Friday, January 30, 2026

Helen Irias

Helen Irias is a Staff Writer at The American Genius with a degree in English Literature from University of California, Santa Barbara. She works in marketing in Silicon Valley and hopes to one day publish a comically self-deprecating memoir that people bring up at dinner parties to make themselves sound interesting.

What to do if your company is getting straight-to-voicemail calls

(BUSINESS NEWS) Telemarketers newest rouse is straight to voicemail cold calls. No one likes cold calls, and no one likes cold voicemails, so let the FCC know it doesn't fly with you.

If you are prone to a ton of meetings and calls, you need Aloe

(ENTREPRENEUR) Aloe is a productivity tool for business people who spend incredible amounts of time in meetings or on calls.

Polymail makes productivity extremely good looking

(TECH NEWS) Polymail just delivered an update making it prettier than ever to simplify your productivity.

Netflix’s tweet about new show is saucy AF

(MARKETING) Netflix used a saucy tweet (featuring f-bomb) to describe a new animated show and viewers were surprisingly okay with it.

Facebook ad viewability at an all-time low: Is anyone surprised?

(BUSINESS NEWS) Amidst criticism of privacy concerns, Facebook continues to scratch their heads as to why video advertisements are generating low viewability among users.

Apple is taking the tortoise approach to autonomous cars

(TECH NEWS) In a recent interview, Apple CEO gave vague messages about the company's approach to autonomous vehicles.

Amazon is getting fresh with the purchasing of Whole Foods

(BUSINESS NEWS) Amazon recently acquired Whole Foods for a cool $13.7B. Is the grocery industry going digital?

Know who to talk to, 2017’s seed accelerators ranked

(ENTREPRENEUR) 2017 seed accelerators were ranked based on a variety of categories and given scores to let start-ups know where to look and who to talk to.