Morry Gash/AP Mikaela Shiffrin came into the Olympics with a shot to win five medals. The chances of a historic Olympics came to an end when Shiffrin finished fourth in her best event, the slalom, and withdrew from the Super-G. Shiffrin explained on social media that she wouldn’t change a thing, saying she is just […]
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Daymond John of ‘Shark Tank’ says his best investment — which brought in $53 million at profit last year — contains a lesson for all startups
_ Getty/Paul Morigi FUBU founder Daymond John has invested in startups for the past nine seasons of “Shark Tank.” He said the experience has taught him that today’s consumer demands companies have a positive societal impact. The CEO of one of the companies he’s invested in, Bombas, says the movement was started by millennials but […]
The lesson behind 2017’s biggest enterprise security story
GUEST: The Equifax breach, which impacted an estimated 145.5 million U.S. consumers, was in many ways the enterprise security story of 2017. That’s why so many of us were shocked when, during (now former) Equifax CEO Richard Smith’s Congressional testimony, we repeatedly heard him blame the company’s breach on a single IT person failing to […]
Warriors newcomer Nick Young learned a quick, harsh lesson about having shooting contests with Stephen Curry
Golden State Warriors guard Nick Young challenged Stephen Curry to a halfcourt shooting contest despite warnings not to. Curry reportedly made the first shot and won the bet. Young said he’s learned his lesson about betting with Curry. Stephen Curry is widely known for having unlimited range on the basketball court, but Golden State Warriors […]
The real lesson of that self-driving shuttle’s first-day accident
Enlarge / Officials announcing the driverless shuttle program in Las Vegas in January. (credit: Navya) Wednesday was supposed to be the triumphant launch of a free, driverless shuttle in downtown Las Vegas. Designed by French company Navya, operated by another French company called Keolis, and sponsored by the city and American Automobile Association, the year-long […]
What Is a ‘Dotard’? Kim Jong-Un Gives Trump a Language Lesson
If there’s one good thing that came out of President Trump and Kim Jong-Un’s back-and-forth, it’s this. https://media.wired.com/photos/59c5341a2b229d0adc55a033/master/pass/Kim-Jong-un-HP-851242582.jpg Feed: All Latest
Former CIA Director John Brennan says a lesson from his father helped him navigate tense situations and 3 a.m. phone calls
Getty Images/Win McNamee John Brennan used to have one of the most stressful jobs in the world. Brennan was the director of the CIA until January 2017; he worked with Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. In an episode of Business Insider’s podcast, “Success! How I Did It,” Brennan spoke with Business […]
One Early Lesson From Irma: Hurricane Building Codes Work
Homeowners in Florida are finding that homes built to the stricter building codes seem to have fared better during Hurricane Irma. WSJ.com: What’s News US
A stealth history lesson in Baltimore
Win McNamee/Getty Images We were all in the dark, on the edge of the wooded park known as Wyman Dell, opposite the Baltimore Museum of Art. It was 2 a.m. Wednesday, and despite the presence of a couple of dozen workers in hardhats, a huge crane, a flatbed truck and a couple of other pieces […]
20% of Remainers want economic crash ‘to teach Leave voters a lesson’
Published time: 1 Aug, 2017 16:25 A majority of Leave voters think achieving Britain’s exit from the European Union is worth causing significant damage to the country’s economy, according to new research. Polling firm YouGov canvassed nearly 5,000 voters from opposing sides of last year’s Brexit referendum, posing a series of questions to test ‘Brexit […]