After 5 years, our family gave up full-time travel and YouTube success. I'm still worried we've messed up the kids.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
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Our family returned to "normal" life after years of traveling full-time and sharing our adventures with hundreds of thousands of subscribers on YouTube. Our kids seem happy now, but I'm worried we messed them up.

Phil Lockwood

After we stopped traveling full-time, our 11-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, became obsessed with her bedroom.

I started a small massage studio with my 401(k). Now it averages $1.2 million per location.

Tech Insider : Business
Shane Evans headshot
Shane Evans started a massage business in her 30s; now it's a franchise with 120 locations.

Courtesy of Shane Evans

Layoffs are feeling awfully tempting for a lot of companies right now

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
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A general view of empty desks in an office in central London

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As AI reshapes the labor market, Taskrabbit is poised to benefit, CEO says

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Politics
Ania Smith, left, and Leah Solivan pose while leaning against a desk at the offices of TaskRabbit. In the background, a green sign showing TaskRabbit's name and logo hangs on a wooden wall.
Ania Smith, left, and Leah Solivan sat down with Business Insider to talk about Taskrabbit's growth and adoption of AI.

TaskRabbit

I'm the CEO of Klaviyo. I run on a 'creator-type' schedule and love Diet Coke and country music.

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Technology
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Andrew Bialecki.

Courtesy of Klaviyo

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Bialecki, the 40-year-old CEO of Klaviyo, based in Boston. It's been edited for length and clarity.

AI agents are upending the company org chart

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
diagram of the great flattening.
Company org charts are flattening as a result of AI.

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

The next phase of the corporate AI boom: measuring which employees actually understand it

Tech Insider : Business
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Companies raced to adopt AI. Now they're evaluating whether their employees understand it.

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I inherited a storage unit from a family friend. It was full of vintage clothes, which I now sell online.

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Scottlynn Krause posing with her mom
Scottlynn Krause and her mom created an online store to sell vintage 1980s items they inherited.

Courtesy of Scottlynn Krause

12 perks of being a Supreme Court justice

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Travel
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and other Supreme Court justices arrive prior to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Billionaire investor Jim Mellon says US stocks are 'way overpriced,' food needs a rethink, and Gen Z has to hustle

Tech Insider : Business, Climate Crisis, Crypto
Billionaire investor Jim Mellon
Jim Mellon is a billionaire investor and author.

Jim Mellon

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