This fintech founder wanted to encourage innovation. So she started a monthly meeting to celebrate employee mistakes.

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Garima Shah started a monthly meeting to celebrate employee mistakes.

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Why is TwitchCon so uniquely unsafe for streamers?

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It seems like every year at TwitchCon, something goes dangerously wrong.

The founder of the world's top LiDAR maker says there's one problem with Elon Musk's approach to self-driving

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Steven Qiu founded RoboSense in 2014. RoboSense had the world's largest market share for passenger car LiDAR systems in 2024, per the market research company Yole Group.

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My 18-year-old self would be horrified at the idea of moving back to my hometown. Now that I have kids of my own, it makes sense.

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The author, shown with her family, says moving from a big city to a small town was one of the best decisions her family has made.

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We spent $40,000 while living on a boat for a year and traveling. It was cheaper than living on land, but there were some trade-offs.

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Elliot Schoenfeld and Jennifer Johnson lived on a boat for two years to save money.

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Inside the AI startups reinventing consulting: 'It's not as good as McKinsey, but it's instant'

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There's a new spate of startups taking on the MBB.

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A vegan and a meat-eater spent nearly $1,000 trying Eleven Madison Park's new meat-optional menu. Here's what it was like.

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We tried Eleven Madison Park's new meat-inclusive menu. Here's how it could bridge the gap between vegans and carnivores.

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I went to Salesforce's biggest conference to learn what it actually does. I finally kind of get it, and I saw Metallica live.

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I attended my first concert at Salesforce's Dreamforce event, which featured a Metallica concert.

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Thousands of doctors, researchers, and medical students convene in Atlanta to discuss hot topics in infectious disease

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The Atlanta skyline

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These 14 companies have left California over the years

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Many of the big companies that have left California had their roots in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

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