This week in Business Twitter: Shiba flies to the moon, Sequoia drops an entirely new fund structure, and Joe Lonsdale takes flak for calling dads who take leave “losers” Facebook-Meta name changes aside, Twitter was full of brain-tickling tidbits this week, including Sequoia Capital's dramatic shift in financial model. Ivan De Luce 10.29.21 6:18 PM
Gen-Z FinTok influencer Austin Hankwitz teaches us how to make it rain Hankwitz, who has built a following of more than 500,000 TikTok followers, says he helps to make people less anxious about money. "I think the first step to take is, 'Let's take a deep breath.'" Akil Alleyne 10.27.21 6:45 PM
KAYAK co-founder Paul English is launching a podcasting app inspired by Tiktok — here’s why he made the switch The travel business founder talked about the lessons he learned from being CTO of KAYAK, and why he launched a podcasting app, Moonbeam, inspired by TikTok. Ivan De Luce 10.26.21 6:42 PM
This week in Business Twitter: Ali Partovi’s $125 million blunder, chronicling Facebook’s missteps, and a lesson on NFTs using the Mona Lisa Facebook is under more scrutiny than ever as it attempts a company rebranding amid whistleblowers, lawsuits, and government investigations. Its PR team, meanwhile, is facing plenty of Twitter criticism. Ivan De Luce 10.22.21 7:53 PM
NerdWallet’s IPO could make it worth $5 billion — or more than the value of Vice and BuzzFeed combined NerdWallet, positioned to become one of the most valuable media companies, was built by founder Tim Chen from home after he was laid off. Ivan De Luce 10.21.21 8:53 PM
Ex-TaskRabbit VP Rob Willey explains why Facebook is “on the wrong side of history” in the influencer economy Now CMO of sports drink startup Cheribundi, Willey offers his perspective on the evolution of social media marketing (as told to writer Stav Dimitropoulos). Stav Dimitropoulos 10.18.21 9:09 PM