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· Augustine Reyes Chan
Almost 50% of Our Text is in Emojis, Instagram Reports
Emojis — images or icons used to express ideas or emotions in texts, emails and social media apps — are quickly becoming the universal language on Instagram. Happy faces, hearts and kissing lips abound — there are 866 emojis in total — are being used as the go-to shorthand more…
· Austin Grant-Dixon
Shopping Sprees and Private Jets: The Life of a Chinese Billionaire’s Daughter
When it comes to money and millennials who show off the fact that they have a lot of it, the consensus is almost unilateral distaste. But why is that? Is it because they so effortlessly relish in a world of exotics and luxuries that many of us will probably never get to…
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Why Smart Millennials are Now Moving West to America’s New Economic Hot Spots
In the slow trek toward recovery since the financial crisis, millennials are moving westward in their search for success, and they’re taking America’s economy with them. “Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the…
· Max Chang
This Woman’s Innovative ‘Resumé’ Thoroughly Impressed Airbnb’s CEO
Nina Mufleh always wanted to work for Airbnb. After moving from the Middle East, Mufleh lived in San Francisco for a year, unable to land a single interview with the company after months of submitting job applications, answering listings and sending emails to the company — until…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Wealthy People in the U.K. Actually Hire Dog Nannies for up to $75,000 a Year
Most people have employed a dog walker or sitter while they were working or traveling. Now, the new trend is to hire a dog nanny — a person dedicated entirely to taking care of your pet 24/7. It’s the new “must-have” for the super rich. Just like hiring a nanny for your child, a…
· 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…
· 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…
· Brian Wong
Best Advice: How a Cold Email Can Land You Funding
Someone once told me, “If you ask for money, you get advice. If you ask for advice, you get money.” Those words changed the entire course of my career. They helped me launch my startup Kiip, acquire several rounds of funding, and learn from the brightest in the industry.
· 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
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…
· Benny Luo
How a 13-Year-Old Entrepreneur Got Intel to Invest Big Money in His World-Changing Startup
When I was 13 years old, I was still trading Pokemon cards and working up the nerve to ask my crush to the school dance. Thirteen-year-old Shubham Banerjee, however, is already the CEO of a company that’s so badass that Intel’s looked past his young age and invested hundreds of…
· Benny Luo
How a Convicted Felon Built a $3 Million Startup Straight Out of Prison
Frederick Hutson looked like he had everything going for him: he had a clean record, built some businesses, served in the U.S. Air Force and had been discharged honorably. However, things took a major turn for the worse in 2007, when at a mere 24 years of age, Hutson was caught…
· Benny Luo
VICE: Why You Must Break Rules in Order to Innovate
You may or may not know DJ Vice, but in case you don’t, you might recognize his track “The World is Our Playground,” which has been featured in Bud Light’s latest “Up For Whatever” campaign videos. Vice, who recently dropped the “DJ” from his name, has been DJing professionally…
· Benny Luo
We Tried McDonald’s New ‘Build Your Burger’ Concept and…
Earlier this month, McDonald’s posted their worst sales decline in a decade. A large part of the decline can be attributed to the fact that the fast food chain has continued to fail at appealing to millennial customers. This has resulted in the fast food company losing most of…
· Sarah Lesnar
Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Let His Kids Use iPads (And Why You Shouldn’t Either)
If you fall within the Gen-Y era like us, chances are you’ve given a bunch of thought as to how you would raise your own children in this day and age (assuming you don’t have children already). Especially with technology, so much has changed since our childhoods in the 90s.…
· Editorial Staff
Harvard Receives Largest Donation Ever — $350 Million
The U.S.’s richest university has just gotten richer. According to The Wall Street Journal, the family of Gerald Chan, a Harvard Alumni and investor is donating $350 million to the university’s School of Public Health. This amount makes it the largest donation the university has…
· Waylae Gregoire
Rotten Tomatoes Founder: How His Startup Survived the Last Market Crash — Because It’s About to Happen Again
i Our generation’s entrepreneurs could really use some wisdom right about now. A financial crisis might be looming and young entrepreneurs today were probably in middle school when the last one hit — we grasshoppers clearly haven’t learned.
· Benny Luo
D.A. Wallach: Bringing An Artist’s Touch to Technology
It’s extremely rare to find people who seem to have an amazing balance of everything. D.A. Wallach is one of these people. For one, he’s an accomplished scholar who attended Harvard University and graduated with honors in African-American studies. Secondly, he’s a successful…
· Benny Luo
Jesse Waits: How a Shy Kid From Hawaii Became the Owner of One of the Hottest Clubs in Vegas.
The usual way entrepreneurs launch businesses today start with building a product, raising funds, and then scaling, or some other combination in that realm. It’s rare to find an entrepreneur who truly started from the bottom and worked their way up to the top. This is why I find…
· Si Shen
What American Startups Can Learn From China’s Work Culture
With Chinese companies accounting for the largest tech IPOs on record, all eyes are now on these technology giants. While everyone wonders what the secret sauce might be, we can imagine what lies behind the scenes- it’s the employees who are keeping these companies afloat with…