Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann’s New Real Estate Company Is Planning A Digital Wallet That Stores Crypto

Updated: When Adam Neumann revealed his new venture to WeWork-ify the residential real estate sector Monday, backed by a $350 million investment from Andreessen Horowitz, the announcement was long on hype, and short on details.

Forbes has learned that the company, Flow, intends to launch a digital wallet that can store crypto – among other currencies, including US dollars – in addition to the real estate management software it announced previously.

Davidson Goldin, a spokesperson for Flow, said the planned digital wallet cannot be used to make rental payments for Flow-managed apartments using cryptocurrency it may store, but can be used for outside purchases like any other wallet.

Goldin confirmed Flow’s plans for a wallet after Forbes learned about recruitment efforts for the company this month, where a

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5 Social Media Tips to Grow Your New Business

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

When it comes to building a brand, social media remains one of the best tools in aiding a business in reaching its target audience. The medium builds brands, provides customers with information about their debut, and gives them a chance to provide feedback.

The term “viral” is used to describe produced content that is widely shared across many platforms. It all brings a lot of good (and/or bad) attention to a brand and can help reach new audiences if done the right way.

Here are a couple of key tips for burgeoning businesses looking to build their presence across all online options.

Related: 5 Unicorn Founders Share Their Productivity Hacks

1. Know your platforms

There are many different social media categories that all have their own uses with different audiences. Make sure you understand each platform, what type of content goes on

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Airplane business class doors offer new levels of privacy. Here’s why they might not be a good idea

(CNN) — Business class is becoming increasing more luxurious, spacious and private. Whether it’s custom-designed seat and bed cushions, bespoke fittings and fixtures, or co-branding with some of the biggest names in luxury, business really is the new first class aboard many planes.

That’s especially true in business class mini-suites with doors, which debuted nearly 10 years ago aboard JetBlue’s Mint premium airplanes, and are now found on a dozen or so carriers including Delta, All Nippon Airways, British Airways and China Eastern, with more rolling out every year.

Doors make the business class experience better in two ways: first, they add privacy, and second, they avoid what airplane seat designers call the “brush past,” where a passenger or crew member walking down the aisle bumps into a seated passenger.

If you’ve traveled in business class, you might already be thinking of some of the seats where that would be

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HP’s new 4K business webcam uses AI to keep your whole team in the frame

HP has a new webcam that feels familiar and uses AI to keep you and your fidgeting guests in the frame during meetings. The $199.99 HP 965 4K Streaming webcam is the company’s new business-oriented model that contains a Sony Starvis CMOS sensor, similar in spec (and price) to Dell’s 4K webcam offering, Elgato’s Facecam, and Razer’s Kiyo Pro. A home office 960 version is available in white but, according to HP spokesperson Christine Wahl, has identical specs, and after initially appearing on HP’s website with a $50 discount, the 960 is now priced identically with the 965.

Those webcams have similar tracking abilities, just like the following abilities found in Logitech’s StreamCam (one of the best webcams our colleague Cameron tested) and Apple’s Center Stage. The company touts this camera’s tracking as a part of the HP Presence tools it offers for “more thoughtful, human collaboration technology,” and it

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Bed Bath & Beyond announces store closures, layoffs and new financing to fix struggling business

A Bed Bath & Beyond store is seen on June 29, 2022 in Miami, Florida.

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Bed Bath & Beyond on Wednesday announced swift and significant steps it is taking to try to revive its struggling business, including layoffs, store closures and a shake-up of the brands on its shelves.

On a call with investors, the New Jersey-based retailer laid out details of its latest turnaround push. It said it has started closing about 150 of its “lower producing” namesake stores. It will also slash costs by shrinking head count by about 20% across its corporate and supply chain workforce. To strengthen its balance sheet, the company said it secured more than $500 million in new financing, including a loan.

The moves are urgently needed for the troubled retailer, which also disclosed Wednesday that slowing sales have carried into the most recent

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Which LATAM Planes Have New Business Class?

