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1. Ten years ago, Chinese internet giant Alibaba invented an online shopping holiday called Singles Day. It’s worked out well for them. Yesterday, Singles day pulled in a record $30.7 billion. It took only .
2. Watch out Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, space startup . The rocket, called the Electron, is about a quarter the size of SpaceX’s Falcon 9, and only cost $5.7 million. The plan is for Rocket Lab rockets to deliver weekly payloads of small satellites into orbit. CEO Peter Beck calls them FedEX for space.
3. Today we observe Veterans Day. According to the , there are 2.5 million veteran-owned businesses in America that employ over 5 million people. To all the vets out there, we’re amazed by your success and thank you for your service!

Reminder: This Friday is our annual Â鶹Éç Live! event, featuring an amazing array of guest speakers like Danica Patrick. It’s sold out, but you can watch it streaming live on starting at 10 AM ET on Friday, Nov.16.

Have a great day!

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