Less than 2% of applicants get accepted to Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that launched Airbnb and Dropbox. Read the application that helped 2 scientists who bootstrapped their business get in.

Learn more about BI Prime View online           Strategy Select           Less than 2% of applicants get accepted to Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that launched Airbnb and Dropbox. Read the application that helped 2 scientists who bootstrapped their business get in.   Y Combinator is famously selective about which startup founders it accepts. Here's a successful application from the scientists behind Prolific.   READ MORE           A plant on your desk can boost productivity up to 15 percent — plus 11 other weird ways to get more done at work   It may seem counterproductive to tell your employees to play video games and nap at work, but it could have a big payoff.   READ MORE           The 13 biggest misconceptions people have about New York City, from someone who was born and raised there   Expecting to live like the characters of "Sex and the City" and "Friends" is one of the biggest misconceptions people have about New York City.   READ MORE             Here are the 15 best public high schools in the US   Niche released a list of the best public high schools in America after rating thousands of schools across the country.   READ MORE           The doctor who leads AI strategy at Cleveland Clinic told us why he's betting that physicians who code could be the future of healthcare   Cleveland Clinic's director of AI said that for doctors, the technology is "part of our work, whether we like it or not."   READ MORE           Suicides among nurses are on the rise. Here's why one of America's fastest-growing jobs is facing a major crisis.   Nurses work long hours and often face physical abuse. A report found that they had a higher rate of suicide than men and women in the US.   READ MORE           I made $11,000 from writing in 30 days. This is exactly how I did it — and how you can too, even if you lack experience.   Tim Denning went from making no money writing to raking in $11,000 in a month. Here's how he got there.   READ MORE           The 25 top colleges in the US, and how much you might be earning 6 years after graduating   School-ranking website Niche based its list on factors ranging from acceptance rates and graduate income to campus life.   READ MORE           The 19 most ridiculous excuses people have used to call in sick   These strange and outlandish excuses for calling in sick to work may get you the day off, but they'll also raise a few eyebrows.   READ MORE           Black women in the US have to work an extra 233 days to earn what a white man earns in a year. This calendar shows the visceral way the gender pay gap affects all races.   Black women earned just 61 cents for every dollar white men made in 2017, according to wage data from the Census Bureau.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     Share this     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006