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Markets
Why Millennials and Gen Z keep buying plushies
Some adults buy plushies for nostalgia, but others are slow to grow up.
January 18, 2025
Trends
New GLP-1 consumption patterns
Retailers across food and nonfood categories must adapt their strategies to meet shifting demand caused by spending changes from GLP-1 users.
January 18, 2025
Trends
Sellers branch out beyond Amazon
2024 was the year sellers became less loyal to Amazon.
January 18, 2025
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Strategy
🇯🇵 Japanese 7-Elevens
7-Eleven is refining its business amid underlying trends in the U.S. convenience store market, drawing inspiration from its Japanese stores.
July 10, 2024
Trends
Gold’s Stealthy Bull Market
Following central bank activity, retail investors are driving up gold prices.
July 9, 2024
Markets
The False Promise of Thrift Companies
Thrifting is booming, but companies specializing in secondhand apparel are struggling to grow alongside the overall market.
July 8, 2024
Markets
Non-Obvious Winners from the Ozempic Craze
Analysts predict Ozempic and other weight loss drugs will have ripples across many industries.
June 6, 2024
Business
Markets
TikTok pushes Lemon8, but why?
Lemon8 has quickly become the No. 1 app in the Apple App Store.
January 18, 2025
Markets
Cooking up higher fast-food wages
Raising the minimum wage comes cheap.
January 18, 2025
Trends
Legal filings, the publishing platform of choice
Filing a lawsuit or legal response ensures a level of credibility and visibility that social media can’t match.
January 10, 2025
Trends
Forklift-free set to disrupt manufacturers
Retail orders of forklifts dropped 28% in 2023.
January 10, 2025
Tech
AI power needs threaten U.S. households
Worst harmonics are within 20 miles of significant data center activity.
January 10, 2025
Trends
2024 was a year of destruction for casual dining
Casual dining is on the brink of disaster.
January 10, 2025
Startups
Career Growth
The Power of Compounding in Your Career with Laura Thompson
Laura Thompson shares lessons from her career as a go-to-market and product marketing leader with 15 years of experience at places like Google.
January 30, 2024
Join a Startup
Devin Bhushan, Squint: Accelerating Human Potential with Augmented Reality
Devin Bhushan is the Founder and CEO of Squint, a mobile app that uses AI and AR to present contextual information at the right time and place.
January 18, 2024
Career Growth
Joining a startup early with Charley Ma
Charley Ma on his experience joining early-stage startups. He was the first business hire at Plaid and an early member of the Ramp team.
November 29, 2023
Student Programs
Sara Flamm on Galvanizer at Stanford
An interview with Sara Flamm, the Director of Founder Programming of Galvanizer, on how they support female founders at Stanford.
November 15, 2023
Student Programs
Inside Z Fellows with Ali Debow
An interview with Ali Debow regarding her experience as a Z Fellow.
November 8, 2023
Accelerator Programs
How to get into YC with Jake Stein (YC W23)
An interview with Jake Stein, the Founder & CEO of Common Paper, regarding his experience participating in the Y Combinator Winter 2023 batch.
August 29, 2023
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