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The passengers aboard Villa Vie Odyssey now have to decide their next moves.

Joel Greiff, 57, was new to the Villa Vie Odyssey. He had boarded the residential cruise ship on October 1 and kept his belongings to a minimum.

Traveling light came in handy when all passengers were abruptly told to leave the ship on Tuesday in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, amid what management has


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  • Entrepreneurship comes with risk and uncertainty. As one founder put it, "You have to be insane."
  • Two successful founders share the mindsets that helped them push through when failure felt possible.
  • They explain how anyone can develop the resilience and confidence to take entrepreneurial risks.

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Taylor Kelly started Eventful ATL as a side hustle and turned it into a full-time small business after being laid off from his corporate job.
  • Taylor Kelly started running candle-making workshops in 2023 to get out of the house and meet people.
  • He turned his side hustle into a full-time small business after he was laid off from his corporate job.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the AI giant is sorting through how to continue research while making sure those in specialized fields "get the best version of the future that they can have."
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is conflicted about how AI models are changing fields like mathematics.
  • Altman said that he had some "sadness and melancholy" when he saw what OpenAI's

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Halloween was the busiest single day for ride-hailing companies in 2025, according to Gridwise.
  • Halloween is the busiest day for Uber and Lyft drivers.
  • Lyft's CEO called it "our biggest day" in 2025.
  • It can be a lucrative day for gig workers — if they can stand rowdy passengers.

The busiest day of the year for Uber and Lyft drivers is almost here.

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Gotham FC lead owner Carolyn Tisch Blodgett said she sets an example for players and staff by bringing her family to the big games, where everyone's kids rush the field afterward.
  • Carolyn Tisch Blodgett said she sets an example for the brand by integrating her family and work.
  • She said bringing her children to big games helps encourage working parents "to be their full selves."
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  • Microsoft offered a buyout to 60,000 employees this week.
  • The offer spooked the tech industry and stoked chatter and concern inside the company.
  • The key question: How many employees Microsoft is prepared to lose?

Microsoft's huge employee buyout stunned the industry this week, raising urgent questions about why the software


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Talent and senior leaders surveyed think linear career paths will become less common.
  • A Korn Ferry report said "workers will zigzag more than they climb" the career ladder next year.
  • This fluid career lattice has its positives, such as skill expansion.
  • However, there are also benefits to the traditional linear path, such as raises and a clear goal.

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I spent my Thursday at The Long Play, where attendees made new connections and debated the future of work.
  • I schmoozed with CEOs, founders, and investors at Business Insider's The Long Play in New York.
  • Attendees heard from speakers ranging from Barry Diller to Ashley Graham — and spent a whole lot of time networking.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is staking out a middle ground in a group of landmark AI copyright cases, pushing courts to legally protect large language models (LLMs) training on copyrighted work - but not chatbots regurgitating that work to users. An overly black-and-white ruling, it says, could either deprive Wikipedians of useful AI-based tools or endanger the open web.

In an amicus brief