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Mental health companies target election stress
Calm, a mental health app, has had a rise in subscriptions due to new election stress initiatives.
September 29, 2024
Trends
Gen Z is headed to TikTok Shop this holiday season
~54% of Gen Zers find their gifts on TikTok Shop.
September 29, 2024
Strategy
McDonald’s Self-Service Kiosks
Self-service kiosks at McDonald’s were supposed to take jobs. Instead, something surprising happened.
September 29, 2024
Featured
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
Strategy
Walmart’s major grocery moves
Walmart captured 37% (an all-time high) of grocery e-commerce spending in Q2 2024.
September 29, 2024
Tech
AI Data Centers Go Nuclear
Microsoft’s AI needs so much power it’s restarting the site of the worst U.S. nuclear accident.
September 29, 2024
Strategy
Apple’s bid for older customers
Apple is trading in the sexy styles for features that appear helpful to a user base that is getting older.
September 29, 2024
Personal Finance
When to book holiday travel
New data reveals that October is the ideal time to book your holiday travel this season.
September 29, 2024
Tech
How AI is Protecting the Power Grid
Maintaining trees next to power lines is a $10B annual exercise.
September 29, 2024
Trends
Today’s Dairy-Buying Trends
Americans are eating more cheese but drinking less milk.
September 29, 2024
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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