Author: Daniel snow

Priyanka Jain, co-founder and CEO of vaginal microbiome test and care company Evvy, is very involved in her company’s hiring process.”Nothing is more important than who we hire,” she told CNBC Make It at Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Gala and Summit. “I interview every single person before we hire them.” Evvy currently has 25 employees.Jain also looks at candidate resumes, and there’s one section in particular that she believes can indicate some level of success at a startup like hers: the Interests section.It shows you go ‘above and beyond’An Interests section could give a sense of your passion and…

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024.Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersMeta and EssilorLuxottica on Friday unveiled a new line of Oakley smart glasses that include the social media company’s artificial intelligence assistant. The Oakley Meta HSTN, as the glasses are known, is the latest product borne from a multiyear partnership between the two companies. The HSTN smart glasses – which are pronounced how-stun – are pitched toward athletes and have a starting price of $399. The glasses represent…

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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller speaks during The Clearing House Annual Conference in New York City on Nov. 12, 2024.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersFederal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday that he doesn’t expect tariffs to boost inflation significantly so policymakers should be looking to lower interest rates as early as next month.In a CNBC interview, the central banker said he and his colleagues should move slowly but start to ease as inflation is now longer a major economic threat.”I think we’re in the position that we could do this and as early as July,” Waller said during a “Squawk Box”…

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