How one Wall Street Rising Star went from tech investing to building a tire shop business

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
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Anish Pathipati

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I dreamed of working at Goldman Sachs until I interned there. Now I'm living my new dream — running a Y Combinator AI startup.

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Raymond Zhao is the CEO and cofounder of Structured AI.

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I quit a stable job at Microsoft at age 45 to try something new. I'm happy I took the risk and left on good terms.

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Joseph Landes.

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A husband and wife built a million-dollar business selling cinnamon buns. Here's how their edgy, quirky Instagram posts launched them to a viral sensation.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Husband and wife feeding each other cinnamon buns.
Nikki and Mike Ashkar at their bakery eating cinnamon buns.

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A 3rd proxy firm broke ranks on Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla pay plan — giving it a partial thumbs-up, with a catch

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025.
Egan-Jones became the first major proxy firm to partly back Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla pay plan, breaking from its rivals.

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I work for Melinda French Gates at Pivotal Ventures. Here's a day in my life and the greatest lessons she's taught me.

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Erin Harkless Moore.

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A second major proxy firm told investors to reject Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla pay deal

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Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025.
A second major proxy firm just told Tesla investors to reject Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay plan, warning it hands him too much power for too little performance.

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Cathie Wood says Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay deal will pass 'decisively' — despite opposition from proxy firms

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Cathie Wood says she believes Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla pay plan will sail through its shareholder vote.

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I work from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a remote European company. I have time to relax and to grow my 6-figure side business.

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Ashley Couto, middle, with her coworkers in Berlin.

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An ex-Deloitte consultant explains how to go from employee to corporate influencer

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Lara Sophie Bothur
Lara Sophie Bothur believes that influencers are the future of corporate communication.

Lara Sophie Bothur

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