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Although iconic founders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg famously didn’t finish college, multiple studies show that the vast majority of successful startups had founders with bachelor’s or graduate degrees. Despite this data, the appeal of a dropout founder persists, though VC enthusiasm for the ‘un-degreed’ is far from constant. It is a phenomenon that cycles in and out of fashion, and right now it is certainly having a moment amid the AI boom. This trend is particularly evident during Y Combinator Demo Days, where founders are increasingly touting their dropout status in their one-minute pitches. “I don’t believe YC…
Amazon is allowing employees who are stranded in India because of visa delays to work remotely there until early March, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider.The catch: They’re not allowed to code, make strategic decisions, or interact with customers.Amazon is one of many American companies scrambling to adapt to the Trump administration’s rapid-fire changes to the H-1B visa program, including a mandate that consular officers must review visa applicants’ social media posts before issuing visas. The additional screening has delayed processing, and some embassies and consulates have rescheduled visa appointments by several months, leaving some employees stranded…
Flu activity is rising sharply in the U.S. this season with at least 7.5 million estimated cases so far, largely due to a new variant of influenza type A called subclade K.Subclade K emerged after this season’s flu shot was made. Even though the shot isn’t perfectly matched for this variant, experts say the vaccine is still the best line of defense to protect against severe illness, hospitalization and death.For those who end up contracting the virus, there are treatments that may help reduce the duration of a person’s symptoms or severity of illness.There are four antiviral medications approved by…
Triller, a publicly traded creator and marketing company that vied to take on TikTok in the US, was delisted from the Nasdaq on Tuesday after missing multiple reporting deadlines, the company wrote in an SEC filing.The suspension is the latest setback for the company, which made a big push to position its video app as a TikTok replacement. Triller hired TikTok’s former head of product, Sean Kim, in late 2024 to oversee its video app and a few other business lines. In early 2025, it launched a website to recruit TikTok’s users when it looked like the ByteDance-owned video app might be…
For as long as she could remember, Dina Radenkovic was a meticulous planner, determined to leave as little as possible to chance. But Radenkovic – a physician, research scientist and biotechnology investor – felt gripped by uncertainty over how to plan for one of her most long-held goals: becoming a mother. She thought about freezing her eggs, but enduring two weeks of potentially uncomfortable and nauseating injections felt impossible: It would have meant missing work.So in December 2022, Radenkovic, then 27, found herself alone in her kitchen in New York jabbing her abdomen with a needle, the first step in…
Meta was cofounded by a college dropout — and so was its latest acquisition.Ji Yichao, the cofounder and chief scientist of Manus, the AI startup snapped up by Meta, shared two pictures on X: one of his younger self behind a laptop, and another of a young Mark Zuckerberg, seemingly in the same room, also working at a laptop.Both pictures appear to have been taken at the so-called “Facebook House” in Palo Alto, California, a five-bed home where Zuckerberg worked on Facebook after famously dropping out of Harvard University in 2004. The house was later rented by budding entrepreneurs and…
2025-12-31T17:10:22.045Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Apple teased “big” Apple Fitness+ updates planned for 2026 on Instagram. The service offers instructor-led classes, on-demand videos, and health metrics. Apple Fitness+ launched in 2020 and expanded to 28 new markets in December. Apple is soft-launching big plans for its fitness platform in 2026.On Wednesday, the tech giant…
Concerns about how AI will affect workers continue to rise in lockstep with the pace of advancements and new products promising automation and efficiency. Evidence suggests that fear is warranted. A November MIT study found an estimated 11.7% of jobs could already be automated using AI. Surveys have shown employers are already eliminating entry-level jobs because of the technology. Companies are also already pointing to AI as the reason for layoffs. As enterprises more meaningfully adopt AI, some may take a closer look at how many employees they really need. In a recent TechCrunch survey, multiple enterprise VCs said AI…
By Michael ErmanNEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration pressures them for cuts, according to data provided exclusively by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.The number of price increases for 2026 is up from the same point last year, when drugmakers unveiled plans for raises on more than 250 drugs. The median of this year’s price hikes is around 4% – in line with 2025.The increases do not reflect any rebates to…
2025-12-31T10:44:01.308Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Billionaires appear to be flocking to warm Caribbean waters for New Year’s Eve — at least that’s what their yachts suggest. St. Barts is a hot spot this year, with yachts belonging to Jeff Bezos and Miriam Adelson in the vicinity. Here’s where the ultrawealthy will ring in 2026,…