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Veteran Entrepreneur Creates The World’s First Fantasy Angel Investing Platform

Normally, if you ever wanted to invest in a startup, you need to be an accredited investor and/or have heaps of cash to play with. But what if you don’t really care about the money and just want to join in for fun and learn about investing? Today, veteran entrepreneur and…

· Max Chang

Former Japan Airlines CEO Reminds Us Of What a Great Boss Should Really Be Like

Once in a while, employees, entrepreneurs and CEOs alike could use a reminder of what a real business leader looks like.

· Augustine Reyes Chan

Reddit CEO Sues Prestigious VC Firm for Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment

Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers (KPCB) is one of the most renowned venture capitalist firms in Silicon Valley. It’s known for helping launch Google, Amazon and AOL, and for providing the backup funds for numerous tech startups. It’s also known for being insular and…

· Sebastian Dillon

Science Confirms That Rich People Are More Likely to Lie, Cheat, Steal, and More

Are rich people douchebags? According to the research, the answer is: YES.

· Editorial Staff

This New Underwear Protects Your Sperm From Cell Phone and Wi-Fi Radiation

As wireless technology has rapidly advanced over the years, we’ve become so focused on the amazing gadgets available to us that we don’t see the detrimental effects they could have on our body. Studies have shown that males who were exposed to laptop Wi-Fi for just four hours…

· Alan Van

Science Reveals How Far Your Germs Travel Every Time You Sneeze

As if you needed any more reasons to not fly on an airplane these days, a video showing exactly how potentially SARS/measles/cooties-infected sneeze particles travel everywhere inside a plane is making the internet rounds. Using what Popular Science calls “computational fluid…

· Alan Van

A Former Spice Girl is Named Top Entrepreneur in Britain

Britain’s top entrepreneur has been crowned, and it’s none other than … get ready for it … Posh Spice?

· Alan Van

10 Motivational Tactics You’re Using That Are Actually Causing More Harm Than Good

Effectively motivating others is hard and can be a job unto itself — unfortunately, it’s a necessary skill almost everyone will find themselves having to do and do well at some point in their lives, whether you are a manager, a parent, a team leader, or a multitude of other…

· Benny Luo

Former Apple Employee Sam Sung Has Some Sage Advice For Setting Yourself Apart in Business

Sam Sung made headlines back in 2012 when his Apple business card went viral on the internet. People simply found it hilarious that an Apple employee could bear the name of the company’s biggest competitor.

· Editorial Staff

How a Poor Farm Boy Built One of the Most Recognized Exotic Car Brands in the World

This is the story of a man named Ferruccio. Ferruccio was born on April 28th, 1916 to poor grape farmers in Northern Italy. As he grew up, he became more interested in farming equipment and tractors than actual farming, and in the 1930s he enrolled at the Fratelli Taddia…

· 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…

· Editorial Staff

Tiki Barber: How a Former NFL Player Decided To Launch a Startup

What do football players do after retiring from the NFL? If you’re the New York Giant’s former running back Tiki Barber, you go out and start a company. After retiring from the NFL in 2007, followed by a stint as a television host, Barber launched Thuzio, an online site that…

· Benny Luo

Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe: Why Having Creative People Makes Successful Businesses

I’ve always been enamored by the work Mr. Greg Selkoe of Karmaloop has been able to produce over the years. I think its because I can relate to him on the level that we both have ADHD and suffered with it tremendously during our pre-college years. However, even with these…

· Benny Luo

Harvard Drop Out and Former VC Team Up to Create Sprayable Energy [INTERVIEW]

Last month, we told you about about an indiegogo campaign for Sprayable Energy, a cool alternative to coffee and energy drinks. The campaign was a huge success, raising over $169,000 when their goal had only been $15,000. Not too shabby! For those that don’t know, Sprayable…

· Waylae Gregoire

How to Make Perfect Sushi in 5 Easy Steps According to Jiro’s Protégé

If you want the greatest sushi in the world, you may want to visit Sukiyabashi Jiro from “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” in Japan. If you can’t go to Japan, then you might be able to land a reservation — which is extremely hard to get — at Sushi Nakazawa in New York where Master Sushi…

· Max Chang

Justine Musk Reveals Exactly What it Takes to Be as Great as Elon Musk

Earlier this month, the following question was posed on Quora: “How can I be as great as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Richard Branson?” Elon Musk’s first ex-wife, author Justine Musk, decided to give her input. Justine and Elon Musk married in 2000, before he became the…

· Sarah Lesnar

New Study Suggests Eating Bacon May Prolong Life, Make it More Amazing

OK, don’t freak out or anything, but bacon might actually help you live longer. Science gifts us the magic of more bacon (a personal top choice for stress eating) after a stunning reversal of the bacon-destroys-hearts stance.

