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Christie Smythe

Senior Writer

Christie Smythe is a Senior Writer at Thinknum Media, focusing on bankruptcy, bad actors and bubbles. Previously, she worked as an assistant managing editor at Fastinform, the Academic Times, and Law360, as U.S. news editor for the Insurance Insider, and as a reporter at Bloomberg News, the Arizona Daily Star and the Cape Cod Times.

Exclusive Interview: How the 21-year-old Wall Street Confessions founder created a must-read for the finance elite

Ri, known as "Wall Street's Gossip Girl," has amassed 113,000 followers on her popular Instagram account, including Jefferies CEO Rich Handler.

Christie Smythe

6.11.21 6:42 PM

Why Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is making noise about cap tables for startups

The venture capitalist said “the future” for founders is being more judicious in handing out equity.

Christie Smythe

6.10.21 4:11 PM

Five things we know about Fastly, the company that brought down the Internet for an hour

An outage at the content delivery network provider affected thousands of websites on Tuesday.

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6.8.21 4:00 PM

Chamath, Cuban, bitcoin: Metromile's wild ride into the future of car insurance, where less driving means more profit

The pay-per-mile insurer, led by CEO Dan Preston, went public via a SPAC and jumped on the crypto bandwagon.

Christie Smythe

6.7.21 5:26 PM

Exclusive Interview: Why Justin Zhu says LSD made him a better CEO

After the Iterable co-founder was terminated over use of the drug, Zhu has pivoted into advocacy for Asian Americans.

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6.1.21 8:40 PM

Water with a splash of lye: A history of the bizarre alkaline beverage craze

One company went so far in chasing the wellness trend that it laced its product with a dangerous chemical.

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5.28.21 5:04 PM