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Eiichiro Oda's pirate epic is the best-selling manga in history and a Guinness record-holder — the print-media backbone of an anime-industrial complex now spanning Bandai merch, games and a hit Netflix live-action series.
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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…
· Max Chang
Steve Jobs Was a Total Ass to His Employees For One Important Reason
Steve Jobs was known for being many great things: tech visionary, unstoppable entrepreneur and sales genius. He was also a complete asshole as a boss. He expected nothing less than the impossible from the people he worked with. He was known to be the kind of boss that would…
· Max Chang
Study: The One Most Important Skill Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know
An entrepreneur has to be a lot of things: determined, creative, sharp and innovative. But which skill is the most important for any entrepreneur? A study out of Penn State and Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland reveals that if there is one skill you should focus on, it’s…
· Alan Van
Jover Chew: The Saga of the Notorious iPhone 6 Scammer Who Made His Customers Cry
In Tarantino’s bloodbath masterpiece “Kill Bill,” the mythical Hattori Hanzo sagely tells the Bride, “Revenge is never a straight line. It’s a forest, and like a forest, it’s easy to lose your way … to get lost … to forget where you came in.” Truer words about revenge and its…
· Alan Van
Creepy Jewelry Stabs into Your Skin to Make Electricity That Can Charge Your Phone
Well, looks like it’s only a short matter of time before we have a full-on war between humans and cyborgs.
· Benny Luo
Mahbod Moghadam: Why Rap Genius is Going to IPO One Day
There are many different types of entrepreneurs- there are tech entrepreneurs, online entrepreneurs, and then there are rockstar entrepreneurs like Rap Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam. You’ve probably come across Rap Genius at some point, whether you are looking up lyrics to…
· 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…
· Sebastian Dillon
Here’s The Story Behind Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘I’m CEO, Bitch.’ Business Card
Back when Facebook was still known as “The Facebook,” an ambitious, baby-faced 22-year-old Mark Zuckerberg coined the phrase “I’m CEO, bitch.” It comes off as cocky and conceited — everything you’d expect from a 22-year-old kid running a company that was about to explode, so of…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Coca-Cola is Paying Nutritionists to Advertise Coke as a Healthy Snack
Coca-Cola is now selling itself as a healthy snack. A public relations blitz launched last month for American Heart Month promoted the soda as nutritional when consumed in moderation. Coca-Cola, facing declining sales, paid fitness and nutrition experts to write up articles and…
· Benny Luo
A 24-Year-Old Office Worker in Japan Takes Us Inside the Barbaric 80-Hour Work Week
Have you ever complained about working too much in your nine-to-five job? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but there are people who have it way worse. One such person is a man in Japan that goes by the screenname handle “Stu in Tokyo” on YouTube.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
A Plastic Bag of Air from a Kanye West Concert Almost Sold for $60,000 on Ebay
Kanye West can sell anything he wants, and his fans will buy it. Earlier, we reported that West’s new sneakers for Adidas were being sold on eBay for $3,000. Now, apparently, all West has to do is breathe, and it will be worth $60,000. That’s right. A bag of West’s air from a…
· Max Chang
Mark Cuban Explains Why Most of Today’s Startup Investors are Idiots
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, posted a warning of sorts on his weblog about why the current tech bubble is worse than the last dotcom bubble of 2000. In his piece, he compares investors from then and today, highlighting one…
· Jacob Wagner
Man Finds Rare Swiss Watch at Goodwill for $5.99, Sells it for $35,000
Who says nothing good can be found at thrift stores? Arizona man Zach Norris walked into a Goodwill charity store in Phoenix last month looking for a golf cart when he spotted a real treasure. Norris, an avid watch collector, believed he had stumbled on a rare Swiss watch, one…
· Jacob Wagner
People Are Hiding USB Drives in Random Places Around the World
There has been a new, growing trend: people filling up USB drives with random data and then hiding them in random places around the world. According to Vocativ, the drives can contain anything from food recipes and personal stories to pornography. The trend is based on the…
· Alan Van
Billionaire Wal-Mart Heiress is Demanding $90,000 From the Person Who Damaged Her ‘Cherished’ Tree
What’s a single tree worth to a billionaire? Too much, because billionaires are goddamn insane. Nancy Walton Laurie, who is worth nearly $5 billion because she won the birth lottery by being born to Wal-Mart co-founder Bud Walton, is suing a development company for $90,000 for…
· Waylae Gregoire
Sex Sociologist: Is Porn to Blame For Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
Like it or not, porn is a pretty big part of society. We might not talk about it openly (or ever), but odds are that if you don’t watch porn, you could be one of the weird ones. But it’s likely we’ll never know for sure — after all, it’s one of society’s best kept secrets.
· Sebastian Dillon
What Happens When Women Are Asked to Speak Up During Business Meetings
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of “Lean In,” and Adam Grant, professor of management at the Wharton School, are crime fighters. What crime are they battling, you ask? When women are wrongfully accused of “speaking while female” in a room full of men. The pair start…
· Alan Van
Gucci Blasted For Chinese Workers on 14-Hour Shifts Making Handbags
Apparently, Gucci has way bigger problems than their tacky, over-conspicuous monogrammed designs. The Italian fashion house announced it would be strengthening controls on its suppliers after a state-run public broadcasting program exposed the near-slave labor hours the…
· Benny Luo
‘$50 Billion Man’ Explains Why You Are WEAK and UNACCOMPLISHED
Dan Peña probably isn’t a man you’ve heard of before, but there are literally a gazillion reasons why anyone seeking success should pay attention to him. For one, he grew up in a small “barrio” in Los Angeles and was thrown in jail five times for crimes that were…
· Alan Van
Harvard Business Professor Apologizes For Bullying Mom and Pop Asian Restaurant
[Updated 12-10-14 11:01 p.m. PST: Apparently, this is NOT the first time Professor Edelman has bullied a restaurant]
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