There was an investigation, and a resignation. Then the Water District approved a $95k payout to David St. Pierre, who earned $292k in 2017. Sounds great! | learn more
“Judge Joseph Claps has been charged with a misdemeanor gun offense after sheriff’s deputies saw a small gun fall from the judge’s jacket inside the weapons-free Leighton Criminal Court Building.” | learn more
Jack Ezon, founder of Ovation Vacations, shares a bunch of entertaining stories from honeymoons his company has planned for always rich and sometimes famous clients. |learn more
We once played a joke on a friend in high school by convincing him that metric minutes had 100 seconds. It turns out the joke is on us because it was once true. | learn more
The WSJ explores the topic of meatless burgers that are getting placement in the meat section of grocery stores. No surprise: the meat industry is pissed about it. (If you get stuck on WSJ paypall, just google the article title […]
“Intriguing new research suggests that a particular bacteria may have beneficial anti-inflammatory effects on the brain. Early studies in rodent models found that through injections of the bacteria the animals can be ‘immunized’ against displaying anxious responses to stressful situations.” | learn […]
“It’s long been thought that one DNA sequence would always create the same protein, but now researchers have found the first exception to this “universal rule,” a microbe that chooses between two different translations each time.” | learn more
Fred Wilson had a short and sweet blog post this week about what he calls “the heartbeat”. This is the regular pace at which a company operates. I have called this a cadence in the past, but I like the […]
Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix, helped build their strong culture of success. A few years ago, I saw a deck that outlined how they think about roles/employment and it blew my mind. Patty breaks down her BS-free […]
Niraj Shah and Steve Conine are the founders of Wayfair.com, an internet retailer with over $4B in sales that was once an assortment of 250 disparate niche websites. They tell their interesting founding story in this interview. | learn more