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Director of Growth PR, Forecast Labs, an investment group. We help you grow your consumer-facing business more affordably. I write about careers, community, and care in my newsletter. You can subscribe to it here: http://dannygroner.substack.com.
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"Alight offers technological solutions to this end, and other companies are starting to do so as well. Workday launched an AI-powered tool last September that offers real-time insight into how employees are using their benefits and wellness offerings." www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...

"When Gen Zers are ready to take the leap into a larger role, they're finding themselves stuck — young people can't fill desks because older generations are delaying plans to quit and retire, leaving new grads on the lower rung of the career ladder for longer" www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-unempl...

"Rather, it’s a business decision that marketing to and embracing LGBTQ people is more profitable than the alternative. Some view this as exploitative and pandering, others see it as normalizing the queer community by turning it into just another marketable demographic like everyone else."

"Now, he’s an open book about them, is understanding when employees need a little extra time for urgent family needs and has advocated that men receive more paid leave so they will have time to be more involved with their kids." apnews.com/article/auti...

My mom left an eviction notice for the carpenter bees burrowing into our porch

"Matt realized that he was capturing his father at a particular moment when they all knew his death was imminent. The emotion onscreen reflected the emotion that motivated the shoot in the first place: early grief." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Still looking for teachers to talk about crafting assignments in the age of AI. Promise to keep it brief and painless! Message me here or email [email protected]

Someone on a call this afternoon excitedly started to tell me about a movie she loved, and she asked if I've seen it, and I have, but I lied and said I hadn't because I wanted to experience the joy of listening to her wax on about the movie that was life-changing for her.

I wonder if there's a rich marketplace for resales of $300 microphones people bought during the pandemic.

"People who are adopting these activities say they were looking for ways to digitally detox and slow their roll. Some say they were surprised by how much they enjoyed hobbies they assumed they were decades away from picking up." www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...

"They’re cutting back on spending after massive investments during the so-called streaming wars. And now, economic uncertainty from President Trump’s tariffs has rattled the markets, creating a difficult overall business environment." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"Competitions have grown more elaborate—and expensive. Hiring coaches, sourcing coffee from distant lands and acquiring a laboratory’s worth of equipment can easily add up to tens of thousands of dollars in expenses." www.wsj.com/business/hos...

"But never has the contrast between teens’ online and offline lives been so dramatic as for those who experienced adolescence during the pandemic. Just as they entered a period crucial for developing independence and peer connection, they were cut off from most in-person interaction."

You: a person who made the leap, and rented an apartment from someone you were *already* friends with. I want to ask you about that tenant/landlord relationship. The crushing demand of feeding their cat. The fear that they'd come down and... bring you cookies. Happy to keep you anon. DM me!

"And at a macro level, how well will the startup survive a potential economic slowdown that could weaken crucial merchandise categories most reliant on discretionary spending?" fortune.com/2025/06/16/w...

"When it comes to writing that all-important note to go along with a connection request, experts say it’s crucial to make sure it isn’t too detailed—avoid sharing a long career history. Instead, just write one or two sentences about why you’re contacting someone." fortune.com/2025/06/15/s...

"Relatably, when the economy is turbulent, brands feel better spending money on Facebook than paying a lot to a fancy shop." www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025...

"If the university stops covering costs, and Passman fails to find backup funding, he expects to shut his trial down. Participants would go back to taking medicines, but it would waste years of work and millions of dollars to stop the project."

My favorite WFH on Monday midday activity is figuring out if I were a cleaning lady last Friday where I might have guessed that items belong inside of the cabinets.

This answer makes no sense? The PR who submitted it thought they would get away with making something so transparent and self-serving, and in this case it actually worked against. They should have given a normal answer to the prompt.

"Let’s make space for sleep, stillness and self-reflection. Let’s normalize wellness routines and boundaries. Let’s champion rest as wisdom. Because if we don’t take care of ourselves, we can’t take care of the future we’re working so hard to build." www.fastcompany.com/91348125/leg...

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but this could be a good way to get the word out if you'd had enough with your industry and wanted for a little while to launch a personal Substack.

israel hits iranian state tv during live broadcast

Web4 is phones.

I’m at my favorite coffee shop locally this morning.

“We believe there should be an exemption for baby products,” he said. “Same with toys.” www.reuters.com/business/tar...

"When U.S. President Donald Trump adds a new tariff the old ones don't go away. Some companies will pay far more because of a phenomenon called tariff stacking, the latest complication for U.S. importers trying to navigate Trump's on-again, off-again trade war." www.reuters.com/business/tar...

Meet the divorce detectives www.ft.com/content/32f9...

"Ask 10 VCs what they’d be doing if they weren’t an investor, and 11 of them would say that they’d be a founder. But in reality, going from a cushy mega-fund to a scrappy startup can come with some real tradeoffs that some aren’t willing to swallow." pitchbook.com/news/article...

This coming weekend in my newsletter I'll share the sermon I have prepared - and will deliver earlier that day - that I have worked on for several months. You can subscribe here: dannygroner.substack.com.

"The Averys, who live in Australia and own a luxury yacht-charter company among other businesses, learned about Bluestone Families after Madeline stumbled upon the estate on Instagram." www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

New York State Updates WARN Notices to Identify Layoffs Tied to AI www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Okay you guys, what’s the best book, movie, or TV show your dad introduced you to

"I sit there in the dark with his tiny fingers wrapped around my thumb and think about their mothers. I see now what my mistake was. Five months is no time at all to make something. But to destroy something—a minute is enough." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

"For at least two decades, the decision to go nuclear has been political rather than technical. Iran had the know-how. Its leaders just needed to decide that a nuclear bomb was worth the risk. And recently the calculation around that decision has shifted." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Even though it's a better system overall, I have no doubt that rank voting was more confusing for voters 70+. People definitely accidentally listed multiple picks in the same vertical line.

Nobody is rioting. Nobody is breaking any laws. These are cops in my city of Las Vegas just assaulting and arresting anyone on Fremont Street who looks at them. This is fascism.

This is amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t86Z...

"... and often smells like cheese." www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bzq...

"Newsom has been talking a lot about how Trump is crashing through new guardrails every day. After a certain point, it becomes hard—or impossible—to revert to whatever the previous norms and rules were."

After the assassination, murder, and attempted murder in Minnesota, the Dem governor — who was also reportedly also on the alleged killer’s hit list — urged his state’s people not to go out to the No King’s protest, fearing that the gunman would target them as well. People showed up in droves anyway

I voted early.

The synagogue I visited yesterday turned graduation weekend into also teacher appreciation weekend. I liked that adaptation.

"When Bly began using a walker, she worried she would fall. Meela encouraged her to take small steps. Now, Bly says she’s gained the confidence to walk without having her wheelchair behind her. When Bly complains about the food, Meela prods her to try more vegetables." www.wsj.com/health/welln...

"Companies' rapid adoption of AI is putting CEO communication to the test. While transparency is key to building trust with employees, leadership experts say telegraphing expectations of doom and gloom, no matter how sincere, can sink morale and hamper productivity."

I count 49 news headlines on the NYT mobile app home page right now, not including opinion, sports or cooking. None of them are about the massive protests yesterday.