Are you a YouTuber, a TikToker, a musician or a writer? Here’s why you’re going to love Web3 The first two phases of the internet gave rise to the creator economy. Now Web3 is poised to supercharge it and put more power into the hands of people who make content. Othmane Zizi 12.9.21 12:04 AM Crypto
Is Black Friday losing its allure? Not only are sales down, retailer web traffic dropped, too. We looked at data for the top five e-commerce platforms in the U.S. — Amazon, Walmart, BestBuy, Costco and eBay. All had less web traffic this year than last. Christie Smythe , Stella Weng 12.3.21 9:31 PM Markets
The poop-testing startup founder who lied to get on a "30-under-30" list is now officially a fugitive Co-founders of the fecal testing startup Jessica Richman and Zachary Apte are facing a 47-count federal indictment accusing them of defrauding insurers and investors. The U.S. says they are hiding in Germany. Christie Smythe 12.1.21 9:35 PM Outcasts
How Guy Griffithe went from making a thumb wrestling mockumentary to promoting a pot investment scam The president of Bridgegate Pictures Corp., who has made at least nine flicks and worked with VR film specialist Travis Cloyd, now owes $5.3 million for his role in a "Ponzi-like" scheme. Christie Smythe 11.29.21 6:14 PM Outcasts
This week in Business Twitter: Alex Svanevik says real estate is dying, founders rally around April Koh, Andrew Yang defends Dave Chapelle, and “old money” gets into DAOs We start with a blockchain analytics firm co-founder making a bold prediction about investment returns, while acknowledging that he has “no credentials except my profile pic is a penguin.” Christie Smythe 11.26.21 10:30 PM People
We found the 100 best (legal) places to buy weed in the U.S. Here is a map of the top-rated marijuana dispensaries around the country, based on data from Weedmaps collected by Thinknum. Jael Goldfine 11.23.21 4:13 PM Markets