· Max Chang

Researchers Find Ingenious Method of Cutting the Calories in Rice By 60 Percent

Apparently, how you cook rice and why you eat it is a big deal on the internet. Rice, an important staple food in many countries, is valuable because, one, it is cheap, and two, it’s high in calories because it’s a starch. So why would we ever need a way to cook low-calorie rice?

· Benny Luo

Man Behind Avicii’s Tremendous Success Reveals How He Deals With Haters

Anyone who is a fan of electronic dance music (EDM) knows of Avicii. He was ranked No. 3 in DJ Magazine’s annual top 100 DJs in the world list for 2012 and 2013, has two Grammy Award nominations and is one of the highest-earning DJs in the world. However, behind every person…

· Benny Luo

After Getting Fired From Apple, Steve Jobs Had One Man Document His Incredible Comeback

For many of us, Steve Jobs is seen as an iconic innovator. But in addition to his meticulous work creating new, game-changing products, he put equal hard work into preventing those products’ details from being leaked to the press before they were publicly launched. With his need…

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BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.

People & Works

IP · Gaming

Bomberman

Bomberman connects to Konami Group and the broader gaming story around it.

Company: Konami Group
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Culture surface · Platforms

Consumer platform

Consumer platform is a culture-first entry point into the listed company behind it.

Open the culture page.
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person

Sharmila Dhankar

Open the culture page.
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Culture surface · Platforms

Alibaba Pictures

Alibaba Pictures connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.

Company: Alibaba
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Culture surface · Platforms

Cloud

Cloud connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.

Company: Alibaba
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Culture surface · Platforms

Coupang (Rocket Delivery)

Coupang (Rocket Delivery) connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.

Company: Coupang
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Culture surface · Platforms

Coupang Eats

Coupang Eats connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.

Company: Coupang
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Culture surface · Platforms

Coupang Play

Coupang Play connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.

Company: Coupang
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Culture surface · Platforms

E-commerce

E-commerce connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.

Company: Alibaba
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Culture surface · Platforms

Farfetch

Farfetch connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.

Company: Coupang
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Results

Culture · platform / studio / licensing

Anime

Anime connects to companies that handle streaming, production, licensing, toys, and games.

Companies: Toei Animation
Streaming, production, licensing, games.
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Culture · platform

WEBTOON

WEBTOON connects to Naver and WEBTOON Entertainment through platform distribution and adaptations.

Companies: Naver
Scrolls, adaptations, platform reach.
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Culture · platform / adaptation

K-dramas

K-dramas connect to platforms and story companies that turn digital reading into shows people binge later.

Companies: Naver / Kakao
Scrolls, scripts, adaptations, streaming.
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Culture · platform

Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll connects to Sony, the company behind the anime streaming app, plus the music, merch, and licensing around it.

Open the connected culture page.
Streaming app, merch, music, licensing.
Open

Culture · platform / licensing

Playlists

Playlists connect to music apps, licensing deals, and the companies that decide what stays available.

Companies: Kakao / Tencent
Music app, licensing, listening habits.
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Culture · platform

Weverse

Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.

Companies: HYBE
Memberships, merch, paid content, fan app.
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Company · China · NYSE:BABA

Alibaba

Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.

Known for: Taobao · Tmall · Youku
Platforms
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Company · Korea · NYSE:CPNG

Coupang

Coupang is Korea's Amazon — overnight Rocket Delivery plus Coupang Play, a streaming service bundling K-content and live sports into the shopping habit.

Known for: Coupang (Rocket Delivery) · Coupang Play · Coupang Eats
Platforms
Open

Company · Indonesia · IDX:GOTO

GoTo Group

GoTo is the app Indonesia runs on — Gojek rides, Tokopedia shopping, and GoPay wallets woven into daily life for the world's fourth-most-populous country.

Known for: Gojek · Tokopedia · GoTo Financial
Platforms
Open

Company · Singapore · NASDAQ:GRAB

Grab

Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.

Known for: GrabFood · GrabPay · GrabBike
Platforms
Open

Company · Korea · KRX:035720

Kakao

Kakao touches messaging, webtoons, music, and entertainment distribution in everyday Korean digital life.

Known for: KakaoTalk · Kakao Games · Melon
Platforms
Open

Company · China · HKEX:1024

Kuaishou

Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.

Known for: Kuaishou · Kwai · Kling AI
Platforms
Open

Company · Korea · KRX:035420

Naver

One of the layers behind Webtoon, LINE, Snow.

Known for: Webtoon · LINE · Snow
Platforms
Open

Company · Japan · TYO:4755

Rakuten Group

Rakuten touches shopping, memberships, points, streaming, and platform habits that affect how people actually spend.

Known for: Rakuten Ichiba · Rakuten Mobile · Viber
Platforms
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Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA

The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.

Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.

Source: AP News
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