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BetterUp, a reskilling and coaching platform for employees before and beyond the C-suite, is getting in touch with its emotions. This week, the richly funded unicorn startup announced a pair of acquisitions in the emotional artificial intelligence and people management space: Motive and Impraise. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

In school, it's highly unethical to copy someone else's work and pass it off as your own. In business, however, it is expected.

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First try had a habit of melting its mirrors, apparently

In terms of building materials, Mars has nothing to offer but blood, soil, sweat and tears. And urine. Lots of urine

Intuit is buying email newsletter platform Mailchimp for about US$12 billion. The maker of tax return product TurboTax and other financial software announced the cash-and-stock deal Monday, saying that it hopes Mailchimp will help it 'become the center of small business growth.'

The deal is part of Intuit's effort to position itself as a one-stop shop for small and midsize businesses.

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This afternoon Intuit confirmed persistent rumors that it was in the process of buying MailChimp, detailing a $12 billion transaction that will bring the well-known email infra company to its corporate remit. Intuit is not a well-known player in the email marketing space. The company is instead best known for its TurboTax software -- and [...]

The newsletters business is booming, and Substack along with it. But one big thing still stands between writers and their readers: Google and its mysterious Gmail inbox filter.

Over the past five years, the Southeastern region, led by Atlanta, has gone from being "one of the best kept secrets" in tech, to a vibrant ecosystem teeming with a herd of the billion dollar tech businesses that are referred to in the investment world as "unicorns" (thanks to their supposed rarity). In those five [...]

Mailchimp gets into e-commerce by launching online stores and a new appointment booking service for SMBs.

Employees at Mailchimp say executives know about their issues with allegedly unequal pay and bullying and aren't doing enough to fix it. Now, 11 current and former workers are coming forward with their stories.

CEO Ben Chestnut told employees Friday that MailChimp hadn't made enough progress, just a day after MailChimp said its pay equity study found no bias.

A day after Kelly Ellis quit MailChimp, accusing it of "sexism and bullying," MailChimp said its investigation found her claims "unsubstantiated."

A day after Kelly Ellis quit MailChimp, accusing it of "sexism and bullying," MailChimp said its investigation found her claims "unsubstantiated."

Kelly Ellis, who has frequently spoken publicly about gender and racial discrimination, said she quit after a discussion on pay "went south."

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The integration will allow Patreon creators to target patrons by payment tier and other filters, making marketing campaigns more precise.

Vimeo, the world's leading all-in-one video solution, launched a suite of tools to help marketers and businesses reach-- and ultimately convert-- new customers with video. To streamline the process of managing and communicating with customer leads, Vimeo also introduced new and enhanced integrations with HubSpot, Mailchimp, Constant Contact, and more. Users can now add customizable contact forms to their videos, sync form submissions directly to their preferred email marketing platform, and...