How startups can 'break through the noise' and grab attention, according to a marketer-turned-VC

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
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Lindsay Kaplan is a former marketing executive and cofounder of Chief, a networking company for women.

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Instagram is testing a new definition of 'friends'

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Instagram is testing switching "following" counts to "friends" on user profiles.

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Netflix beats on earnings, but shares dip as the streamer's forecast for Q1 falls short of Wall Street expectations

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos' company reported a solid quarter, but investors don't seem impressed.

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Paramount wants to know how its RTO push is going. Here are the 12 questions it asked employees in a survey.

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Paramount has called most staffers back to its New York or Los Angeles offices.

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Steven Bartlett says using AI in this way is the most important thing he's done for his business

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Steven Bartlett spoke at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2026.

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Netflix strengthens its Warner Bros. bid as Paramount's David Ellison tries to wreck its deal

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Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters (left) and Ted Sarandos (right) have made an all-cash offer to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav (center).

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YouTube is reaching a 'tipping point' in convincing advertisers it really is TV

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Mr Beast and Rob Gronkowski attended YouTube's 2025 Brandcast event, where it pitched an audience of ad buyers in New York City.

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Stars and Stripes staff fear the Pentagon is coming for the newspaper — and their jobs

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Stars and Stripes newspaper

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Disney's Star Wars has new leaders who face both big opportunities and traps

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Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy oversaw huge Star Wars hits like "The Mandalorian" and some flops.

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos tries to solve his movie problem

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos applauds at the Golden Globe awards, January 2026
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has spent years people should be able to see big movies at home, without going to theaters. Now he's changing his tune.

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