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· Editorial Staff

Ex-NBA All Star Who Made $100 Million is Now Working at Starbucks

Vin Baker went from a $100 million NBA career to working behind the counter at Starbucks — and he’s happy about it. Basketball fans may remember Baker as the All-Star 6’ 11” power forward who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle SuperSonics during his NBA prime. In 2000,…

· Editorial Staff

What Exactly is Written on This Starbucks Cup?

Comedy writer Greg Davis shared the following photo yesterday via Twitter: Guys does this say Greg or Corey pic.twitter.com/e6XeARecSe

· Anthony Orona

NY Starbucks ‘Manager’ Has Epic Meltdown, Whole Store Turns on Her

After a Starbucks’ employee went berserk on customer Ruby Chen for failing to provide her name for inscription on her cup, the terrified and confused female patron of the Starbucks’ Elmhurst, Queens, store asked for a manager. The response: “You’re talking to it! You’re talking…

· Anthony Orona

Starbucks Exec Sees Chinese Man in Starbucks, Immediately Assumes He’s a Spy

Daniel Liu was visiting a Seattle Starbucks roastery on a business trip when a Starbucks executive approached him and said: “I wanna let you know that we’re very open with all our technology, and all of our equipment, and if you want to take any of it to China, you’re totally…

· Sarah Lesnar

Starbucks Is Now Offering Free College Tuition For Employees

Starbucks announced on Monday that they will now offer their employees the chance to earn a bachelor’s degree for free with Arizona State University’s online program. Last year, Starbucks offered baristas only two years of undergraduate tuition at ASU, but the new program now…

· Max Chang

Male Model and Actor Reveals He Lived on Rooftop for Six Years as Homeless Man

As a 6’ 3” male model, Mark Reay has walked the runway for some of fashion’s biggest names. As a photographer, he’s also shot for some of the biggest names. As a part-time actor, he’s had small roles in well-known shows and movies. He’s seen much of the world already and lived…

· Jacob Wagner

Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Says $15 Minimum Wage is ‘Absolutely Outrageous’

Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Nigel Travis is not a fan of increasing the minimum wage to something more livable. He told CNN’s Poppy Harlow yesterday that increasing the minimum wage for workers in New York is “absolutely outrageous.”

· Augustine Reyes Chan

CEO Offers to Pay for College Tuition of Employees’ Kids

Stock options, 401(k) with employer-matching contributions and free gym memberships are the most popular perks that employees receive from their employers. But some progressive companies like Google, Apple and Starbucks, who are all known to take great care of their employees,…

· Augustine Reyes Chan

These are the Top 30 Most Popular Jobs For Millennials

Generation Y is the largest generation in the American workforce, with 53.5 million millennials holding down some kind of job. In comparison, there are 52.7 million Gen Xers and 44.6 million baby boomers who are employed. So where do millennials most want to work? A new survey…

· Editorial Staff

Inside the World of Personal Assistants Used by the Powerful Elite

Did you know that the DMV will open early or close late for certain people? Or that the police are available as an escort during rush hour? All of this is possible when you have a rockstar assistant. When you’re working as an assistant to very important people, your job often…

· Max Chang

This One Word Is the Key to Never Getting Frustrated

Imagine you are in your car driving to work in the morning. As usual you are in a hurry, and traffic is backed up because stupid people have to slow down to see some guy changing his tire on the freeway. You are tired and hungry because you haven’t eaten breakfast yet, and…

· Max Chang

You’ll NEVER Want to Use Public Wi-Fi Again After Reading This

When we need Wi-Fi in public, sometimes it seems like we’ll say to ourselves, “I’ll take the first one I can get — I don’t care how shady it seems.” It might be slow, but free internet is always better than the Dark Ages-like periods when we don’t have any access. Unfortunately,…

· 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…

· Benny Luo

Soma Water Founder: How He Built The Best Biodegradable Water Filter & Raised $150K On Kickstarter

Being an avid water drinker (as I hope everyone reading this is as well), I’ve always hated the typical water filtration device. They are alway so big and bulky, which made it difficult to store, the top part loved falling apart every time I poured, and the charcoal pieces…