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This as-told-to essay is based on interviews with Wende Zomnir, the founder of Caliray. It has been edited for length and clarity.I started my career in advertising in Chicago in 1989, but those fabric cubicles quickly sucked the soul out of me. My dad had worked in corporate but dreamed of entrepreneurship. He never took the leap. He had a family to support. A part of me wanted to take the risks he didn’t.In 1994, I moved to California in search of something creative and met Sandy Lerner, the cofounder of Cisco Systems. She was launching a beauty brand and…

2025-10-11T09:50:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Interior designer Claire Zinnecker shared common design mistakes she sees in home listings. They include displaying personal photos and over-furnishing rooms. The key to a good home staging? “Buyers need to be able to visualize themselves in the home,” she said. Whether you paint, buy new furniture, or simply…

Sam Altman’s breakneck pace has some tech leaders awed and others uneasy.In the past few weeks alone, the OpenAI cofounder and CEO signed blockbuster computing deals with AMD and Nvidia, bringing his startup’s total dealmaking this year to about $1 trillion.The company launched Sora, an AI video app that gained more than 1 million users in its first five days, as well as Instant Checkout, a shopping feature for its ChatGPT chatbot. OpenAI also unveiled new AI-powered workplace tools that its employees are using internally, signaling a potential move into the enterprise software market.And that’s just a sampling of the…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Joe Spector, 45, the founder and CEO of Dutch, a veterinary telehealth company. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I decided to become an investment banker after watching the movie “Wall Street.” It was the early 2000s, before working in Big Tech was sexy, and I thought a job on Wall Street was the epitome of success for a college graduate.After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2001, I landed my dream job at JPMorgan in New York City in 2002, but I found it to be massively unfulfilling.That’s when…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Richard Smith, 81, who works part-time for the campground where he lives for half of the year and part-time driving for DoorDash. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My wife and I have done work camping all across the country, including in New Hampshire and even Alaska. Work camping is a lifestyle that combines working and camping. Work campers often trade labor for compensation, which can include a free or discounted campsite, utilities, and sometimes wages.We bought a house in Florida nine years ago and live there for six…

2025-10-11T09:07:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Private equity giant KKR opened a new 3,500-square-foot wellness center at its New York HQ. A range of services is available — including chiropractic care, mental health support, and more. Business Insider got an exclusive look inside, from the therapy rooms to high-tech medical tools. Sixty-nine floors above Manhattan’s Hudson…

As the government shutdown drags on, federal layoffs have started — and thousands of employees’ jobs are on the chopping block.Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought posted on X around noon Eastern time on Friday, “The RIFs have begun.”It follows a pre-shutdown memo from The Office of Management and Budget directing federal agencies to “consider” terminations for employees working in programs that are “not consistent with the President’s priorities.”The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees — a large labor union representing federal workers — filed suit against the government over the planned…

2025-10-10T20:57:39Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Walmart-owned Sam’s Club will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, starting this weekend. The first hour of the day is reserved for Plus members, like at warehouse club rival Costco. Curbside shoppers can also pick up orders starting at 7 a.m. as the company grows e-commerce.…

A Spirit Airlines flight arrives at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 18, 2025. Quinn Glabicki | ReutersSpirit Airlines won approval for a $475 million lifeline and a $150 million payment from its biggest aircraft lessor in court on Friday, as the struggling budget airline races to stabilize itself after its second bankruptcy since November. U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing, a lifeline that bankrupt companies can use to continue operating, along with $150 million from AerCap and the rejection of 27 airplane leases. Spirit…

UPS customers are finding their shipments stuck in package purgatory.Some customers of the shipping service say that packages sent to the US from abroad are getting held up at the carrier’s facilities for weeks and, in some cases, are being subjected to higher-than-expected tariffs and customs brokerage fees, according to tracking information. Eight people whom Business Insider spoke to said that they received updates indicating they might never get their packages at all.”The package is undeliverable and is in the process of being disposed of according to the local guidelines,” reads one tracking update sent to several UPS customers Business…