Estimated cost: $3.83 billion

To view this email in a browser, [click here](. INC. THIS MORNING Estimated cost: $3.83 billion Good morning, I didn't see a minute of Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress in real-time yesterday. I was busy in meetings and trying to run my business all day. Maybe you were, too. But a lot of Americans skipped out of work to watch it all--or were at least distracted by the testimony--to the point where they almost needn't have bothered going to work at all. Anyway, that's the conclusion of a study by the outplacement consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which concluded that lost productivity due to to people watching the hearings at work added up to $3.83 billion. "The nation is rapt," John Challenger, the firm's CEO, [told USA Today](. "Employers will find it difficult to reign in interested workers ... it will impact their teams' productivity.'' You probably don't need me to summarize the details of what Cohen had to say. You can find different takes [here]( and [here](. And I expect I'll get equal numbers of emails from readers later today saying "Cohen is a liar and a felon!" and "It was worth it to hear him call Trump a liar and a racist!" Welcome to 2019--I think we're going to see a lot more of this. You’d be smart to think about how it's going to affect your business. HERE'S WHAT ELSE I'M READING TODAY: [Uber and Lyft will give some drivers a rare perk]( the chance to claim stock in the upcoming IPOs. --The Wall Street Journal If you’re a young startup founder, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s [new website is specifically aimed at you](. --Inc. Ouch. Steve Wozniak says he [no longer respects Mark Zuckerberg](. --Bloomberg I give up--you'll have to [figure out this Elon Musk tweet]( for yourself. --MarketWatch [This biotech company makes the Impossible Burger possible.]( --Inc. [With 15,000 students, Y Combinator's Startup School]( will roughly be the size of, say, Boston University. --Recode This startup wants to make egg-freezing [the must-have job perk for Millennial women](. --Inc. [Starbucks and McDonald's are reinventing paper cups.]( --Fast Company --Bill Murphy Jr. Contributing Editor, Inc.com Story ideas and feedback actively solicited. Find me at [billmurphyjr@inc.com](mailto:billmurphyjr@inc.com?subject=), or on [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Click here]( to forward to a friend. This email was sent by: Mansueto Ventures 7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor New York, NY, 10007, [Unsubscribe]( • [Update Profile]( • [View in Browser]( • [Forward to a Friend](