport Upgrades - Associated Press

Cisco Systems Announces Layoffs Will Hit 4,000 Workers - Associated Press

Number of Workers on Strike More Than Doubled in 2023 - Sarah Lynch

Lyft’s CEO Gave a Humble 6-Word Response to a $2 Billion Mistake. It’s a Lesson in Emotional Intelligence - Justin Bariso

Mark Zuckerberg’s Response to the Vision Pro Gets 1 Thing Right and It’s Bad News for Apple - Jason Aten

A Toddler Lost a Special Toy at Holiday Inn Express. The Response Was a Stroke of Genius - Bill Murphy Jr.

Solve Your Tech Overload With an Intelligent Transformation - Rebecca Hinds

Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Know These 6 Words - Nuala Walsh

New Study Suggests Warren Buffett Is Smarter and More Emotionally Intelligent than Elon Musk - Marcel Schwantes

Michelle Obama Just Offered an Emotional Intelligence Master Class in How to Balance Authenticity and Strategy - Jessica Stillman

With No Words, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian Just Taught the Most Important Kind of Leadership Lesson. Employees Are Thrilled - Jason Aten

A Swedish Legal Software Startup’s Insights for Leaders - Peter Cohan

3 Keys to Making Great Business Decisions - Joe Procopio

Wed February 14 2024

Lyft’s Typo Snafu Proves Small Details Can Have Big Ramifications - Jennifer Conrad

Jeff Bezos Just Sold $4 Billion Worth of Amazon Stock. But He’s Still Not the World’s Richest Person - Ben Sherry

Walmart and Target Are Championing a California Ballot Measure That Could Crack Down on Retail Crime - Sydney Sladovnik

Maximize Your Profits With Amazon FBA - Tom Wicky

What I Learned From Being Bullied by the ‘Mean Girl’ of My Industry - Princess Ousley

Travis Kelce Just Called His Bad Behavior During the Super Bowl ‘Unacceptable.’ It’s an Extraordinary Lesson in Emotional Intelligence - Jason Aten

Department of Energy Offers $100 Million for Carbon Removal Projects - Chloe Aiello

Here’s What Y Combinator Wants From Startups This Year - Sam Blum

TikTok Cracking Down on Misinformation, AI Fakes, and Influence Ops Before EU Vote, Could Be Model for Presidential Election - Associated Press

Amazon Antitrust Trial Date Set for October 2026 - Bruce Crumley

Squishmallows Toy Maker and Build-A-Bear Sue Each Other Over ‘Copycat’ Accusations - Associated Press

Hybrid Work Had a Growth Spurt in 2023. Your Company Could Reap the Benefits - Sarah Lynch

How Little Spoon’s Co-Founders Went From High School Sweethearts to Business Partners - Rebecca Barker

Otter Launches AI Product to Take the Time-Suck Out of Meetings - Kit Eaton

Away Just Cut 25 Percent of Its Staff. CEO Jen Rubio Shares the Company’s Path Forward - Rebecca Deczynski

Baked by Melissa Cupcakes Have a Secret Ingredient: Love - Sydney Sladovnik

Lab-Grown Diamonds Sway Gen-Z and Millennial Buyers, but Wreak Environmental Damage - Associated Press

With Just 9 Words Dissing Apple’s Vision Pro, Meta’s Zuckerberg Gives a Masterclass in How Not to Smack Talk the Competition - Kit Eaton

My Employee Is Hassling Co-Workers About Their Clothes - Alison Green

Disneyland Character Performers Announce Plans to Unionize - Reuters

Instacart Joins Tech Sector’s Layoff Parade, But Spares Delivery Employees - Bruce Crumley

Researcher Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI Co-Founder, Departs Firm - Reuters

Small Businesses Have Big Goals for 2024 - Sarah Lynch

Moody’s Queries Unsettle Regional Banks as New York Community Bancorp Reels - Reuters

Chocolate Price Hikes on the Way? - Reuters

3 Leadership Lessons From ‘Barbie’ - Carol Schultz

Want to Get Smarter? This Habit Helps You Focus and Learn More - Jeff Haden

Research Says 80 Percent of Employees Are Treated Unfairly. Here Are 3 Ways to Instantly Change That - Marcel Schwantes

What Austin’s Tech Startup Scene Taught Me About the Product and Business Strategy Relationship - Louise K. Allen

Employees Are Incredibly Lonely. Use the 40-1-5 Method to Help Build More Connection at Work - Jessica Stillman

Why Every Business Leader Needs a Coach to Unlock Their Full Potential - Moshe Engelberg

