MORE OF US are working from home than ever before thanks to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The WIRED Gear team is comprised mostly of remote workers, and many of us have been working remotely for years. We know firsthand that between distractions, loneliness, and wearing sweatpants six days a week, sometimes remote workers could use a boost. If you’re looking to brighten up your favorite telecommuter’s life, this guide is full of gift ideas for all sorts of tastes and budgets. (Yes, you can be your own favorite telecommuter.)
How These Two Women Are Changing the Braless Clothes Movement | Entrepreneur
Bras and boobs — many people worldwide who are reading this can be like “I understand!” when I complain about how uncomfortable bras can be at times. Either the bras are cute but are meant for women with smaller bust sizes, or are ugly and expensive if you have a bigger bust. That’s where Frankly Apparel comes into play: they are a braless clothing company – the first of its kind – and they’re here to change things for those of us with bigger cup sizes.
Founders Heather Eaton and Jane Dong met at Stanford’s MBA program and successfully launched their braless clothing company via a Kickstarter campaign during the worst time of society’s existence. Heather is a former management consultant from Chicago’s Deloitte office, where she worked on everything from innovation-focused non-profits to movie studios. Jane worked at Goldman Sachs in New York as an Investment Banker where she was recruited after attending Columbia as a recruited golfer. When she realized paper storage company mergers weren’t her jam, she joined Uber and eventually ran UberEats US & Canada Driver Acquisition.
This top-ranking portable station brings you power wherever you go | New Atlas
While summer may be over, our outdoor adventures can continue. The EcoFlow RIVER Max Portable Power Station provides a reliable solution for a steady power supply while traveling to remote areas, allowing for versatile power when you need it most.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon and an Amazon’s Choice contender, the RIVER Max packs an enormous amount of vigor. Named an industry-leading safe and reliable power supply, it is designed with X-Stream Charge technology that produces maximum power at any given time with its high conversion efficiency, powering up to 10 devices at once.
Kraft will pay you $20 not to make cheesecake for Christmas | CNN
Kraft is using its cream cheese shortage as a marketing opportunity.
For just a few days this holiday season, a limited number of people will be able to spend $20 on dessert and charge it to Kraft, owner of Philadelphia Cream Cheese. The premise: People who can’t bake cheesecakes because they can’t find cream cheese can get another baked good on Kraft’s dime.
Entrepreneurial Burnout: 6 Ways to Avoid And Overcome It | Life Hack
Burnout became an especially painful issue during the pandemic when the majority of people worked from home, finding it difficult to draw the line between work and private life. However, entrepreneur burnout has been less discussed, despite evidence that entrepreneurs are at a higher risk of burning out.
It may seem that as the boss, you are more in control of your time and work duties. Feeling stressed? Take a day off. Don’t feel like doing something? Give the task to someone else. But in reality, the responsibility of leading a company weighs heavy on many company owners.
In addition, when you’re passionate about growing your business, it can be tricky to notice the symptoms of burnout. It may take long months or even years of putting yourself through survival mode before you notice that your body or mind has raised a white flag.
A Coinbase ‘display issue’ glitch showed incorrect customer wallet balances | Mashable
For a brief moment, their worlds had changed.
On Tuesday afternoon a Coinbase “display issue” changed the balances of an untold number of customers’ accounts — making many of them billionaires in the process. Billionaires on paper, that is, because as Coinbase hastily pointed out in a statement on Twitter, no real trading was affected by the glitch.
“We’re aware some customers are seeing inflated values for non-tradable crypto assets on Coinbase.com and Coinbase Wallet,” read the Coinbase statement acknowledging the error. “This is a display issue only and does not impact trading.”
Biden Order Should Make Filing Taxes, Renewing Passports Easier | Forbes
Americans will likely soon find it easier to do things like file taxes, renew their passport, manage student loans, change their address and more, as President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday that will improve customer service infrastructure across 17 federal agencies.
The order will direct government officials to “account for the experiences of the public in seeking government services” by making 36 customer service improvements across the federal government, according to a fact sheet released Monday.
Biden Won’t Extend Student Loan Relief And Confirms Student Loan Payments Restart February 1 | Forbes
The Biden administration won’t extend student loan relief and confirmed student loan payments restart February 1, 2022.
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14 Tips to Launch a New Product on Social Media | AllBusiness.com
Launching a new product on social media can be a great way to go to market, but that’s only if you design an effective social media campaign. From creating content to scheduling, building awareness of your new product on social media requires a lot of careful planning and consideration.
To help get you started, 14 members of Young Entrepreneur Council offer their best tips for successfully launching a new product on social media.
What’s one tip you’d offer a first-time entrepreneur for designing an effective social media campaign around a new product? Why?
Cash Flow Management Mistakes That Can Kill a Small Business | All Business
Starting a business is never easy. Running and growing one is another challenge altogether. Whether it’s your first company or your fourth, the risks and opportunities are always boundless, and so is the pressure to make it work.
While there are a million different things that can go wrong with an emerging business, there are some common business mistakes that get in the way of almost every entrepreneur. One particularly nasty one is cash flow management.
Maintaining a healthy cash flow is critical for any business’s longevity and success, but it’s also a problem because cash flow concerns are never an immediate priority. Don’t get me wrong, most entrepreneurs do take cash flow management seriously, but it often takes a back seat, overshadowed by that critical meeting after lunch or the upcoming product launch. As a consequence, businesses start bleeding money—not all at once, but slowly over the months, until we get to a point where the flow stops.
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