We’ll all be joining crypto DAOs soon enough

The great digital acceleration

Good morning. I talked earlier this week with Jeff Lawson, co-founder and CEO of Twilio, the cloud communication platform that has seen its stock soar 5X since the pandemic and is now worth a whopping $59 billion dollars. Lawson has a new book out called Ask Your Developer, which argues that today, every company must be […]

Big Tobacco stands down as Colorado and Oregon hike cigarette taxes

Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Big Tobacco did something unusual in Marlboro Country last fall: It stood aside while Colorado voters approved the state’s first tobacco tax hike in 16 years. The industry, led by Altria Group, one of the […]

How will the pandemic reshape corporate travel?

The valuation of Airbnb soared to new heights in its debut in public markets, even while the pandemic kept revenues depressed. Now another unicorn startup focused on the travel space is also getting an upround: TripActions, a maker of corporate travel and expense software, announced that it had raised $155 million in funding Thursday, bumping […]