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Startup briefs
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With four aisles and no windows, the airliner would be the first real challenger to Boeing's U.S. monopoly in decades.
Max Marchione's Superpower is building an AI alternative to concierge medicine. Its next big bet is peptides.
Steve Ells invented the Chipotle bowl by accident in 2003. Now he thinks the future is in slow-roasted sandwiches.
The work building your industry reputation and the work getting you promoted are rarely the same — here are the five signs you're caught in the visibility trap and how to get out.
Artificial intelligence can help write a clean business plan, but it doesn’t create conviction. Here’s how to bridge the gap.
Dimon looks for a particular characteristic when promoting people to a “big job.”
AI has collapsed the cost of building a company — here's how to run lean, skip the Series A and keep control of what you build.
How a pandemic forced one startup to abandon its original business, uncover a hidden infrastructure opportunity and ultimately position itself for an eight-figure acquisition.
PrismML's AI model is small enough to run entirely on an iPhone, potentially reducing Siri's dependence on the cloud.
One founder's candid confession over coffee reveals a truth most startup advice ignores: success doesn't end the hard part of building a company — it changes it.
Live wire
JSON →McCall McPherson turned her own misdiagnosis into a mission and built Modern Thyroid Clinic into a nationwide telehealth network that is changing how thyroid disease is measured, treated, and believed.
AI can transform your small business, but without proper governance, it can also create costly compliance risks.
Can AI run a profitable business and oversee human employees? A new experiment put the technology to the test.
A founder's guide to evolving from a technical builder to a technical leader.
This wasn't the moonshot Elon Musk was hoping for.
A company makes a major investment, cash gets tight and marketing and PR are the first line items cut. It's a familiar pattern — and it's exactly how growth investments quietly fail.
CEO Chris Kempczinski blamed inconsistent execution and a pullback in digital deals. The chain also named a new head of its US business.
Sooner or later a customer will ask if you're "SOC 2 compliant." Here's everything you need to know.
Hundreds of universities are trying to bring in more students by admitting them before they even submit an application.
Compensation isn't a data output — and the leaders who lose sight of that while employees arrive with ChatGPT-generated benchmarks risk eroding trust, culture and retention.
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