Human Psychology, Not Mr. Bean, Is a Key Factor in Lagging Electric Vehicle Sales - Nick Hobson

With 1 Gesture, Kansas City Chiefs Tight End–and Taylor Swift Boyfriend–Travis Kelce Taught a Huge Lesson About Motivation - Minda Zetlin

Tue February 13 2024

In a Smart Marketing Move, PacSun Tapped Its Customers to Create Its Latest Campaign - Rebecca Barker

How MoviePass Finally Became Profitable - Ben Sherry

Amazon Prime Video Is Facing a $5 Million Class Action Lawsuit for Its Newest Ad Tiers - Sydney Sladovnik

Inside Elon Musk’s Chaotic Twitter Takeover - Jennifer Conrad

How 2 Female Founders Raised $15M for Their Pickleball Club Despite a Frosty Funding Climate - Ali Donaldson

This Bill Gates-Backed Startup Just Raised $145 Million to Source Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles - Chloe Aiello

California Lawmakers Seek Stricter Regulation of Autonomous Vehicles - Reuters

Workers Want More Mental Health Training and Resources - Sarah Lynch

Dartmouth Trustees Get More Time to Prepare for Basketball Team’s Union Vote - Associated Press

Bob Moore, Founder of Bob’s Red Mill, Has Died, Leaving His Company to Its Employees - Roy Canivel

Sam Altman Says AI Could Make ‘Things Go Horribly Wrong’ - Associated Press

Only ‘Natural Persons’ Can Patent Things in the U.S., as Ruling Leaves AI Inventors Out in the Digital Cold - Kit Eaton

DoorDash, Uber, and Lyft Drivers Set to Strike Over Pay on Valentine’s Day - Bruce Crumley

Will AI Make White-Collar Workers Obsolete? - Bruce Crumley

Lunar Sportswear? Commercial Lunar Lander Headed to the Moon Dressed in Some Surprising Earthly Tech - Kit Eaton

A Tweet from Lovable Elmo is the Empathy Needed in Today’s Chaotic World and Is a Remarkable Lesson in Emotional Intelligence - Nick Hobson

Inflation Hit Hotter, Faster Than Expected in January - Ali Donaldson

What You Can Learn From These 2 Generative AI Startups - Peter Cohan

My Former Employee Lied to Get a Job - Alison Green

Musk Ordered to Testify in SEC Probe of $44 Billion Twitter Takeover - Associated Press

Many Young Workers Would Rather Go to ChatGPT for Career Advice Than Their Manager. That’s a Problem - Brit Morse

Want to Be More Successful? Research Shows an Accountability Buddy Makes a Huge Difference, but With 1 (Literally) Meaningful Catch - Jeff Haden

New York Community Bancorp Woes Keep Squeezing Regional Bank Sector - Reuters

Small-Business Pessimism Lingered in January - Sarah Lynch

When It’s Time to Pull the Plug - Howard Tullman

Science Says 3 Mental Health Strategies Will Reduce Negativity, Lower Anxiety, and Make You Happier - Marcel Schwantes

CEOs and Data Agree: If Workers Want a Promotion, They Have to Go Into the Office at Least 4 Days a Week - Jessica Stillman

5 Questions to Help You Identify Marketable Ideas - Stephen Key

8 Leadership Strategies for Maintaining Morale in Tough Times - Martin Zwilling

4 Industries AI Is Expected to Significantly Impact in 2024 - John Hall

Mon February 12 2024

How Companies Can Help Employees Save for Emergencies - Brit Morse

Nvidia Founder Jensen Huang Dismisses $7 Trillion AI Investment Figure Floated by OpenAI’s Sam Altman - Ben Sherry

Elon Musk’s Effort to Pull Up Stakes in Delaware Is Starting to Resonate - Sam Blum

High-Growth CEOs Are Future-Proofing Their Startups. Are You? - Marli Guzzetta

A Pair of Super Bowl Ads Told America to ‘Boycott Tesla’ - Sam Blum

How This Startup Turned Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl Carbon Emissions Into a Brilliant Marketing Opportunity - Chloe Aiello

Travis Kelce’s Mom is Lending Her Famous Cookie Recipe to a Kansas City Small Business - Sydney Sladovnik

Even if a Super Bowl Commercial is Too Pricey, Brands Should Still Consider TV Ads - Rebecca Barker

Why Uber Eats Deleted a Scene in Its Super Bowl Commercial Before Primetime - Will Swarts

Philly Fed Economists Join the 2024 Optimism Parade With New Report - Bruce Crumley

Microsoft CEO Nadella’s AI Training Pledge Puts Focus on India’s Tech Ascendance - Kit Eaton