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· 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…
· Editorial Staff
BEHOLD! T-Pain Singing WITHOUT Auto-Tune
T-Pain is known for perming songs with auto-tune. Because of that, we all just assumed he couldn’t sing. Watch his latest live performance with NPR though — we guarantee that it will be the weirdest thing you’ll hear all day.
· Editorial Staff
New Stanford Study Reveals Why New Entrepreneurs Should Never Stop Hustling
New research from the Stanford Graduate School of Business lends credence to the proverb “If at first you don’t succeed: Try, try, try again.”
· Jacob Wagner
The Chinese Government is Forcing an App With 30 Million Users to Shut Down
Last week, a number of major news outlets, including us (LOL at considering ourselves a “major news outlet”), reported on a 19-year-old girl in Shanghai making posts on the internet seeking a “temporary boyfriend” with whom she would sleep with at night in exchange for her…
· Max Chang
Including This in Any Presentation Will Convince People of Practically ANYTHING
Researchers at Cornell University have some advice for the next time you need to convince anyone of anything: Don’t forget to bring a graph.
· Editorial Staff
A Papa John’s Employee Was Murdered, So Papa John Came to Pay His Respects
Take note, bosses. Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter did the right thing when he traveled to Tennessee to attend the funeral of 22-year-old Papa John’s employee Gordon “Gordo” Schaffer on Saturday, a little over a week after Schaffer was murdered during an armed robbery.
· Alan Van
Everyone is Freaking Out Because Kim Kardashian Went to a Tech Conference
“Why is Kim Kardashian at a tech conference?!” TechCrunch blared out in headline form today. It’s a good question, but a rhetorical one. Why is there world hunger when so much food is wasted? Why does racism still exist? Why is Kim Kardashian anywhere at all?
· Benny Luo
This Vine Celebrity Gave the Most Epic Reason to Turn Down $1 Million
Many of us hustlers, no matter the industry, long for the day we finally make it, whether it’s selling your startup for billions of dollars, getting signed to a major record label as an artist or closing a huge book deal. For Vine artist Jerome Jarre, many would think one of…
· Max Chang
This Investment Banker’s Insane Life Was Basically Just Money, Cocaine and Orgies
Above are the faces of an extremely successful $7-million-a-year investment banker, Sage Kelly (left), and his wife, Christina Di Mauro (right). They both have severe alcohol and cocaine addictions, Kelly has been known to defecate on beds, floors and walls when he’s blasted,…
· Alan Van
IRS Takes $33,000 Cash From an Elderly Mexican Restaurant Owner’s Savings
There are a lot of don’ts in the business world. If you’re a business owner, don’t do this, this or this, for example, because doing those things will be absolutely terrible for your reputation, and thus your business. Also, don’t only deposit less than $10,000 into your bank…
· Alan Van
Christian Bale Cast as This Tech Legend and He Didn’t Even Have to Audition For It
Oh god, I hope Christian Bale doesn’t bring any weird voices to the Steve Jobs biopic. So, Christian, while I understand the temptation to make Jobs sound like Screech from “Saved By the Bell,” please don’t … just don’t.
· Jacob Wagner
This Entrepreneur Did Something Ultra Creepy to Pitch an Investor
It’s no secret nowadays that the startup scene is inundated with entrepreneurs raising funds for their startup. They are always looking to find more creative ways to grab the eyes of investors and separate themselves from the gazillion decks they receive in their emails daily.…
· Jacob Wagner
Family of 11 Falls Victim to the ‘World’s Deadliest Sushi’
A Brazilian family of 11 is now in critical condition after mistakenly eating the most poisonous fish in the world, falling violently ill just seconds after taking a bite.
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BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.
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Alibaba Pictures
Alibaba Pictures connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.
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Cloud
Cloud connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.
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Coupang (Rocket Delivery)
Coupang (Rocket Delivery) connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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Coupang Eats
Coupang Eats connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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Coupang Play
Coupang Play connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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E-commerce connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.
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Farfetch
Farfetch connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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Anime
Anime connects to companies that handle streaming, production, licensing, toys, and games.
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WEBTOON
WEBTOON connects to Naver and WEBTOON Entertainment through platform distribution and adaptations.
Culture · platform / adaptation
K-dramas
K-dramas connect to platforms and story companies that turn digital reading into shows people binge later.
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Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll connects to Sony, the company behind the anime streaming app, plus the music, merch, and licensing around it.
Culture · platform / licensing
Playlists
Playlists connect to music apps, licensing deals, and the companies that decide what stays available.
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Weverse
Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Company · Korea · KRX:035720
Kakao
Kakao touches messaging, webtoons, music, and entertainment distribution in everyday Korean digital life.
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.
Company · Korea · KRX:035420
Naver
One of the layers behind Webtoon, LINE, Snow.
Company · Japan · TYO:4755
Rakuten Group
Rakuten touches shopping, memberships, points, streaming, and platform habits that affect how people actually spend.
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.