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Stripe, the digital payments startup, wants its customers to get in the carbon removal business. Through a new tool called Stripe Climate, the first of its kind for online businesses, users can contribute a fraction of their revenue to projects that permanently remove carbon from the atmosphere—something that’s necessary for the world to do in order to meet climate goals, even if emissions shrink to zero. … [Read more...] about Stripe now lets businesses put money directly into carbon removal

Christa Carone: I think these proverbial pivots are really requiring that everybody become entrepreneurial even in large companies. So in the live events business, every single live event is first having the conversation about whether they can produce something virtually. And it’s a very different experience in terms of concepting and creating, and ultimately producing and acquiring an audience and engaging an audience and measuring that impact. It requires everybody to kind of lean in and identify those entrepreneurial attributes that they have. I think the word pivot has become exhausting in this time, but it actually is incredibly relevant. I probably say it 15 times a day because you are asking people to work outside of their comfort zone, and you’re seeing the best really rise to the top. And you’re not able to do it in such a way where you are gathering around a table and everybody is super clear on the direction. This is a lot of self-starting that’s … [Read more...] about For business leaders in media, this moment is a marathon

Jolie Hunt: As someone who works with a lot of brands who are having their narratives defined by consumers, consumers that may not have ever even purchased from them. I think the voice of one is overpowering many right now.  There is so much desire to engage, but it is clouded by a tremendous amount of fear. Fear for saying the wrong thing, for not doing anything, for doing too much. And I think we are in a deficit of civil behavior in many respects. … [Read more...] about The power of narrative in business

Be authentic Perhaps no word is at more risk of devolving into corporate-speak than authentic, and yet the concept behind it is more crucial than ever. For leaders there seems to be no greater virtue; for brands, no higher aspiration. As today’s crises are prompting a more candid, raw dialogue among colleagues, “we’re at a point where we, as leaders, are being asked to open up and share our own hearts,” says Jeff Titterton, chief marketing officer of Zendesk. “Empathy is a nonnegotiable leadership skill,” adds Alicia Tillman, global chief marketing officer of SAP. Jolie Hunt, founder of communications agency Hunt & Gather, stresses that honest messaging requires thoughtful consideration. “You can’t stand for something if you don’t stand for something.” … [Read more...] about The New New Rules of Business: Fast Company’s Advice for the Next 25 Years

Beckham has been president of the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF since 2018. Five years earlier, he retired after two decades as a top soccer player who played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, L.A. Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England team, which he captained for half a dozen years. … [Read more...] about Now you can own a piece of David Beckham’s e-sports business