Yiren Lu

Nov 20, 2023 | blog.dropbox.com | Graham Isador |Drew Pearce |Yiren Lu

I have a degenerative eye disease called keratoconus. It’s a gradual thinning of the cornea, causing blurred vision and light halos as the condition progresses. While I can do most things normally, there are various workarounds I use to help. That includes an app called Be My Eyes. , Be My Eyes connects visually impaired users to sighted volunteers through a video call. Once connected, the volunteer helps guide the user through whatever task they need assistance with.

Nov 14, 2023 | drudge-report.net | Yiren Lu

Autonomous businesses like Amazon Go and Bodega had lackluster or downright negative receptions. But a ping-pong club called PingPod seems to have cracked the formula. Read More

Nov 14, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Yiren Lu

The PingPod on 37th Street looks like a lot of bougie exercise studios in Manhattan. It's clean and brightly lit, with floor-to-ceiling windows. A ping-pong table sits in the center of each room, and a neon pink PingPod sign glows against a black accent wall. The morning I visit, two tall, muscled guys are playing in a street-level room, wearing athletic gear and sweatbands.

Nov 14, 2023 | entrepreneur.com | Yiren Lu

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Oct 26, 2023 | blog.dropbox.com | Yiren Lu |Graham Isador |Matthew Braga |Drew Pearce

When Alexandra Samuel started her career in the 1980’s, she followed what was at the time one of the only paths for women seeking white-collar work: secretarial jobs. In high school, her mother had bribed her to learn typing, and Samuel spent her high school and college years churning out correspondence, reports, and memos.