Forbes on LinkedIn: 14 Under 40: Meet The Youngest Billionaires On The Forbes 400 2017 (2024)

With Baby Boomers aging and nursing home care costs climbing, obscure old sleeper laws on the books in more than half the states could come back to haunt the adult children of seniors who can’t pay for their own care.

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The runaway success of weight loss drugs took the markets by storm last year, spurring huge stock gains for drugmakers like Novo Nordisk, which makes Wegovy and Ozempic. Most patients take them at home in weekly injections, using plastic, pen-like devices known as autoinjectors, filled with the liquid medication and fitted with a tiny needle as wide as two human hairs.As demand for the drugs soars, so does the need for those devices. That growth has now minted a new billionaire: Roger Samuelsson, the 60-year-old Swedish cofounder of Switzerland-based SHL Medical, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of autoinjectors. https://trib.al/eLiQgkd

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In a last-ditch attempt to save their company, Notion, Ivan Zhao and cofounder Simon Last laid off all their employees, sublet their San Francisco office and moved to Kyoto, Japan, to cut costs. A $150,000 emergency loan from Zhao’s mother gave them enough time to reboot with “Notion 1.0.”The software editor was still there, but now Notion looked like a productivity tool on the surface—a minimalist twist on Google Docs that also let you easily make wikis and manage your to-do lists. In August 2016, they released it on app discovery site Product Hunt. It was the site’s most popular product of the day, then week, then month.Within weeks, Notion, which is free but charges power users upward of $8 a month, was turning a profit and had become one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups.

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If you're feeling the pinch of inflation, you're not alone. Here are five side jobs you can consider to help you make more money in 2024. https://trib.al/oTc9Llo

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You've heard of Indeed, Glassdoor ZipRecruiter, and of course, LinkedIn. These are the typical online job sites we all resort to when we're looking for a new role.But what happens when you've been searching for months and these job boards are ineffective for your job search strategy?Luckily, there are other, not-so-popular online job sites which have hundreds of employers on them, eager for their next candidate. These sites tend to be more niche, and as such, you'll have enhanced visibility to opportunities within your specific industry and sector. https://trib.al/K3vVhdX

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Often, layoffs within larger companies come in waves. That means for many employees, there is a lingering sense of doom for weeks and often months. This waiting isn’t fun: It can feel like you’ve been stripped of any decision-making power in your own career. https://trib.al/ZIGhbip

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Coming to the rescue of the confused and the overcharged: Richard Bates, founder and chief executive of RxSense. This Boston-headquartered firm is in the business of providing price transparency in pharmaceuticals. Last year, it says, it saved 11 million patients an average $76 per script by steering them to low prices. For its business clients it provides intel on a chaotic marketplace, gathering 35 million data points a day on wholesale and retail pricing.

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The average Major League Baseball team is now worth $2.4 billion, 4% more than a year ago. With the exception of 2021— when the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the 2020 baseball season—it was the first time values increased less than 4% year over year since 2010.

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Not every good—or even every great—CMO is also an entrepreneurial one.A great CMO focuses on what matters most, on what creates and captures demand, and on how to best allocate limited resources to unlimited opportunities so the business grows. They think strategically and execute creatively.Introducing the 2024 Entrepreneurial #ForbesCMO 50. See the full list: https://trib.al/j3UUQdh

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With Baby Boomers aging and nursing home care costs climbing, obscure old sleeper laws on the books in more than half the states could come back to haunt the adult children of seniors who can’t pay for their own care. https://trib.al/JM1xk0M

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