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As my final semester at Bryn Mawr College drew to a close, I was eager to make the most of my spring break. I wanted more than just time away from class; I wanted an experience that would enrich me personally and professionally and point me towards a fulfilling future. Thankfully, I stumbled across the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Intensive hosted by the Center for Career & Civic Engagement. This two-day training proved to be the highlight of my college experience, exposing me to new ideas, meeting inspiring people, and broadening my perspective of what's possible. Wura Oni ’24 will be…
Social media stocks are off to a strong start, but will they continue to rise? Initial public offerings (IPOs) generate a lot of attention on Wall Street and among individual investors, but they're generally best avoided. IPOs, especially the more high-profile ones, often soar on their first day, but in the long run, most IPOs don't perform so well. One study found that three years after listing, nearly two-thirds of IPOs underperform the market. S&P 500 Large companies and Russell 2000 Most of them (among the smaller ones) are missing market returns by more than 10%. That makes sense, since…
article The old Allen Park building where Chris Knebel ran his business. DETROIT, Mich. (FOX 2) – Christopher Knebel, known as “Tax Man Chris” of Allen Park, was sentenced to five years in prison and three years of probation and ordered to pay $512,000 in restitution for his role in a pandemic unemployment insurance fraud scheme. Kneebel also worked seasonally as a manager for Party City, a retail chain that sold party supplies. Through his employment at Party City, Kneebel had access to files on people who had worked for or applied to work at the company. These files included…
Let's welcome Kai Sheffield, Visa's head of cryptocurrency, to the show. Welcome, I'm glad to be here. Thank you for having me. Thank you for sitting there while we do our little puppet show. That's great. Now, we're here at Consensus 2024. Tell us about your experience so far. Today is the second day, what's the atmosphere like? It's great. I think there's a lot of energy and momentum. I'm really excited to see what developers are building and how much blockchain technology is starting to mature, how the infrastructure is improving, and the different payment use cases that stablecoins…
The farmer wants a wife Carly Hinckley, the contestant who fans initially thought would win Farmer Bert's heart, has revealed she's in a new relationship. The brunette beauty (who many fans compare to Meghan Markle) is one of the women in a surprising twist after Bert decided to leave the dating show and go solo.Caitlin Crank and Brooke McCallum were the other two women Burt was still paired with after he left the show, and rumors have been rife about his love life since he left the show. There were even reports that Burt had gotten back together with Lauren…
An interesting question was asked on Reddit about what foods parents fed their kids in the 90s. The poster wondered what on earth parents in the 90s were thinking about the foods they were buying and putting out, especially considering that parents today cook for their kids. Some parents are criticized for simply packing chips and cookies in their kids' lunches. Oh, how times have changed! The poster, now a parent, wondered how someone managed to go an entire week “without eating any fruits or veggies,” and asked other Reddit users to weigh in on their own childhood experiences.”The emphasis…
It wasn't a failed dining deal that killed Red Lobster, it was a failed real estate deal.When venerable restaurant chain Red Lobster announced it had filed for bankruptcy and would close dozens of locations, the news came as no surprise. Red Lobster had been struggling for years, and the filing came on the heels of a highly publicized and equally ill-fated “all-you-can-eat shrimp” promotion. While the shrimp promotion may have played a role, a deeper analysis revealed that a failed real estate deal doomed Red Lobster.In 1968, Red Lobster pioneered the semi-casual fine dining trend that would dominate the American…
How should marketers tackle the difficult task of suppressing and improving their marketing funnel? Two marketing leaders recently discussed the topic at a MarTech conference.Free registration required to watch all programs on demand. Below are some highlights from a conversation between Adam Altmark, senior manager of solutions engineering at security technology company CHEQ, and Alex Schutte, senior director of marketing demand generation at human resources software company Paycor. What they discovered is that marketers need to understand every aspect of the funnel and be prepared with the data to make decisions. Then, they can use that data to test and…
Report details emissions reduction pathway and North America's first-mover advantageARLINGTON, Va., May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new report by environmental consulting firm ICF and the Aluminum Association: The Path to Decarbonization: North American Aluminum Roadmaphighlights potential strategies to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the North American (US and Canada) aluminum industry by the middle of this century. The roadmap provides a theoretical pathway to achieve industry-wide carbon emissions reductions in line with the International Energy Agency's (IEA) net-zero target for 2050.The report also finds that North America has a significant first-mover advantage in the carbon footprint of aluminum…
In an interview with the TED AI Show published Tuesday afternoon, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner revealed new details about the company's efforts to fire billionaire CEO and co-founder Sam Altman, and why Toner “never believed” anything he said.November 2023, The board of directors of OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, decided that Altman had “not been consistently forthright in his communications” and fired him. A few days after the firing, 95% of the company's employees signed a letter of warning threatening to resign if Altman was not reinstated.Altman returned to his job less than a week after being fired…