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China’s tourists are traveling again but they are spending less than before COVID - Fortune Asia (No paywall)
As economic worries keep their wallets shut.
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Target treks off the beaten path amid sales slump—by selling its own-brand products at other retailers - Fortune (No paywall)
The Minnesota-based retailer is expanding its partnership with Canadian department store Hudson’s Bay to sell its private-label children’s clothing line.
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Sequoia's Jess Lee explains how early-stage startups can identify product-market fit | TechCrunch
Founders at the early stages of building their startups may have already created a strong solution, identified a gap in the market, or may simply have an inescapable and driving motivation to build their own business. Ideally, they have a good combination of all three. But do they have product-market fit? And what actually is product-market fit, anyway?
“Hair on Fire” roughly means that your startup addresses an urgent problem. A security startup, for example, might fit here, especially if it can win initial business on the back of parachuting in to fix a breach or other problem already in progress. Or, think of the wave of companies that offered services to businesses and users when they were suddenly sheltering in place and working from home during the peak of COVID-19.
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'Blackstone has misled investors': inside the growing alarm over BREIT - Business Insider (No paywall)
Has the world's largest private-equity firm built a $114 billion house of cards?
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How Shruti Gandhi, a solo venture capitalist with 15 exits in 5 years, went from underestimated to unstoppable - Business Insider (No paywall)
Array Ventures' Shruti Gandhi is quick on her feet as a solo VC, betting on startups she thinks will provide big returns.
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The most hated workplace software on the planet - Business Insider (No paywall)
It creates mountains of busywork for everyone. So why do more than half of the companies in the Fortune 500 use it?
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Why you should let insects eat your plants
Renegade gardeners across the world are embracing a new philosophy: gardening that prioritises insects, not plants.
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âA colonial mindsetâ: why global aid agencies need to get out of the way
With the world's humanitarian system in crisis, many NGOs now recognise that local charities can deliver much more at far less cost
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The synthetic coffee revolution: are ground date seeds really as delicious as the real thing?
Your daily caffeine habit is not good for the planet. Thankfully, researchers are finding alternatives to ground coffee beans
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When Is the Best Time to Work Out?
It’s an age-old question. But a few recent studies have brought us closer to an answer.
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