&You Is Reimagining Access to Everyday Healthcare
&you is a digital health platform that merges telehealth consultations, prescription services, and home delivery of treatments into a single, user‑friendly experience. Founder and CEO Emil Eriksen says the service targets stigma‑laden areas such as sexual health, dermatology, and wellness, where privacy and convenience are paramount. By offering licensed doctors online and shipping medications directly to patients, &you aims to make care continuous rather than fragmented. The company’s growth reflects a broader consumer shift toward discreet, on‑demand healthcare solutions.
AI Chatbots Now Lead B2B Buying, Vendors Unprepared
51% of B2B software buyers now start with AI chatbots more than Google. 69% ended up choosing a vendor they didn't originally plan to. 33% bought from a brand they'd never heard of before. This is the Answer Economy. @G2dotcom just dropped a report...
Scoop: Trump Huddles with Oil Execs as Iran Stalemate Drags On
President Donald Trump convened a meeting at the White House with top oil and gas executives, including Chevron CEO Mike Wirth, to address the energy fallout from the ongoing Iran conflict. Attendees also included senior White House staff and Treasury...
Apple Loses Bid to Pause App Store Fee Changes as Case Heads to Supreme Court
Apple’s attempt to pause its new App Store fee reforms was rejected by the Ninth Circuit, reinstating the requirement that developers may link to external payment options without Apple taking a commission. The court found Apple had not shown irreparable...
Miscommunication: Candidate Asks Interview, Company Asks Purpose
*applies to job* company: we have received your resume me: when can I interview company: for what
Current Global MENAT Appoints Jacquelyn Moulds as Director for Client Experiences
Current Global MENAT announced the appointment of Jacquelyn Moulds as Director for Client Experiences, adding nearly two decades of integrated communications expertise to its senior team. Moulds, who most recently helped relaunch The Romans in the UAE, will oversee the...
7 Best HR Consulting Services To Consider In 2026
The article ranks the seven top HR consulting providers for 2026, highlighting G&A Partners, Insperity, Sequoia Advisory, DianaHR, Lever Talent, Recruiter.hr and Lumity. It draws on G2’s Winter 2026 Grid Report and AI‑assisted review analysis, noting that 67% of organizations worldwide...
Tariff Uncertainty Isn’t Over: What the Real Estate Industry Needs to Know
Recent Supreme Court rulings have lifted some tariffs, but many duties on construction inputs like steel and aluminum persist under other trade statutes. The real‑estate sector continues to face volatile material costs, extended lead times, and shifting procurement terms that...
German Finance Minister Doesn’t Rule Out Emergency Borrowing as ‘Trump’s Irresponsible War’ Bites
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil warned that Germany will need unprecedented borrowing over the next four years, with a budget plan calling for €200 billion ($215 billion) next year and €600 billion ($645 billion) over the following three years. About €85 billion ($91 billion) will be...
Fishwife Finds Its Moment as Tinned Fish Goes Mainstream
Tinned fish is experiencing a premium resurgence, with Fishwife leading the shift. The brand earned a shout‑out from celebrity chef Alton Brown in a Chowhound feature, highlighting its design‑forward packaging and high‑quality sourcing. Fishwife differentiates itself by focusing on storytelling,...
Founders Miss Critical Step; AI Fixes in 45 Minutes
90% of founders skip the only step that decides if their business lives or dies. Here's the AI prompts that do it in 45 minutes.
Spot Winning M&A and Buybacks with 10 Essential Charts
Billions of dollars are wasted every year on bad M&A and poorly timed buybacks. Michael Mauboussin’s updated 2025 paper on Capital Allocation explains exactly why – and how to spot the winners before the market does. I’ve distilled his latest research...
Root Cause Analysis in the Age of Automated Workflows
Root cause analysis (RCA) is evolving from whiteboard‑centric, human‑focused exercises to a logic‑driven discipline as enterprises adopt automated workflows. Failures now stem from data integrity issues, mismatched APIs, or algorithmic blind spots that can generate thousands of defects in seconds....
