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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
How Two College Roommates Hustled Six-Figures a Year Recruiting for Lyft
“It’s a crazy story … This is the most money we’ll ever make with this little time put into the effort.” That’s how former USC student Myles Hunter explained how he and roommate Ari Stiegler “gamed the system” with Lyft to pull in tens of thousands of dollars a month as Lyft’s…
· 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…
· 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
The Inside Scoop on How a 25-Year-Old Graduated College Debt Free and Made $66,000 in One Month
Nowadays, most college graduates are coming out of school in debt, jobless and having to move back in with their parents. Then there are guys like 25-year-old Nick Walter, who is completely debt free and making upwards to $66,000 a month with his online business as a recent…
· 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…
· Alan Van
This College Has the Best Campus Food in the Country [PHOTOS]
If I remember correctly, in college I was eating top ramen, fast food tacos and chicken nuggets. Also, wooly mammoths were still a viable food source. These days, however, colleges are taking their dining hall cuisines more seriously. Millennials tend to be “foodies,” after all…
· Max Chang
How a College Freshman Became a $1000/hr Tutor for the Wealthy Elite
Every college entrepreneur faces the same challenge- going through the rigorous process of trial and error while figuring out how to hit the market, identifying their customer base, and learning to manage their startup. It’s especially challenging when you are, admittedly, a…
· Max Chang
10 Ways to Prepare For Entrepreneurship in College
While nowadays, seems cool to skip college to launch a startup, there are still quite a bit of aspiring entrepreneurs who still choose to go to college first. Their reasons can range from wanting the degree safety net, maybe they don’t have a solid idea yet, or their parents…
· Waylae Gregoire
Shark Tank Entrepreneur: Why College is the Best Time to Launch a Startup
Pitching a company is a make or break situation. When you are pitching to the Sharks on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” you can bet that most entrepreneurs break, but there are a skilled few who have that special something to land a deal with the hungry and critical billionaire investors.…
· Waylae Gregoire
College Student Reveals How He Mines Bitcoins in His Dorm Room — The Cheap Way
Nothing in the tech world confuses us as much as Bitcoin it seems. What we do know about it is that it’s volatile and it can be worth a ton of money, but we hardly understand where it comes from, who invented it apparently, or what it is past being a crypto-currency- even that…
· Michael Tunney
15 Reasons Why You Should Drop Out Of College
For more and more young people, college is being thought of as more of an option, rather than a necessity, and for good reason. The university system looks more like a shell game than a place to be educated. Hell, the symbol for America’s university system, Harvard, is a hedge…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
A 20-Year-Old Man Nearly Starved to Death After His Sugar Daddy Locked Him in His Apartment
A young Chongqing male nearly died this week after being locked up in the apartment of his sugar daddy, a 40-something male, China News reports. According to Yubei Police Station, Liu, who has only been identified by his surname, was locked in a room in a rented apartment…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Avoid Sounding Basic With This New App That Expands Your Vocabulary
Tired of sounding the same — or even stupid — when texting your bro? Had enough of having to say “I’m sick” to get out of that date with the guy who’s been cyber-stalking you? Then we have an app for you. It’s called Words U, a free app that exchanges the words in your text…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Man That’s Getting Everyone’s Attention
Ben Parr has had quite the career. He started his first gig as a lowly writer for rising tech blog Mashable back in 2008, but quickly rose the ranks to become editor-at-large in just three years’ time. Shortly after, he left Mashable and launched DominateFund, an early stage…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Sleep Study Finds That Missing Just 30 Minutes of Sleep a Night Has Horrible Consequences
We all do it. We shave off sleep time during weekdays because of our lifestyle or work commitments. We think we can catch up on weekends, but did you know that losing just half an hour of sleep everyday during the week can have long-term consequences on your metabolism and body…
· Anthony Orona
How a Man With a Passion to Stop Hunger Revolutionized How We Eat Ramen
If you visited Google today, you might have noticed the mighty search engine’s new Doodle honoring what would have been the 105th birthday of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of Cup Noodles. For most of us — if we’re being honest here — life without top ramen would have been…
· Editorial Staff
Beautiful Women and Champagne Baths: The Life of a Fashion Mogul’s Grandson
It’s hard trying to throw shade at rich kids. No matter what you may say about them, they were born blessed with access to riches that most people can only dream of. Meet Rich Kid of Instagram Andrew Warren, the grandson of a fashion tycoon and son of a successful N.Y. real…
· Guy Kawasaki
My Advice to 22 Year-Olds
As I write this, I’m just past the big 6O. Here’s some advice based on thirty-eight more years of living than you have. I don’t expect you to believe everything I say–when I was twenty-two I wouldn’t listen to someone this old, but maybe some of this will resonate with you:…
· 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.