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The incoming Trump administration’s planned agency for cutting government excess is seeking 100 full-time hires in the nation’s capital, sources tell Forbes — and attracting a mix of college students and execs. https://lnkd.in/e-hupR7x

There are tools we can use and studies that show us what we think the average income might be across the U.S., and the amount of money Americans believe you need to be considered comfortable and wealthy. Since 2017, Charles Schwab has studied what it means to be wealthy in the U.S. in its Modern Wealth Survey, collecting data on how Americans earn, spend and invest and also reporting on their financial aspirations. Read more: https://trib.al/VQdSZgm

A series of geomagnetic storms and other activity from the sun’s surface will likely pull the northern lights further south on Thanksgiving, with mild auroral activity forecast on Tuesday, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast. NOAA forecast a Kp index of three on a scale of nine for Wednesday night, meaning the northern lights will be seen further south from the North Pole and be “quite pleasing to look at” for anyone in the right areas. Read more: https://trib.al/j7JYFcE

The richest person on Earth is now arguably the most powerful, too. A South African who came to the U.S. via Canada–Musk became a big backer of Donald Trump in the runup to the November 5 election, donating $119 million to return him to the White House. https://trib.al/hFg1A6D

Using a more focused version of crowdsourcing, $5 billion Lead Edge Capital taps the expertise and connections of its 700 individual investors to produce superior returns. Read more: https://trib.al/K02WBVy

Companies throughout the world are working to accelerate progress for women both in their workplaces and in their communities—and the organizations leading the charge made our ranking of the World’s Top Companies For Women 2024. See list: https://trib.al/ep8OUvq

As a two-time startup founder and CEO, Chinmay Singh hadn’t updated his resume in ten years. But when the incoming administration of president-elect Donald Trump announced DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency to be helmed by tech billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Singh made a new one. “What I would do at DOGE,” Singh wrote, before proposing work on healthcare projects like patient records interoperability and Medicare fraud. On November 16, he sent his pitch, as instructed, to the official DOGE account on X, the Musk-owned social media site. “Messaging your resume to an X account is unusual, so I took an unusual approach, too,” said Singh. “I haven’t heard back yet.” It might be a while. The entrepreneur is one of several Silicon Valley founders and investors to be inspired by the organization’s stated mission, which Trump wrote in a transition team statement would “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” comparing the effort to The Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bombs. Read the full story: https://trib.al/B4B7fgy

"Patriotism, ego, access." I spoke to a few early applicants to DOGE, the incoming agency led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. From CEOs to college coders, they said they're willing to drop everything to move to D.C. full-time. DOGE is only expected to hire about 100 people, two sources told Forbes. Applications are currently coming in through the agency's official account on X. One CEO I spoke to said they'd created their first resume in 10-plus years for the chance. #DOGE #ElonMusk #Trump #government #tech #startups #technology

The richest person on Earth is now arguably the most powerful, too. A South African who came to the U.S. via Canada–Musk became a big backer of Donald Trump in the runup to the November 5 election, donating $119 million to return him to the White House. https://trib.al/FwHGghB

Using a more focused version of crowdsourcing, $5 billion Lead Edge Capital taps the expertise and connections of its 700 individual investors to produce superior returns. Read more: https://trib.al/k2nLSGI