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Key Takeaways Bapu and Wilson raised $160,000 on Kickstarter to help bring their side hustle Houndsy to life. Both co-founders quit their 9-5 jobs by 2023 to focus on the business full time. Houndsy has seen $15 million in lifetime revenue — and is on track for another $15 million this year. This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Pavan Bapu, 40, of Chicago, Illinois. Bapu and his co-founder Luke Wilson started their side hustle Houndsy, which sells dog feeders that don’t require people to bend down, in 2021. Houndsy generated more than $450,000 in revenue during its first year and…
April officially marks the beginning of Spring. But, for Halloween fanatics, it marks the halfway point until the year’s spookiest holiday, and decorations are already available for those planning ahead. Unveiled on the morning of April 8, Home Depot debuted its annual Halfway to Halloween collection, a line of exclusive and over-the-top decorations for those planning ahead of the holiday. “Halloween lovers have started shopping for decor and planning their setups earlier and earlier,” a Home Depot spokesperson told Fast Company. “We wanted to provide another moment for them to prepare for the Halloween season. Year after year we have…
Due to the war in Iran, companies are looking for creative ways to offset price increases — and that often involves passing hidden costs to you. Fuel prices have surged 95%, and while some businesses are adding direct surcharges, others are using subtler tactics, reports CNN. Amazon added a 3.5% fuel surcharge for third-party sellers using its fulfillment services. JetBlue raised checked baggage fees by $4 to $9, depending on flight times. USPS implemented its first-ever fuel surcharge — 8% on packages starting April 26. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told employees that doubled jet fuel prices mean an extra…
While we are a tech company focused on financial services, we’ve realized a hard truth: in the high-stakes world of regulated AI, your model is only as good as the person who built it. While the rest of the industry is obsessed with “GPU-first” strategies, we are betting on a “human-first” approach to technology. In our newly released white paper, The Making of the Brillianeers, we outline a strategy, inspired by Toyota’s “just-in-time” manufacturing philosophy, that treats engineering talent not as an operating expense, but as a strategic, investor-level asset. THE TOYOTA PARALLEL Toyota revolutionized the automotive industry by moving…
Keith Valory, CEO of streaming platform Plex, had big plans for his company’s 2017 corporate retreat: a weeklong ‘Survivor’-themed bonding experience in Honduras for 120 remote employees. What could go wrong? Everything, according to The Wall Street Journal. Three weeks before arrival, the hotel’s general manager and head chef quit. Just as the first bus arrived, Valory was in his bathroom with E. coli from a salad. A former Navy SEAL made the “not super fit” tech workers do military drills in 100-degree heat until people passed out. One employee landed on a fire ant hill and needed a shot…
The mountaineer, REI visionary, and environmental advocate was the defining figure of 20th-century American climbing.Robert Kennedy and Whittaker pull on a tow line to help free a stuck ski plane at the base site at Mount Kennedy in Yukon Territory 150 miles west of Whitehorse, Canada, in 1965Published April 8, 2026 03:54PMMountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 97. Whittaker reached the top of the world alongside Sherpa Nawang Gombu in 1963 and was one of the defining figures of 20th-century American mountaineering.Whittaker and his twin brother, Lou,…
If you bought Tom’s of Maine toothpaste in the last six years, you could be eligible for a cash payout stemming from a recent $2.9 million settlement.The class-action lawsuit filed against Tom’s parent company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, “alleged deceptive and misleading business practices with respect to the manufacturing, marketing, and sale” of certain toothpaste products.”Tom’s is best known for its natural products. The toothpaste products were produced at its manufacturing facility in Sanford, Maine, where the company also makes deodorant and bar soap, and sold to consumers through third-party retailers.What’s the issue in the class-action lawsuit?During a May 2024 inspection of…
Elon Musk hosted Intel executives over the weekend, and on Tuesday the chipmaker announced it’s joining Terafab — a massive AI chip project with factories designed for space. Intel announced on X that it will partner with SpaceX, Tesla and xAI to build two advanced chip factories in Austin, Texas. Intel is proud to join the Terafab project with @SpaceX, @xAI, and @Tesla to help refactor silicon fab technology.Our ability to design, fabricate, and package ultra-high-performance chips at scale will help accelerate Terafab’s aim to produce 1 TW/year of compute to power… pic.twitter.com/2vUmXn0YhH— Intel (@intel) April 7, 2026 One factory…
Published April 8, 2026 03:05PMIt’s easy to forget that not too long ago, walking through many U.S. cities was a hazy, smoggy affair. Once the Clean Air Act of 1970 tightened industrial regulations, dramatic air quality improvements followed, with pollutant levels dropping by nearly 80 percent in just a few decades. However, the recent rise in wildfires as a result of extreme fire weather (extremely dry and windy conditions) and increased pollutants in the air from wildfire smoke is reversing some of this hard-earned progress.As we gear up for another wildfire season, the following tips for monitoring air pollution should…
The spring bloom of cherry blossoms are known to be a stunning sight. Across Japan, Korea, and places like Washington, D.C., the trees burst with dense, pink flowers for just one or two weeks, bringing millions of tourists. But climate change is threatening these blooms.As the planet warms, our winters are getting milder. And those mild winters can delay the flowering of cherry blossom trees by up to 32 days, according to a new study from researchers at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute in Kyushu, Japan, and at Boston University. Without enough cold weather, the trees don’t know that…