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Made in Mexico

Nearshoring in Mexico is surging as U.S. businesses look to reduce reliance on China’s manufacturing.

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Personal Finance

How Investors Are Making Money by Betting on When People Are Going to Die

Life settlements are a growing market and have garnered serious interest from prominent Wall Street firms.

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America’s Fastest-Growing Sport Is Coming To Your Gym

Life Time Fitness and other gyms are investing millions in pickleball to drive growth.

Featured

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McDonald’s Subculture Marketing Speaks to Gen Z

How McDonald’s captures Gen Z’s attention by leaning into “fan truths” and subculture marketing.

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Personal Finance

Inflated Auto Loans: Dealerships Big Secret

An alarming amount of people get their auto loans from the dealership out of convenience and do not realize their rates are artificially high.

February 24, 2024

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Airline Unit Economics 101

Airlines make less on a per-passenger basis than the cost of a cup of coffee.

February 24, 2024

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Flamin' Taste Trends: How Gen Z is Heating Up the Spice Game

A look at why America's snacks are getting more spicy.

February 9, 2024

Business

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Boba Goes Mainstream

Starbucks is the latest American restaurant chain to add boba to its menu - confirms boba-inspired drinks launch this summer.

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U.S. Fast-Food Chains See Opportunity in China’s Smaller Towns

U.S. fast-food chains are opening thousands of stores in China’s smaller towns as its population ditches megacities like Shanghai.

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The New York Restaurant Reservation Scrum

Restaurant-goers are spending thousands of dollars to snag reservations in New York on the secondary market.

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The Construction Industry is Turning to Women to Fill the Shortage

More women are working construction jobs as the national shortage of 500K construction workers forces the industry to recruit different populations.

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How Amex is Acquiring Millennial and Gen Z Customers

American Express is seeing the benefits of new cards and increased marketing investments as it adds new millennial and Gen Z customers.

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CAPTCHA: More Art Than Science

Artists, game designers, and cybersecurity experts are teaming up to create new CAPTCHA prompts that balance user experience with bot prevention.

Startups

The Power of Compounding in Your Career with Laura Thompson

Laura Thompson shares lessons from her career as a go-to-market and product marketing leader with 15 years of experience at places like Google.

January 30, 2024

Devin Bhushan, Squint: Accelerating Human Potential with Augmented Reality

Devin Bhushan is the Founder and CEO of Squint, a mobile app that uses AI and AR to present contextual information at the right time and place.

January 18, 2024

Joining a startup early with Charley Ma

Charley Ma on his experience joining early-stage startups. He was the first business hire at Plaid and an early member of the Ramp team.

November 29, 2023

Student Programs

Sara Flamm on Galvanizer at Stanford

An interview with Sara Flamm, the Director of Founder Programming of Galvanizer, on how they support female founders at Stanford.

November 15, 2023

Student Programs

Inside Z Fellows with Ali Debow

An interview with Ali Debow regarding her experience as a Z Fellow.

November 8, 2023

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Accelerator Programs

How to get into YC with Jake Stein (YC W23)

An interview with Jake Stein, the Founder & CEO of Common Paper, regarding his experience participating in the Y Combinator Winter 2023 batch.

August 29, 2023