The Real Artists Have Day Jobs author gets candid about what it takes to make a living—until you can make a living making art.
It’s probably for the best that Sara Benincasa makes her living as a writer and comedian now, because she was a truly crappy janitor.
The goal? To remove any hardware limitations from the equation, so athletes can just be athletes.
There isn’t a lot of money in wheelchair racing, so racing in the Paralympic games is an exercise of carefully choreographed improvisation. Athletes are crammed into their chairs with loose foam. Their gloves are homemade from craft putty. And they have to focus all of their strength and balance into punching their wheels harder and faster than the next guy, to win anything from a 100-meter dash to a full marathon.
Job seekers and recruiters are experimenting with chatbots to promote candidates and companies, but the technology has some limitations.
“She fell into tech because of her love for creating and building,” EstherBot told me. “That’s even how I came to be. Because it’s 2016 and bots are everyyywhere!”
These brands were built on Instagram. They share their strategies for creating a loyal following and driving sales on the platform.
Meet Frank, the cheeky Instagram persona of the Australian skincare startup Frank Body.
Doubt can actually be a powerful force if you embrace it. Here’s how doubt can help you get ahead in business.
We get lots of messages that tell us to jump in with both feet, take a leap of faith, and “just do it.” But is this wise? Having doubts or sheer uncertainty can be paralyzing, and while some people might recommend that you do it anyway, doubt is a voice that deserves attention, says Rachel Jimenez, founder of the business strategy firm Talk Raw.
Gene-sequencing hardware and software giant Illumina is expanding to consumer-facing tests—and perhaps even brand partnerships.
A simple blood test to detect early signs of cancer. A noninvasive way to screen pregnancies for common genetic conditions. An app store for your genetic information. Illumina, a San Diego-based gene-sequencing hardware and software behemoth with a market capitalization of $22 billion, is working on all these initiatives—and more.
With Illumination Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation under one roof, Comcast would have an animation powerhouse to rival Disney.
News that Comcast, the parent company of Universal Pictures, is in talks to purchase DreamWorks Animation sent ripples through Hollywood when it was reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
Minimum wage reform is gaining momentum, but is a $15/hour boost actually possible?
Just four years ago, few people would have thought it possible.
Knowing how your brain works under stress can help you manage those unproductive responses that add up to a lack of engagement on the job.
No matter which survey you consult, many U.S. workers aren’t engaged at their jobs. According to Gallup’s 2014 “State of the Global Workplace” survey only 34% of respondents say they are engaged at work, while a recent study by The Marcus Buckingham Company, a management consultancy, found only 19% of U.S. employees reported being involved, enthusiastic, and committed.
In 2016, personalized Internet radio alone won’t cut it. Here’s how Pandora hopes to maneuver its way to profitability.
For somebody who just got off of a red-eye flight across the country at six this morning, Tim Westergren seems strangely energized. Perhaps it’s adrenaline. But it would be hard to blame him if there was a shred of terror in there, too. Two days earlier, Westergren had suddenly found himself with a new job: chief executive of Pandora, the Internet radio company he cofounded 16 years ago.
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