Not many people start multi-billion dollar businesses, and you can count on two hands the number of people who achieve that goal before they’re 30. Henrique Dubugras, 27, CEO of payments platform Brex, and his cofounder Pedro Franceschi, 26, are two of them. The pair came to the U.S from Brazil in 2016—after founding and selling fintech company Pagar.me in Brazil—to attend Sta…
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SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents some 160,000 performers, went on strike on July 13, joining the WGA in the organizations’ first concurrent work stoppage since 1960 and effectively bringing Hollywood to a standstill. The most prominent—and also the most unmistakable—voice in this fight belongs to Fran Drescher. Elected SAG-AFTRA president in 2021, The Nanny’…
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Within the last couple of weeks, global markets have become jittery about the banking sector, after a series of concerning events that started with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)—the biggest bank failure in the U.S. since the 2008 financial crisis. SVB and Signature Bank have been taken over by U.S. regulators, and in Switzerland over the weekend Credit Suisse was bought by UBS…
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The U.S. crypto community has long regarded Gary Gensler as one of its foremost enemies. Over the last few years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair has talked often about the dangers of cryptocurrencies and the need to strongly regulate the industry.
And since the FTX crash in November, Gensler has only stepped up his aggression against crypto. While Congress has made lit…
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When looking for recommendations on what to buy, popular social media influencers and celebrities are always around to peddle the hottest item of the moment. But some may reconsider their spending habits after looking through TikTok’s “de-influencing” campaign, which shares what viral products are not actually worth buying.
The app’s “deinfluencing” ta…
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I spend every day working with leaders trying to close the gender gap. As a founder myself, we’re up against it. What gets headlines is the fact that only 2% of all VC funding goes to women, and less than 1% to women of color.
While the math doesn’t lie, we’re focused on the wrong stat. We can’t allow this to be the accepted reality because this number is a reflect…
Read more YouTube will begin taking down content that promotes dangerous abortion methods or falsehoods about the safety of the procedure, responding to concerns from advocates about the spread of misinformation as abortion access declines in the U.S.
The hugely popular video site, which is part of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, said Thursday that it would follow guidelines from health authorities i…
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