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Veteran to visionary: What I learned in the marines about being a fintech founder
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According to the SBA, veterans are roughly 45% more likely to form their own business compared to people who haven’t served in the military. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
This deal won't last long! Get this refurbished MacBook Air for only $329.97
Boing Boing,
TL;DR: Looking to upgrade your current laptop? Get this refurbished Apple MacBook Air 13.3" (2017) Core i5, 8GB RAM 128GB SSD at a fraction of the retail price because it's on sale for only $329.97 from 11/10-11/16. Stop letting your laggy and outdated machine hold you back, and treat yourself to an upgrade. — Read the rest
How to leverage military experience to become a successful entrepreneur
Veterans already possess many of the skills and attributes needed to be a successful entrepreneur — including having courage. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
McDaniel defends RNC record, fires back at Ramaswamy
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The RNC chair addressed the biotech entrepreneur’s calls for her to resign during Wednesday’s primary debate after the party's performance in Tuesday's election.
She claimed hair was in her food. Video shows she put it there herself.
A diner at The Observatory, a pub in Blackburn, England, complained about finding hair in her food. To mollify her the pub's owner comped her meal, then, once she had gone, checked security footage to see what had happened. As luck would have it she sat in clear view of the camera, and the video showed that she pulled her own hair off and put it on the plate. — Read the rest
Pushy checkout screens are helping ‘tipflation’
The Verge,
Panera’s tip prompts are slightly better because you can choose a dollar amount, and there’s a disclosure that your tip “may” be distributed to eligible employees. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Tipping is an age-old American debate. How much do you pay and when? Is it a choice or an obligation? Generally, tech has at least made it easier over the years. Smartphones made it a breeze for friends to whip out a calculator to figure out tip and split the bill. And now, checkout screens everywhere, from in-person stores to delivery apps, have added buttons designed to make it easier for you to tip. That’s convenient, until it’s not. According to a new Pew Research Center report, tipping culture in America has seen a shift in recent years. Seventy-two percent of Americans say tipping is expected in more places than five years ago. Not all of that is tech-related, but it’s hard to deny the role checkout screens have in tipflation. Even... Continue reading…
Ramaswamy ditching Ohio headquarters, sending staff to Iowa and N.H.
The Republican presidential candidate has spent the fall mired in single digits.
‘Travesty in darkness’: Trump backs drive to televise his D.C. election subversion trial
Trump, who is facing four criminal prosecutions as well as several civil lawsuits, has been trying in recent weeks to leverage those proceedings to amplify his message to voters.