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[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jesse Itzler, a 56-year-old entrepreneur based in Atlanta. The following has been edited for length and clarity.We’re a house of six people, and with four kids, I don’t need an alarm. My daughter wakes me up every morning.I started out in the music business as a recording artist and manager. Then, in 2001, I co-founded a private jet card company, which we sold to Warren Buffett’s NetJets. BI’s Power Hours series gives readers an inside look at how powerful leaders in business structure their workday. See more stories from the…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sylvania Harrod, a 39-year-old former Big Tech employee who now works in private equity in Virginia. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I didn’t go to college. I joined the Army at 18 and served for nearly five years.After I got out, I worked the front desk at a gym. I kept seeing a group of guys who wore nice clothes and drove nice cars. I asked them what they did for work, and they told me they worked for CDW.Even though I had no experience working in…

[ad_1] OpenAI is ramping up its push into healthcare with two high-profile new hires.The AI powerhouse has tapped Nate Gross, the cofounder and former chief strategy officer of Doximity, and Ashley Alexander, former co-head of product at Instagram, to lead the next phase of its healthcare business.Gross joined OpenAI in June, while Alexander assumed her role on Tuesday, according to their LinkedIn profiles. An OpenAI spokesperson said Gross will lead OpenAI’s go-to-market strategy in healthcare, with early goals including co-creating new healthcare technologies with clinicians and researchers. Alexander will be a vice president of product in OpenAI’s health business, building…

[ad_1] In late July, I warned you about how Big Tech companies were getting on board the “AI crazy train.” More recently, I introduced the Enron documentary to my daughter, and I was shocked all over again by how much that company wooed Wall Street while pursuing wild, expensive infrastructure projects. These two threads just came together in the form of a fascinating interview I just spotted: The Institute for New Economic Thinking scored an interview with famed short seller Jim Chanos recently.Dr. Lynn Parramore, a senior research analyst at INET interviewed Chanos on a number of topics, but his comments about…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Samantha Gold, founder and CEO of children’s pajama brand Motette. It has been edited for length and clarity.In 2024, my husband got a job opportunity in Sydney. We were living in Charleston, SC, at the time, and I was the CEO of Elizabeth James The Label.Starting my own business had been on my mind for a while, and it felt like a great time to do it when we moved. I quit my job, and my husband and I decided to use the proceeds from selling our house to fund…

[ad_1] While everyone complains about the commute and annoying coworkers, a sneaky startling part of the return-to-office wave is how expensive slop bowls and sad salads have gotten. The colloquial name for the classic weekday lunch options would indicate a low price point, and yet, one can easily find themselves shelling out $25 on a random Wednesday afternoon for a dispiriting pile of vegetables, grains, and a protein or two, wondering if 37 is too old to get a sugar daddy and quit this stupid corporate life for good. At this price point, shouldn’t you have the option of someone…

[ad_1] Business deals often involve risk — even when you’re dealing with the United States government.Intel acknowledged several risks the company faces with the US taking a 9.9% stake in the chipmaker via an investment of $8.9 billion in common stock. It’s a rare deal in which the government is taking a financial stake in a publicly traded company.Intel, which has been working on a turnaround, announced the deal on Friday, saying it reflected “the confidence the Administration has in Intel to advance key national priorities and the critically important role the company plays in expanding the domestic semiconductor industry.”In…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump just said he removed a key official at the Federal Reserve, and it wasn’t Jerome Powell.Trump said in a letter posted to Truth Social on Monday that he was removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, citing recent allegations made against her by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.Pulte, in a letter to the attorney general posted on X last week, accused Cook of making at least one false statement on mortgage agreements by having mortgages on two properties in two different states and describing both as her primary residence.”Pursuant to my authority under Article…

[ad_1] Chatter of an AI bubble has reached a fever pitch.A number of investors are concerned that the AI market might be overheating and that we’re at risk of reliving the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. Some are wondering whether large language models are actually powerful enough to develop the long-desired superintelligence; some fear tech companies’ massive expenditures won’t pay off; and some are worried that less experienced investors are getting caught up in the hype.According to data from CB Insights, 50% of venture dollars were spent on AI startups during the first half of 2025. In those six months,…

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