I was laid off from Rivian after surviving 3 earlier layoffs. It was almost a relief when it was over.

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Rivian conducted layoffs on Thursday.

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58 Black investors changing the venture capital industry with firms that fund diverse startup founders

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From left: Paul Judge, chairman of The Open Opportunity Fund; Tessa Flippin, founder and managing partner of Capitalize VC; Claude Grunitzky, CEO of The Equity Alliance; Gayle Jennings O'Byrne, cofounder and general partner of Wocstar Fund.

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A friend called her maternity leave a 'holiday.' It made her realize just how much she got wrong about it, too.

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Samira Shihab, a founder and mom of three, holding her newborn baby.

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Vinted was my 2 a.m. house party idea. I didn't think people wanted to buy secondhand clothes online, but I was wrong.

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Milda Mitkute is the cofounder of Vinted.

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Big companies enforcing RTO mandates may drive workers into the arms of startups and small businesses

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Startups and small businesses are more likely to offer remote work options.

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MoviePass had its first profitable year ever in 2023, its CEO says

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The new logo for MoviePass.

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  • MoviePass turned profitable for the first time in 2023, CEO Stacy Spikes told Business Insider.
  • Spikes revived the service after a 2020 bankruptcy.
  • The app has surpassed 1 million movies seen through the app.

MoviePass has turned a profit.

Fiefdoms, 'orphan problems' and too many emails — just some of the most common workplace 'frictions'

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Robert Sutton, an expert in organizational behavior at Stanford University.
"The Friction Project" coauthor Robert Sutton.

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The job market for startups and Big Tech is in a weird spot

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Georgia Tech student Sajad Abavisani, center, walks through the Startup Student Connection job fair, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Tech layoffs are way down from last year. Why does it feel so grim?

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Google employees at the company's Silicon Valley campus

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2024 has started with another wave of tech industry layoffs. This time, though, the cuts are way smaller.

Uncle Sam just overhauled the H-1B visa lottery, and that's good news for startups

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Reforms to the H-1B visa program aim to ensure all individuals have the same chance of being selected in the lottery.
Reforms to the H-1B visa program aim to ensure all individuals have the same chance of being selected in the lottery.

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