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1. OnlyFans is officially putting its fundraise on hold after it banned explicit content. Sources told Insider the firm is figuring out its future as a platform and its possible valuation. More on the fallout here.
2. Gopuff often gets driver pay wrong and can take weeks to fix any disparities, sources told Insider. One driver estimated her paychecks were a third of what they should be. How Gopuff handles driver pay disputes.
3. A VC exec outlined the perfect cold email for founders to send. Stephanie Rich is head of platform at Bread and Butter Ventures, a firm that accepts cold pitches. She shared a short, customized email template, and detailed three things founders should stop doing in their first outreach.
4. Airbnb will temporarily house 20,000 Afghan refugees. As thousands of residents flee Afghanistan, Airbnb said it would cover the cost of matching them with hosts who would offer their homes free or at a discounted rate. Get the details on the program.
5. The Peloton treadmill is back - with three key changes. After the company faced recalls and reports of injuries and death, Peloton is reintroducing its $2,500 treadmill with a handful of safety updates. Here's what's new on the treadmill.
6. Elon Musk said Tesla's latest full self-driving software is "not great." Musk said that engineers are racing to improve the software, one day after saying drivers should be "paranoid" when driving with it. Here's what else the Tesla CEO said.
7. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur has a warning to hopeful space tourists. As civilians prepare for a trip to space next month, McArthur said to expect it to be uncomfortable, as space makes simple tasks (like sleeping and brushing teeth) more difficult. See her advice to space-bound travelers.
8. This chart visualizes the difference between the top 1% and billionaires. Even high earners and those in the top 1% are dwarfed by the fortunes of billionaires like Elon Musk - and the average American is even further behind. Check out our graphic here.
9. These enterprise tech companies sponsor the most H-1B visas for immigrants seeking US jobs. Companies like Zoom, Slack, and AWS use visas to hire top applicants from around the world (sometimes with the help of the country's top immigration lawyers). We outlined 28 companies that sponsor the most H-1B visas - see the list here.
10. About 40 VCs passed on funding Maven Clinic before the women's health startup became a unicorn. After dozens of VCs passed on her startup, Maven's CEO found a group of female investors at firms like Sequoia and Lux Capital, who helped it become a $1 billion company. Here's how they turned Maven into a success story.
Compiled by Jordan Erb. Tips/comments? Email [email protected] or tweet @JordanParkerErb.
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