Will Social Media Bans Reshape the Future of Marketing?
A wave of social‑media bans targeting users under 16 is reshaping how marketers reach younger audiences. Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia have already enacted strict age‑verification rules with fines up to roughly $33 million USD, while U.S. states impose varied limits and...
Trisha Daho: What Firms Are Missing on Talent | MOVE Like This
Trisha Daho, a former Big Four partner now serving as a fractional chief people officer, joins Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk on the MOVE Like This podcast to dissect talent, leadership, and growth challenges in accounting firms. She argues many firms are...
Galway Start-Up Launches Platform That Takes the Hard Work Out of Club Fundraising
Irish tech startup Entrypoint, founded in Galway, has launched an online platform that automates club fundraising competitions. The service lets clubs run golf pools, football Last Man Standing contests and other sports‑betting style games, with real‑time scoring and instant payouts...
Checkr Launches Profiles, Giving People a Verified Identity That Travels With Them
Checkr unveiled Checkr Profiles, a portable identity solution that lets individuals create and share verified credentials across marketplaces and hiring platforms. The service aims to counter rising AI‑generated resumes and synthetic‑identity fraud, which 60% of managers say threaten hiring integrity....
Inside Servier’s New €200M Venture Fund
Servier has unveiled a new corporate venture fund, committing roughly $216 million to back early‑stage biotech focused on oncology and neurology. The fund, Servier Ventures, will target late pre‑clinical and Series A assets where it can add capital and industrial expertise, especially...
The Angel in the Marble
Leadership often mirrors Michelangelo’s carving process: the talent already exists, and the leader’s role is to free it. The article argues that many managers add tasks and restructure without a clear vision, obscuring employees’ innate strengths. By asking “what’s already...
How To Turn Disruption Into Your Greatest Leadership Advantage
Tanveer Naseer’s Leadership Biz Cafe podcast features FranklinCovey senior advisor and WSJ bestselling author Dr. Patrick Leddin discussing his New York Times bestseller “Disrupt Everything – and Win,” co‑written with James Patterson. The conversation reframes disruption from a threat to a catalyst...
Coach Partners Selfridges with Playground Experience
Coach has teamed with Selfridges to unveil a pop‑up playground experience designed by StudioXAG. The installation transforms a section of the flagship London store into an interactive, Instagram‑ready space featuring oversized accessories and tactile displays. The partnership aims to blend...
America's Auto CEOs Saw Record Pay In 2025. These Were The Top Earners
American automakers’ CEOs recorded unprecedented compensation in 2025, highlighted by Elon Musk’s estimated $8.8 billion stock‑based package at Tesla. Rivian’s RJ Scaringe followed with $402.6 million, while GM’s Mary Barra, Ford’s Jim Farley and Stellantis’s Antonio Filosa earned $29.9 million, $27.5 million and $6.3 million respectively. Despite...
Hope Beneath the Headlines
RiverFront Investment Group’s April 2026 Chart Pack notes that the Iran‑driven oil shock pushed Brent above $100 per barrel, prompting a modest S&P 500 pullback while the Fed left rates unchanged. Despite the geopolitical turbulence, the United States’ heightened energy independence has...
Real Leaders Don’t Just Spot Problems in Their Business — They Own the Fixes. Here’s How.
Effective leaders go beyond flagging issues; they deliver structured options and outline consequences. Research shows that presenting a problem without a solution forces costly cognitive switches, while paired options accelerate decision momentum. By framing alternatives in neutral, risk‑weighted terms, leaders...
Not My First Rodeo: Alfie Pearce-Higgins with Jenny Fielding
In episode 116 of Venture Everywhere, Jenny Fielding interviews Alfie Pearce‑Higgins, CEO of Rodeo, an AI‑powered platform that rebuilds the broken job‑search market. Pearce‑Higgins explains how synthetic applicants and zero‑click applications have created an Akerlof‑style market failure, prompting Rodeo to...
