Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com With seven people in my house, controlling clutter is a constant struggle. No matter how many boxes I haul to the local thrift store, it feels like we always have an overabundance of items spilling out of cabinets, closets and shelves. The key to having a …
Read More »Stop! Don’t Buy That Heated Eyelash Curler
This week on Tiktok beauty trends that make me slightly nervous: heated eyelash curlers. The little battery-powered tools use Japanese tech (they’re popular at Japanese drugstores) but have recently become mainstream in the US, being sold everywhere from Urban Outfitters to Staples. The gist of it is that, much like …
Read More »Why data gravity won’t stop the move to multicloud
The power of audio From podcasts to Clubhouse, branded audio is more important than ever. Learn how brands are increasing customer loyalty and personalization with these best practices. Register Now Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. You’ve probably heard of “data …
Read More »10 Useless Purchases You Need to Stop Making
Peter Kim / Shutterstock.com Money is tight enough these days that we don’t need to spend it on products or features that deliver no value to the consumer. Here is a handful of such things to watch for. Are you wasting money on any of these purchases? 1. Brand-name pharmaceuticals …
Read More »14 Things You Should Stop Buying in 2021
Josep Suria / Shutterstock.com It’s 2021, and while progress hasn’t brought us flying cars yet, we’ve gained countless everyday conveniences in recent decades. We can do everything from make a cup of coffee to make a room smell better with just the press of a button. And cheap disposables and …
Read More »Let’s Stop Pretending We Know What Ceramides Are
Elmer’s glue, Beyond Burgers, eau de toilettes: I love ‘em! Use ‘em! Trust ‘em to be safe and good! But, uh… I’m still not totally 100-percent on what they are. In the skincare world, maybe that describes your relationship with ceramides. You know they’re great—for sensitive skin, for sensitized skin, …
Read More »From the election lie to GameStop: How to stop social media algorithms from hurting us
How open banking is driving huge innovation Learn how fintechs and forward-thinking FIs are accelerating personalized financial products through data-rich APIs. Register Now Misinformation, outright lies, conspiracy theories, and fringe movements have always had real-world consequences. Fascists in Italy and Germany, once a small band of pariahs and gadflies who …
Read More »8 Ways to Stop Buying Things You Don’t Need
Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.com Retailers are exceptional at getting us to part with our hard-earned dollars — even for stuff we don’t need. When your favorite store slashes prices or makes it all too easy to purchase something — hello, Amazon Prime — it may be understandable if you occasionally succumb …
Read More »When Does A Startup Stop Being A Startup? M’sian Entrepreneurs Discuss.
Not too long ago, I ran into this thread in the Entrepreneurs and Startups in Malaysia Facebook group about the question, “When do startups stop being called startups?” I asked my team what they thought about this, and we all agreed that there didn’t seem to be a universal consensus …
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