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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Tesla’s deliveries of new battery-powered cars and crossovers cooled down in the second quarter from the year’s first three months as a prolonged slowdown of production in China due to strict Covid-related protocols lasted longer than CEO Elon Musk anticipated and as the company worked through startup headaches at new plants in Germany and Texas. The Austin-based carmaker said it delivered 254,695 vehicles to customers worldwide in the three months that ended on June 30, up 26% from a year ago but down 18% from a record 310,048 in the first quarter. The figure was also below an expected 258,000 deliveries, the average of analysts surveyed by Forbes . In its quarterly release, Tesla cited “ongoing supply chain challenges and factory shutdowns beyond our control.” “While the year started out with 1.5 million to 1.6 million units as the bogey for 2022 deliveries (with a stretch goal of 1.7 million), now the … [Read more...] about Tesla Delivery Pace Drops In Second Quarter On China Slowdown

Standing on Aurora asphalt Tuesday, surrounded by fellow Democrats to officially mark a party office opening and unofficially kick off the start of the general election, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet levied a warning. People are struggling, he said. The economy, when it is working, only works for the top 10% of the country, leaving the rest of Coloradans to struggle with housing, child care and education. The struggle is so real, he warned, that it imperils our democracy. “That’s when somebody shows up and says, I alone can fix it,” Bennet, who is seeking his third term in the senate, said in Aurora. “You don’t need a democracy. You don’t need the rule of law. You should expect your country is hopelessly corrupt. That’s what happened when Donald Trump was elected.” It’s a general election message Bennet hammered Tuesday afternoon, before voters named Republican businessman Joe O’Dea his November opponent. He stuck with it through Wednesday, when Democratic Socialists of America … [Read more...] about Taking on new challenger, Sen. Michael Bennet says democracy — and fighting Trump’s supreme court — is on the line

At 1:05 a.m. on a crisp February morning in Boulder, 52-year-old Sheila Luna laid her head back on the hospital bed in her moonlit living room, closed her eyes and took her last breath. Her death did not come without warning. Ever since the day 14 months earlier when doctors diagnosed her with late-stage colon cancer, Sheila and her husband Charles had been planning for what would happen next. A quiet and pragmatic scientist who shifted to medical herbalism late in her career, Sheila had always felt at peace forging through the wilderness with a backpack or sitting cross-legged on a rock by a stream. In death, the last thing she wanted was to pollute the ground with chemically treated casket wood or foul the air with toxic cremation emissions. Charles, a quick-witted marketing exec, had loved her desperately from the moment they met in college 27 years earlier, through their adventures across 19 countries and the raising of their two daughters. To him, the thought of handing her … [Read more...] about With water cremation, body composting and open-air pyres, Coloradans are pioneering a new kind of death care

When given the option, I don't tell anyone I'm a CEO. Half the time, being a company leader is like being one giant magnet. People get envious and start praising me, usually wanting to know if I'm hiring. They think that, if they can just get close enough, they'll get what I've got. The other half of the time, people get jealous. They lash out and imply that everything I've earned is evidence that I'm a pampered executive. Then, when people actually interact with me, they're surprised. They email me and tell me how nice I am, or they'll say they didn't think they could talk to a CEO so easily. There are times when I sit with employees in the office just being myself, laughing over sodas, and someone will say they didn't expect me to be funny. Those three little letters can feel like there's a huge, artificial barrier between other people and me. These reactions aren't limited to me or even CEOs in general. People pull them out for celebrities, athletes, and others in the … [Read more...] about How ‘Healthy Envy’ Can Help You Succeed