Ahti Pool Brings in Mona Grannenfelt as Operations Boss After Debut Profit
Finland’s fuel‑compliance specialist Ahti Pool reported its first profit and announced the appointment of domestic strategy consultant Mona Grannenfelt as chief operating officer. The move is aimed at scaling the company’s FuelEU Maritime ship‑pooling platform as demand for emissions‑compliant shipping rises. Ahti Pool...
Broker’s Call: IndiGo (Buy)
Ambit Capital maintains a Buy rating on IndiGo (Interglobe Aviation) with a 1‑year DCF target of about $64, up from the current market price of $52. The airline sits on roughly $6.2 bn in cash, supporting a shift toward a 40%...
How Disintermediation Is Being Managed in Rx Models
Employers are moving away from traditional, single‑vendor pharmacy benefit managers, with transparent PBM adoption climbing to 31% in 2025 from 12% in 2024. This disintermediation creates multi‑vendor configurations that split claims, rebates, specialty management, and clinical navigation across separate partners....
Loss-Making Aston Martin Gets $68 Million From Stroll-Led Group
Aston Martin secured a £50 million (≈ $68 million) financing facility from a Lawrence Stroll‑led consortium, lifting its end‑quarter liquidity to about £230 million (≈ $312 million). Cost‑cutting measures, including a 20% workforce reduction, and strong sales of the hybrid Valhalla supercar helped narrow the adjusted operating loss...
Why Did the UAE Leave OPEC?
The United Arab Emirates announced it will leave OPEC effective May 1, framing the decision as a policy move designed to limit disruption for producers and consumers. Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei said the timing minimizes price impact and aligns with rising...
Rad AI Appoints Chief Operating Officer and First Chief Clinical Officer, Strengthening Operational and Clinical Strategy
Rad AI announced the promotion of David Leonard to chief operating officer and the appointment of Dr. Elizabeth Bergey as its first chief clinical officer. Leonard, formerly head of operations, strategy and investor relations, will oversee global operations and drive...
Yum Brands Wants AI and Beverages to Supercharge Growth
Yum Brands announced that it will expand its Byte artificial‑intelligence platform to customer‑facing operations, starting with AI‑controlled drive‑thru menu boards at Taco Bell. The company also unveiled a global innovation pantry that moves successful limited‑time offers, such as KFC’s Pickle...
Finland’s Realm Raises $4.5 Million Seed to Automate Enterprise Sales Workflows
Finland‑based Realm secured a $4.5 million seed round led by Frontline Ventures, with participation from HubSpot Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Slack co‑founder Cal Henderson and Axonius founder Alex Bouaziz. The startup builds a unified, AI‑ready representation of a company’s go‑to‑market data, enabling...
Real Estate Brokers Turn to Private Credit Funds – Report
A London School of Economics study finds private credit funds now dominate UK real‑estate lending, accounting for the majority of new mortgage financing. As banks tighten credit under stricter Basel III rules, brokers are increasingly routing deals to private lenders....
Avoid Funding Mistakes That Hurt Your Next Round: A Quiet Cleanup Checklist
The Pitch by VCCircle, India’s leading multi‑city fundraising event, returns in Noida on May 8, 2026, offering startups access to top VCs and $200K+ in tech credits. The accompanying blog post outlines a "quiet cleanup" checklist for founders to eliminate narrative‑reality gaps,...
Cut Meta Book Ads When CPC Exceeds $0.15
Meta ads for your books- what should your cpc be? If I have any cpc over .15 - I cut the ad. If they creep up around .10c or more, they’re on my radar of “maybe” cut. Do low cpcs...
