After he was paralyzed in an accident, his use of marijuana for medical purposes led him to become one of the nation’s most influential cannabis activists.
Category: Entrepreneurship
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Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Market Crash Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Do Kwon, who created the Luna and TerraUSD cryptocurrencies that collapsed in 2022, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, capping a spectacular fall from grace.
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Larry Ellison Wants to Do Good, Do Research and Make a Profit
Oracle’s co-founder and the world’s second-richest person pledges to concentrate his vast resources on his own research institute and for-profit ventures to address health, hunger and climate change.
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The Man Who Would Save Fro-Yo
The frozen treat was inescapable a decade ago, then seemed to vanish. But one C.E.O., with help from the YouTuber Danny Duncan, is firing up the fro-yo time machine.
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Swarming to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom: a New Crop of 20-Something CEOs
Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups.
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Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
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The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy
As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas.
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22 New Jobs A.I. Could Give You
In a few key areas, humans will be more essential than ever.
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The C.E.O. Other C.E.O.s Turn To for Advice
Steve Stoute’s role at the intersection of business and popular culture has made him a lot of high-powered friends.
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The Ditch Weekly, a Teen-Run Newspaper, Reports on the Hamptons From a Different Angle
The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers in Long Island, is covering the Hamptons from a new angle.