As a young girl, Leilani Caamal longed to trade her pom-poms for a helmet, shoulder pads and a football. She got that chance at age 9 and hasn’t looked back. Over the past two seasons she’s emerged as an All-American linebacker for the Mile High Blaze, a local women’s semi-pro tackle team that plays in the Woman’s Football Alliance. Caamal, 17, represents the future of women’s tackle football, which has steadily grown over the past decade. The Blaze has been a local catalyst in that growth. Now in its 10th season, the Blaze morphed from a recreational team into a bonafide contender, with Caamal and Mile High set to play in the WFA Division II national championship July 9 in Canton, Ohio. “I hated cheerleading,” Caamal recalled with a laugh. “I would run away from my cheer practice and go watch my younger brother’s flag football practice. I started learning by watching him practice, then I started drawing up some basic plays of my own. “Initially I was pushed to do … [Read more...] about Mile High Blaze, one win away from a national championship, brings credibility to women’s tackle football

Sahil Barua, Managing Director & CEO, Delhivery Delhivery, an e-commerce logistics and supply chain startup, floated its maiden public issue on May 11. It will be the first new-age technology company to get listed in 2022. The IPO marks a lucrative exit for many of its investors, makes some employees rich and serves as a barometer to measure India's startup and tech sector's success. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) is significant as it comes at a time when global financial markets have turned volatile due to high inflation, rising interest rates, and geo-political tensions. It also comes on the back of the hammering that new-age technology companies have received after getting listed last year. Delhivery’s IPO response could potentially determine the outcome for startups such as Oyo, Snapdeal and Pharmeasy, who have filed draft papers with Sebi but have delayed their listing plans due to uncertainty in the market. Delhivery, too, had delayed its listing plans … [Read more...] about MC Interview | Good companies find a way to go public at any time, whatever market says: Delhivery’s Sahil Barua

When we first became a venture-backed company, one of our first angel investors gave me this advice: board meetings are for you, the CEO. They’re not for the investors. It’s a chance for you to share the things that you’re proud of and things that are or are not working well and ask for advice on the areas where some extra input would be helpful. The greatest thing you can do as a CEO is deliver the initial high-level summary, then get out of the way and let the executive team you believe in shine. If you’re doing it right, you’ll spend most of the meeting with your mouth closed, taking notes or answering questions. You should know before the meeting starts that they’re going to show off extraordinary results. Keep it tight Tailoring the meeting too much to oversell the success you’re having is probably going to waste a lot of time. Venture capitalists (VCs) can be on 10-15 boards, and the last thing they want is for your board meeting to be four days long. They … [Read more...] about Running a Successful Board Meeting

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Telluride, Colorado has been a premiere winter sport destination since the mid-1970s. But it’s emergence as a world-class outpost for food and beverage is a far more recent phenomenon. If you haven't visited in a few years you’d be surprised at just how much there is to savor along these streets—and the eclectic variety of those options. In service of that impressive evolution, this weekend the resort’s five star Madeline Hotel & Residences is hosting its second annual Alpine Cookout . The event is aiming to become a local tradition by attracting a global array of talent. The 3.5 hour long event takes place in Reflection Plaza at Telluride’s Mountain Village, under the shadows of the majestic San Juan Mountains. This year it includes celebrity chef Viet Pham—who will be preparing his signature hot chicken sandwich—along with James Beard Award-winning chefs Dean Fearing and Mark Kiffin, and Mark Tarbell, a two-time … [Read more...] about World Famous Chefs Come To Telluride, Colorado For July 4th Culinary Celebration

One morning in June, Brenda Rivas’ two children scampered through the towering playground at Paco Sanchez Park in northwest Denver. It was only the second time the mother and her boys had visited the sprawling structure of slides, swings, and things to climb, and which looks like it was crafted for The Jetsons cartoon with its odd mix of retro and out-of-this-world design. But Rivas, 31, could see them coming more often, especially as she wants her children to experience the Denver she grew up in. That’s why she also takes the kids to Sloan’s Lake, which Rivas used to bike to with her father when she was growing up even though there’s another park closer to their home. It’s why she drives at least 30 minutes, sometimes 45 minutes, to take them to Colfax Elementary School. “I want them to have the same experience of coming to the neighborhood school,” Rivas said. The playground wasn’t there when she was younger. It didn’t open until 2020, years after soaring rent prices … [Read more...] about “Gentrification on steroids” squeezes out Latino students, raising fears of Denver school closures