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This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jamie Siminoff, founder and CEO of Ring and a vice president at Amazon. Siminoff's new book, "Ding Dong: How Ring Went From Shark Tank Reject To Everyone's Front Door," was released on November 10. Siminoff lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. This story has been

• Deepa Purushothaman left her Deloitte partner role due to severe health issues and burnout.
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• She worried at first if she'd made a mistake quitting, but she realizes now that she grew from it.

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• Applicants for an entry-level role at Blackstone have a 0.2% chance of getting a full-time job.
• Hiring is up, but the number of applicants has doubled since 2021.
• We spoke to a 2025 analyst about their path to the program and how it feels to be selected.

Blackstone, unlike some of its private markets competitors, has a long history of hiring straight out of

• Palantir is accepting applications for its second class of Meritocracy Fellows.
• CEO Alex Karp positions the internship as an alternative to college for high school grads.
• Top applicants have "diversity of thought" and coding skills.

Palantir Technologies is doubling down on a novel talent pipeline: high schoolers.

On Monday, the defense tech software giant

• Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman enforces strict in-person office work policies for his team.
• Suleyman requires at least four days in the office, exceeding Microsoft's general three-day mandate.
• He has set up open office layouts to boost collaboration.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's expectations for how his

• Theo Ai has raised $3 million to build "predictive analytics" for the legal industry.
• The startup uses a client's own case data to model the likelihood of a settlement and the amount.
• Theo Ai Patrick Ip says it's seeing demand from enterprises looking to save legal costs.

A startup wants to give attorneys a crystal ball to forecast whether a lawsuit will settle and at

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• Marriott kicked guests out of Sonder properties abruptly on Monday.
• Marriott previously said it would process refunds for guests' stays.
• The hotel chain is now advising customers to contact their credit card companies for refunds.

Marriott is asking guests who were booted out