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She understands the importance of finding the real pain points of her clients and building solutions accordingly. KiVi, an Agritech firm encourages farmers to spice up agriculture by means of expertise. The start-up helps farmers to obtain enter, market output, implement economical agricultural practices, and procure monetary companies for strengthening their livelihood selection. Not even the presence of Efron could lift “We Are Your Friends” at the multiplexes. Given that dreary pedigree, it’s no surprise that “We Are Your Friends” fell far short of projections, which had it debuting to roughly $8 million. Warner Bros. spent $2 million to acquire it out of the American Film Market, limiting the studio’s financial exposure.

— much to the chagrin of some Angelenos — Aceves works mostly behind the scenes, not only recharging and rebalancing scooters, but also making sure that they are legally parked and not blocking the public right of way. He wears a security vest that reads “Bird Ambassador” and it’s a fairly accurate description of his role in the hustle and flow of the city at night. GOAT launched in 2015 as a marketplace to help sneakerheads authenticate used Air Jordans and other collectible shoes. It has since grown at a prolific rate, expanding into apparel and accessories and exceeding $2 billion in merchandise sales in 2020. The startup sealed a $195 million funding round last summer that more than doubled its valuation, to $3.7 billion.

From a purely business standpoint, creator tech shouldn’t make this mistake. Meanwhile, the biggest stars on TikTok are not “stars” at all, but regular people who happened to be funny or clever or incisive and garnered an audience based on the luck of the algorithm and their creativity alone. They’re not names everyone knows, but many creators have found their niche and a dedicated following. They’re the new guard, and they’re siphoning off precious attention and viewership.

Creator Plus expects to release the movie on its digital sell-through platform in the spring of 2022. The winners of the 11th Annual Indie Series Awards were revealed on Thursday, June 18 in a virtual ceremony hosted by Sean Kanan. The ISAs celebrate the best in independently produced scripted entertainment created for the Web. The filmmaker attended a screening of his film Southern startup studio efrox Comfort in Paris earlier this week, and will be presenting a masterclass moderated by Jean-Francois Rauger, who serves as Head of Programming at La Cinémathèque française. New spy prequel The King's Man explores the origins of the espionage agency at the heart of the recent Kingsman films. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return to their classic roles for the first time in 29 years.

If any of these companies can find a way to reliably mass produce these batteries and get them into EVs, the cars of tomorrow may prove considerably safer than anything on the road today, at least in terms of fire risk. So, while it may be tempting to think that EVs pose an increased safety risk due to their lithium-ion batteries, the best data we have right now suggests that they’re no more dangerous than gas cars. Furthermore, numerous new battery technologies could reduce the risk of fire substantially. Find her hovering by the cheese at your next local tech mixer. He makes more money than he would as a so-called gig-worker, but he doesn’t receive either the legal protections afforded employees under federal and state law, nor the types of perks tech companies often offer.

As a teenager, he said he had a few run-ins with the LAPD’s infamous Rampart Division . “One of the things that is quite tricky about the independent contractor model is that the costs of that model are not readily apparent,” said Hatton. “That is one thing I would like people to know — that there actual humans behind each scooter,” Aceves said. Sometimes an enterprising user will ride a Bird scooter all the way to Venice or Marina del Rey, where he has to go to retrieve it, cutting into his profit margin. Frigg makes hair and beauty products that contain cannabinoids such as CBD. The Valley Village-based company raised an undisclosed seed round in August.