Employee leave startup Cocoon launches after raising $20M in new funding – TechCrunch

Employee leave startup Cocoon launches after raising $20M in new funding – TechCrunch

Employee leave benefits are an intricate web of company and government policies, and Cocoon strives to make both employer and employee experiences clear and simple. The platform was launched on Wednesday in all 50 states and is designed for any type of employee leave such as parental, doctor, nursing, or bereavement leave. It takes into … Read more

Leave Jeff Bezos in space? Petitions attract 110,000 signatures

Jeff Bezos in India

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, laughs while traveling to India in 2020. (Jeff Bezos via Twitter) Between an upswing in cartel talks and questions about employee turnover, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a lot to fear here on earth. His plans to go suborbitally next month in a rocket ship built by … Read more

Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas placed on leave, shares sink more than 30%

Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas placed on leave, shares sink more than 30%

Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, has been given a temporary leave of absence until the Seattle area biotechnology company completes a review that “emerged from Dr. Kawas emerges during his time at Washington State University ”. In after-hours … Read more

‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ to Leave YouTube After NFT Sale

'Charlie Bit My Finger' to Leave YouTube After NFT Sale

The original 2007 video, Charlie Bit My Finger, a carrier of the viral internet fascination, sold as a non-fungible token for $ 760,999, and the family who created it will be removing the original from YouTube for good. The original video, almost 900 million views, shows Charlie Davies-Carr, a kid in England, who bites his … Read more

Gillmor Gang: Leave Quietly – TechCrunch

Gillmor Gang: Leave Quietly – TechCrunch

It turned out that the most important decision was not the choice (and removal) of the election, but the permanent ban of the former president through Twitter from the social network. Suddenly the temperature cooled, the new government went through the details of introducing the vaccine, and the second impeachment attempt ended with an expected … Read more