In 2018, South American mega-airline LATAM announced it would spend $400 million updating the interiors of its fleet. To me the most exciting aspect of this was the introduction of a new business class product, given that the carrier’s offering has historically been pretty lackluster.

It has now been roughly four years since LATAM announced its cabin retrofit project, so I wanted to take an updated look at how the airline is doing with this, especially since a lot has changed since then — LATAM has gone through bankruptcy, LATAM has retired all of its Airbus A350s, etc.

LATAM’s new business class seats

LATAM’s new business class product consists of Vantage XL seats, similar to what you’ll find on RwandAir, Qantas, and SAS, among other airlines. These are fully flat staggered seats with direct aisle access and 18″ personal televisions, so it represents a huge improvement to the passenger experience.

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New American Airlines Business Class Seats: What We Know

In the next couple of years, American Airlines is expected to debut two new kinds of business class seats. While there aren’t any new updates (at least not that I’ve heard), I thought it would be fun to take an updated look at what we should expect, and when we should expect it.

American’s new Boeing 787 business class (2023)

American Airlines plans to introduce a new Boeing 787 business class product as of 2023. American already has 48 Boeing 787s in its fleet, with a further 41 Boeing 787s on order. The airline is currently taking delivery of Boeing 787-8s, though starting in 2023, the airline should start taking delivery of its 30 remaining Boeing 787-9 orders.

We’re expecting American to debut a new business class product on these Boeing 787-9s. Some of these 787-9s are expected to be in an uber-premium configuration, featuring just 244 seats. This will

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Splunk Earnings Beat Estimates but the Stock Falls on New Business Slowdown

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Splunk said 723 customers are generating more than $1 million in annualized revenue.

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posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter ended July 31, while boosting its revenue outlook for the 2023 fiscal year ending in January.

But the stock was trading sharply lower in premarket trading Thursday on a slowdown in the company’s new business pipeline.

A provider of data security and IT monitoring software, Splunk (ticker: SPLK) posted revenue of $799 million, up 32% from a year ago, and well ahead of the company’s forecast of $735 million to $755 million. Spunk posted a loss for the quarter of 22 cents a share, narrower than the Wall Street consensus forecast for a loss of 36 cents.

Cloud revenue was $346 million, up 59%. The company said 723 customers are generating more than $1 million in annualized revenue, up 24% from a year ago.

“Splunk

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These States’ Workers Would Pay Most Under Biden’s New Business Tax

Where will President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats get the money to finance their large expansion of subsidies for green energy and extension of Obamacare subsidies for the upper middle class?

The simple answer is: “From hardworking taxpayers.”

Taxpayers across the income spectrum should expect they will ultimately pay for the left’s deceptively named Inflation Reduction Act.

But the new taxes would fall more heavily across specific industries and parts of the country. The largest tax in the bill, the new “book minimum tax,” accounts for $222 billion of the more than half a trillion dollars of expected new tax collections. The book minimum tax would hit manufacturing disproportionately.

According to recent government estimates by the Joint Committee on Taxation, manufacturing would bear 49.7% of the book minimum tax, despite accounting for only about 11% of the economy.

More specifically, the nonpartisan committee estimated that 16.1% of the tax would

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NEW BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Mexican restaurant, tack shop join local lineup | News

A few new businesses have opened their doors in Tahlequah this summer, including a tack shop and a Mexican restaurant.

Situated at the south end of town, horse tack is the main fare of CC’z All Things Western. Owner Shawne Collins said she saw a need for these types of supplies and acted on it.

“I decided to open CC’z because I was having to drive five hours to the tack shop I used to use when I lived in Arkansas just to get quality big-item tack,’ said Collins.

Collins said her store sells 1st Phorm supplements as well.

Employee Andrea Serrano said the CC’z opened June 11 and has been expanding its selection “slowly,” adding things like boots and clothes.

“As soon as the weather cools down, [Collins] wants to gather musicians and have singings on the deck,” said Serrano. “She wants an atmosphere where people can just hang

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