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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Belle Yeoh, 34, the owner of Buttersage Pottery in Penang, Malaysia. It has been edited for length and clarity.My interest in pottery started with a single workshop I attended in March 2022. The instructor told me I had a knack for it. From that moment on, I was hooked.Back then, I was a marketing representative for an asset management firm in Penang, Malaysia. It was a steady job, and I had supportive managers who allowed me to take ownership of my work.It was a client-facing role, and over time, I realized…

2025-09-28T18:08:18Z 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. Eric Adams dropped out of New York City’s mayoral race on Sunday. The incumbent cited media speculation and lack of funding for his decision. Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, holds a significant lead and is widely expected to win. Eric Adams has dropped out of New York City’s mayoral…

A good leader delegates — but doesn’t abdicate.Emmett Shear cofounded Twitch’s former parent company, Justin.tv, and eventually served as the streamer’s CEO when it spun off. He watched Twitch grow from a small enterprise to a streaming goliath, including its 2014 sale to Amazon. He eventually left Twitch in 2023.Reflecting on his time at the helm of the company during a recent appearance on the “Social Radars” podcast, Shear said one mistake he made was over-delegating at Twitch.When he first started delegating work, Shear said it had positive benefits.”It was actually really critical for the company that I had someone else…

For most of my young adulthood, I had plans to become a full-time professor, and I worked on that career path for many years. But after it became clear it was probably never going to happen, I could have left academia for something else entirely. Instead, I chose to stay.How I got hereIn my twenties, I thought spending my time immersed in research and writing sounded like an awesome life plan. So I went to grad school, only to discover after borrowing six figures in student loans that a doctorate didn’t guarantee a job.These days, it seems to me that…

In August, I dropped off my youngest child for her freshman year of college. After a busy morning of settling her into her dorm room, we paused for lunch at the nearest cafeteria. That’s when we ran into an old friend whose daughter was also moving on campus.”You’re an empty nester now!” she commented, smiling.I was quick to correct her. Our oldest child, who graduated with his bachelor’s degree this spring, has returned to our nest. He’s what they call a “boomerang child” at 22.It was only a few months earlier that we helped him move back home. My husband…

Laila Lockhart Kraner stars as Gabby in Universal and Dreamworks Animations’ “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie.”Universal | Dreamworks AnimationA young girl named Gabby, alongside her menagerie of animated cat friends, is making the leap from streaming to the big screen.Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” is the latest kid’s TV show to head to the box office, following in the footsteps of Paramount’s Paw Patrol and SpongeBob SquarePants franchises.”We felt like the franchise had gotten to the point where there was enough fandom to justify a theatrical event, and we wanted to expand the world,” Margie Cohn, president of…

Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. This week, Amazon settled with the FTC for $2.5 billion following an exclusive Business Insider investigation into the e-commerce company’s misleading Prime sign-up and cancellation tactics.Also, BI’s new markets newsletter is coming to inboxes soon. Sign up for First Trade here!On the agenda today:But first: Where do you store all of those groceries?If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Business Insider’s app here.This week’s dispatchThe Costco craze Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo I’ve got a confession: I…

How much money is premier golf, questionable outfits, specialty cocktails, and almost unfathomable traffic worth? At this year’s Ryder Cup, I made it my mission to find out.I went to the biennial Europe vs. USA golf tournament on Friday with a media ticket, but everyone else had to buy their way in unless they snagged a corporate invite. Pre-sale tickets for the event went live almost a year ago, starting at $749.51 for entrance on Friday.Tickets are just the beginning. The costs of the tournament, which is held at Bethpage Black Golf Course in Farmingdale, Long Island, are somewhat of…

Business leaders have long embraced the adage: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” Not anymore.Company leaders are becoming increasingly tight-lipped in the wake of the Trump administration’s fresh attacks on philanthropist George Soros, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and comedian Jimmy Kimmel, several public-relations pros told Business Insider.They said CEOs are declining press and other speaking opportunities, even on seemingly benign topics, for fear of irking the White House and beyond. The PR pros added that company leaders are also being extra cautious about what they write online and in internal communications.In recent weeks, two CEO clients of Marin Richardson,…

Rich Americans may not be able to power the economy through a slowdown after all.A lot of economic punditry recently has been focused on high earners as a pillar of continued consumer strength, with their robust spending helping to prop up economic growth. But there are a few reasons why that might not be true, analysts at BCA Research said, particularly when surveying other signs of weakness in the economy, The firm pointed to the slowdown in hiring as a particular area of weakness. BCA thinks job gains in the economy are now approaching “stall speed,” a level that suggests…