Patty

Vision bigger than my comfort zone.
I chase goals, embrace adventure and never stop challenging myself to go further

[Yahoo Finance @YahooFinance]

The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker (12:00 p.m. ET) https://t.co/4HztghuD1c

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

In the Netflix reboot of "A Different World," Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison return for a new era of Hillman College. Here's where the show left off. https://t.co/mQCoYrxOXZ

[Reuters @Reuters]

As the cost of the US government's long-term borrowing reaches its highest since 2004, economist Gregory Daco of EY-Parthenon tells Reuters bond yields also reflect high energy prices that the Fed can't control, and policymakers should be careful of hiking rates too far

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The season’s first nor’easter is forecast to bear down on the Northeast this weekend, bringing a stormy weekend to millions of people, especially in the corridor from New Jersey to Maine.

See what regions could experience hazardous weather conditions: https://t.co/EbvDOTvoBA

[Reuters @Reuters]

France says ICC warrant posed no obstacle to Netanyahu overflight https://t.co/NGiCEZdnWn https://t.co/NGiCEZdnWn

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Gas is $5. We’re at war abroad. Health care costs are soaring. But Congress is focused on college sports and undermining the rights of athletes. It’s wrong.

[MarketWatch @MarketWatch]

As diesel prices surge, Tesla makes its big play for the trucking market https://t.co/FqcxTEUk84

[Newsweek @Newsweek]

A new unit aims to disrupt space threats, protect British satellites, warn of incoming missile attacks and provide communications. https://t.co/a2JVqhTnO9

[Wealth Management @wealth_mgmt]

Despite a record first half, uncertainty and market volatility caused advisors to delay sales, resulting in fewer transactions closing in the third quarter of 2026, according to DeVoe & Company. https://t.co/IHpF2rcSVr

[Reuters @Reuters]

Flights suspended to Ethiopian holy town of Lalibela as fighting expands https://t.co/Hd9LAN9YJ9 https://t.co/Hd9LAN9YJ9

[Allure @Allure_magazine]

Because chances are, those are the mornings when 10 minutes of Patchology’s https://t.co/d6QijdqpSR

[Newsweek @Newsweek]

Everywhere you look, there’s a five right now. Even the good fives are bad. https://t.co/uGVEIHaiA4

[Reuters @Reuters]

Gucci's new 'Made in China' sneaker models break with Italian tradition https://t.co/QxV8W20GDT https://t.co/QxV8W20GDT

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Retirement experts say 70 is the best age to take Social Security. Few Americans plan to wait that long. https://t.co/bsl3Gg30s5

[Entrepreneur @Entrepreneur]

Radha Vyas was single, in her 30s and tired of her job when she went on a group tour and found herself surrounded by people ranging from 16 to 78 with whom she had nothing in common.

The market had boozy beach breaks for 22-year-olds and hand-holding holidays for retirees. Nobody was building travel for the people in between.

A https://t.co/slhU7CjmjC date with photojournalist Lee Thompson turned into a business pitch somewhere around the fourth glass of wine on their first date. He didn't run. They are now married and co-founders.

They put in £15,000 of their own savings, kept their day jobs and had no bookings six months in. Lee flew to Brazil with most of what was left, knocked on the door of the Archdiocese in Rio and argued Brazil needed better press ahead of the World Cup.

They told him he was mad, then told him to be at the statue the next day. He climbed Christ the Redeemer from the inside, took a selfie from the top and 1.2 million people visited the Flash Pack website in 48 hours. From that £15,000 they bootstrapped to £20 million in revenue in four and a half years, growing 300 to 400 percent annually with just £250,000 from one angel investor along the way.

Flash Pack builds small group trips for solo travelers in their 30s, 40s and 50s, engineered around connection. Eighty-two percent of travelers make at least one meaningful friend on a trip.

Thirty percent travel again to reunite with the same group. They turn away bookings that would threaten the group dynamic. Then March 2020 came. Every border closed in the same week.

Radha put the company into administration in November 2020 so customers could reclaim their money, remortgaged the house, borrowed from friends and family, bought the assets back and relaunched in November 2021 with a toddler at home and close to personally bankrupt. Flash Pack 2.0 raised £7.8 million in total and is now profitable and bigger than before Covid.

Her advice: pay yourself a proper salary from day one. Broke founders make desperate decisions. A secure founder thinks long term.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Media mogul's MGM retreat dodges risky China wager https://t.co/hChiAq5gFz https://t.co/hChiAq5gFz

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Leadership isn’t a portable skill. Doctors talking to patients must communicate information differently than politicians reacting to a natural disaster. https://t.co/Orh6YiWSYr

[MarketWatch @MarketWatch]

I spend my time and money caring for my aging mother — yet she gave my brother $100,000. Should I pull back? https://t.co/SFQi3N8a51

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

1. We will keep accelerating. Our AI efforts are only 3 years old, vs 6 and 10 years old for Anthropic and OpenAI. If our second derivative remains strong, SpaceX will reach pole position in about 6 months.

2. Once you far exceed the caliber of intelligence needed for a class of tasks, additional intelligence is pointless. You don’t need (and it would be cruel to put) Newton-level intelligence in your toaster!

3. Hardware is hard. Bringing massive compute online rapidly is incredibly difficult. SpaceX has demonstrated exceptional ability in this regard and will only get better.

[Dan Merica @merica]

Exclusive to @washingtonpost: David Flippo, a Republican congressional candidate in Nevada, inflated his military record multiple times in recent years by claiming he received a Bronze Star “for valor” during his two-decade Air Force career.

More here: https://t.co/WVhBtqm7tg