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Key Takeaways Superhuman’s initial return-to-office mandate last year failed because few people showed up, and employees felt the office wasn’t worth the commute when it was mostly empty. This year, the company replaced the mandate with a voluntary “Ways of Working” program, which gives employees a wellness stipend based on their time in the office. Employees in the U.S. who come in two days a week receive $500 per quarter as a wellness stipend, while those who opt for five days can get up to $2,000 quarterly. Superhuman, the startup behind AI productivity tools like Grammarly, is boosting office attendance…
The Scottish pioneer, who won eight Emmys for his work alongside David Attenborough, suffered a brain hemorrhage while on a trek to Annapurna Base Camp.Doug Allan at the British Academy Scotland Awards in 2017 (Photo: Alan Peebles/BAFTA via Getty Images)Published April 9, 2026 02:43PMPioneering wildlife cameraman Doug Allan, whose cinematography was featured on BBC series like Planet Earth and The Blue Planet, died at the age of 74.The BBC reported on April 9 that Allan suffered breathing difficulties and fell ill soon after setting out on a trek to Annapurna Base Camp on April 6. He reportedly died of a…
Forbes Reporter Phoebe Liu sat down to discuss the escalating legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ahead of their upcoming April trial. Liu also discusses the allegations of anti-competitive behavior and the financial pressures facing leading AI firms as they navigate rapid innovation, massive capital requirements, and intense competition for market dominance in the emerging artificial general intelligence sector. Source link
Key Takeaways Clarke led 30-minute online workouts and hosted virtual conversations in the pandemic’s early days. Then she connected with fellow fitness enthusiast Sami Spalter to start a lifestyle platform: FORM. Here’s how the duo built a business with over 60,000 subscribers and $42 million in total revenue. This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with Sami Clarke, co-founder with Sami Spalter of Los Angeles-based lifestyle platform and activewear brand FORM. The business, which launched as a fitness platform in 2020 and expanded into activewear in 2023, boasts 60,000 subscribers and more than $42 million in total revenue. The…
Waymo and Waze are teaming up to prevent people from driving into potholes.On Thursday, the companies announced a joint pilot program that will take pothole data collected by Waymo’s robotaxis and display it on Waze for Cities. The robotaxis already have cameras, radar, and other sensors that can be used, among other things, to note potholes.Waze and Waymo are both owned by Google parent Alphabet. The tool is an additional means of spotting potholes on Waze. Users have long been able to report any potholes they see through the Waze app. “This pilot program with Waymo adds another source of data to…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Snyder found early success listening to her intuition. Writing bestsellers about wellness and inventing a popular green smoothie led to celebrity clients She walked away from the A-list world to help regular people not just famous people. Kimberly Snyder never expected to run a wellness empire. When she graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University, she backpacked across over 50 countries around the world for three years, including India, where she discovered and studied yoga and meditation. Afterwards, she moved to a rent-controlled apartment in NYC, went back to nutrition…
Published April 9, 2026 01:01PMThere are so many reasons to love trail running. The benefits for mind, body, and soul. The community. The thrill of races. The places it takes you. At its heart, trail running is a way to explore yourself and the world. What are you capable of? What will you discover around the bend, past the tree, beyond the pass, on the other side of the planet? While any run can deliver that feeling of adventure, there are some routes that stand apart. Consider these the Wonders of the Trail Running World. Will there be arguments over…
Every April, the internet fills up with green logos, limited-edition packaging, and pledges that will be quietly retired by May. We’ve gotten good at calling that out. Greenwashing is understood, documented, and increasingly prosecuted. What we talk about less is the other problem: the brands that are actually doing the work, but have stopped saying so.Both are failures. Just different kinds.Here’s what’s actually happening. The share of S&P 100 companies using “ESG” in their sustainability report titles dropped from 40% in 2023 to just 6% in 2025. But the work hasn’t stopped. According to a 2025 EcoVadis study, 87% of…
Key Takeaways Kojo is the largest construction materials procurement platform in the U.S. Its founder, Maria Davidson, was an outsider to construction when she decided to create the company. Davidson relied on conversations she had with “thousands” of construction workers about pain points in the industry to create Kojo. Eleven years ago, Maria Davidson was 23 years-old, living in London and working in an entry-level job as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs when she went on vacation in California. While there, she had a chance encounter with Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir and founder of the venture firm…
Updated April 9, 2026 12:16PMNepal’s Mount Everest guiding industry has been thrust into the international spotlight this week amid allegations that some trekking companies filed fraudulent insurance claims worth tens of millions of dollars. One allegation that’s generated a glut of headlines is that trekking guides poisoned clients with baking soda as a way to trigger an unneeded helicopter rescue.This scandal has hit just as hundreds of climbing clients are beginning the hike to Everest Base Camp prior to their acclimatization hikes later in the month. Nepal’s Everest outfitters are watching the scandal, and whatever fallout comes from it, closely.…