Northern Re to Scale Capital Intelligence via Palantir Platform Selection
Northern Re, a collateralized reinsurance firm, announced the selection of Palantir Technologies as its core data platform to enhance capital intelligence. The integration will give underwriting and capital teams a shared, real‑time view of portfolio performance, improving governance and decision‑making....
Spotify CEO: The Answer to Too Much Music Is... More Music
Spotify disclosed its catalog has swelled to 250 million tracks, roughly 2.5 times earlier estimates, as AI‑generated songs flood the platform. The surge contributed to a weak revenue outlook that sent the stock down 13.4 % after the earnings call. Co‑CEO Gustav Söderström framed...
Bank of Canada Makes Interest Rate Decision
The Bank of Canada left its overnight policy rate unchanged at 2.25% as inflation rebounded to 2.4% in March, driven by a spike in energy prices linked to the US‑Israeli conflict and the Strait of Hormuz closure. Unemployment held steady...
GreenArrow Announces Strategic Expansions and Key Leadership Appointments to Drive Next Phase of Growth
GreenArrow announced the opening of two shared‑service offices in St. Louis, Missouri, and Overland Park, Kansas, to centralize key business functions as it expands nationwide. The company also revealed a series of executive promotions and hires, including April Main as VP of...
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens as Imports Increase
U.S. goods trade deficit widened in March, reaching $87.9 billion, a 5.3% increase from February. Imports jumped $9.6 billion to $299.3 billion, led by an 11% surge in motor vehicles and gains in food, consumer and capital goods. Exports rose $5.2 billion to $211.5 billion,...
Agency Success Now Hinges on Strategy, Not Tools
Too many AI conversations for agency owners right now are about tools. I’ve spent the last few weeks in conversations with agency owners over private roundtables, group sessions, and one-on-ones. I talked to dozens of owners running agencies of all different...
35% of US Tariffs Evaded in 2025, $107 B Lost
New report claims ~35% of US tariffs ($107B) were dodged in 2025: "the steep increase in tariffs and the on-again, off-again nature of the tariff rollout created incentive and opportunity for businesses to find ways to reduce their duty burden" https://t.co/d21nSCyckZ
The Bangladesh-US Trade Deal Is a Litmus Test for Dhaka’s Strategic Autonomy
The U.S.–Bangladesh Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART), signed days before Bangladesh’s February elections, expands market access to the United States but embeds clauses that restrict dealings with “non‑market economies” and bind Dhaka to U.S. export‑control, energy and defense rules. Those...
Vignette Ads Trigger Google Penalty, AI Mode Sticky
It's New 4/29 - AdSense Vignette Ads Trigger Google Penalty, AI Mode Gets Sticky & Preview Impact Of Negative Keywords https://t.co/K7mBjwqDdd with @gregfinn and @mordyoberstein - the most annoying show ever
Clear Communication Speeds up Interviews, Avoids Confusion
If someone has to stop and figure out what you do, you’re already making it harder on yourself. Clarity gets interviews.
US Bloc Decries China’s Pressure on Panama‑Flagged Ships
US-Led Bloc Condemns China Pressure on Panama-Flagged Ships. Maritime and ports—now part of geopolitics. https://t.co/OUBgxoQL4i
Global Bond Yields Hit Multi-Decade Highs, Lifting US Rates
Global bond yields still a story. 10 yr JGB yield at 29 yr high, German 10 yr bund yield at 15 yr high, and 10 yr gilt yield at 16 yr high today. Dragging up US long end yields.
Patriots Lock Gonzalez, Eye $85M Extension
The #Patriots have officially exercised an $18.1M 5th-year option for CB Christian Gonzalez, putting him on a 2-year $20.9M fully guaranteed contract through 2027. The 23-year-old currently projects toward a 3-year, $85M extension in our system.
CD&R Nears $5B Partial Exit; Ametek in Talks
CD&R nears $5bn partial exit from Indicor as Ametek enters exclusive talks Read more here: https://t.co/u3MYhL4ND7 https://t.co/Lc5ij5Rs25