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· Augustine Reyes Chan
Why College Students Give Bad Ratings to Professors With Asian Names
A new study published in the journal Language in Society reveals that educators at U.S. colleges with European-sounding last names tend to get better ratings from students than those with Asian-sounding last names. Used by students to evaluate their teachers, Rate My Professors…
· Max Chang
Kanye West’s ‘Best, Illest Quotes’ From His Oxford Guild Business Society Lecture
Gather around and listen everyone! Kanye West dropped some straight Kanye truth to the 350 members of the Oxford Guild Business Society on Monday.
· Sarah Lesnar
These are the 13 Highest-Paid Internships in Tech of 2015
Once again internship season is upon us. Glassdoor compiled their annual list of 25 best internships according to intern feedback, and you won’t be surprised to know that half of those companies were tech companies.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Billionaire Gifts Over $1 Million to His Home Town’s Elderly for Chinese New Year
Many Chinese all over the world receive red envelopes full of cash during Chinese New Year. The money is typically given by the married to children and the unmarried and is supposed to bestow good fortune on those who receive it, as our site explains. Most get around over $100…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Study Reveals The Crucial Traits That Separate Entrepreneurs From Employees
In 2013, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found that 13% of the U.S. population were entrepreneurs running a business or in the process of starting one. The rest were employees. What does it take to become an entrepreneur and why is that percentage so low? According to…
· Waylae Gregoire
Meet the Woman Teaching Manners and Etiquette to China’s Elite
Last month, we highlighted a short series by GQ titled The Bling Dynasty that covered China’s blossoming culture of the newly rich and the hurdles their society faces with so many instant millionaires and billionaires popping up everywhere. One of those challenges has to do with…
· Max Chang
A 29-Year-Old Man Who Refused Free Business School Now Makes Over $8 Million a Year Selling Sheep
Lu Yanzhe, out of Liaoning, China, was like any other academically smart student who excelled in school. He not only graduated from one of China’s most elite universities, but was also offered a full-ride scholarship to a business school in the U.S. Instead of taking the deal,…
· Waylae Gregoire
17-Year-Old Drops Out of High School to Help Teens Launch Startups
Eddie Zhong, a young entrepreneur we spoke to a while back about his launch of tech startup Blanc while he was still in high school, is now ditching school completely to devote time to his latest venture, Leangap, which provides summer entrepreneurial classes for students that…
· Benny Luo
Study: The One Thing Everyone Hates About Millennials May Actually Be What Makes Them Innovative
Millennials often get criticized for acting out on their feelings of entitlement. As we all know, entitlement isn’t regarded positively.
· Max Chang
Bill Gates Feels ‘Pretty Stupid’ Because He Doesn’t Have This Skill
What would make the richest man in the world who’s dropped billions to help the poorest parts of the world feel regret? In his third Reddit AMA, Bill Gates revealed what makes him “feel pretty stupid:” “I feel pretty stupid that I don’t know any foreign languages.”
· Jacob Wagner
Science Suggests That Women Make Better Leaders Than Men
What is the recipe for corruption? According to a recent study by Swiss researchers, those with higher testosterone and more power are more likely to be corrupt. The researchers conducted two studies. During the first one, they appointed leaders from a group of Swiss business…
· Editorial Staff
This 3-Letter Word Could be the Difference Between Your Success and Failure
One simple word could be the difference between success and stagnation. According to famed Stanford psychologist and motivation expert Carol Dweck, adjusting the language you use to describe your abilities can help shift your fixed mindset into a growth mindset — that is, going…
· Max Chang
Science Reveals Just How Dirty Your Phone Is
While we’ve been told our cell phones are dirtier than the toilet, we haven’t had a clear visual of the types of bacteria that live in our favorite devices — until now. Students studying bacteriology at the University of Surrey planted their phones with a “bacterial growth…
· Editorial Staff
Professor Advocates a Simple Yet Radical Change to the College System That Everyone Will Love
To college or not to college — it’s an important question for all millennials and entrepreneurs of a certain age. On the one hand, while there are the usual arguments for going for that four-year degree, such as the ones Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton gave to…
· Jacob Wagner
Jack Ma’s Reason For China’s Lack of Innovation Also Explains Why You Aren’t Creating Cool Shit
Even with its booming economy and growing startup culture, many would say China still lacks innovation when compared to its Western counterparts. Alibaba founder and billionaire Jack Ma recently gave his reasoning for why China lags behind in innovation during his speech at a…
· Waylae Gregoire
I Graduated Last Year: Here Are 6 Things I Really Wish I Did In College
I want to become a millionaire before I turn 30. I graduated a little over a year ago, so I still have several years to meet my goal. I’m working for a startup now, and while I don’t regret a second of it, there are moments when I wish I could violently shake my younger self for…
· Benny Luo
Harvard Professor: Why You Should Give Away Your Money and Not Skip College
It’s always nice to get advice from someone with more experience than you; it’s especially awesome when that person is a professor at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Meet Michael Norton — he’s an associate professor of business administration in the…
· Sebastian Dillon
A Study Reveals That Only Dumb People Listen to Beyoncé
Have you ever wondered what the kind of music you listen to says about your intelligence? One man has found out what kind of music intelligent people listen to as well as what the not-so-smart people like. Software developer Virgil Griffith conducted a study in 2009 at various…
· Sebastian Dillon
This is How You Can Make a Fortune Off of People Who Need to Go to the Bathroom
“Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you’re going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren’t quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.”
· Alan Van
‘Wasting Time on the Internet’ is Now a Legitimate Class at This Ivy League University
Oh, college. Stories like these make you seem like more of a waste of time everyday — literally.