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· Riley Schatzle
Why Women Who Win the World Cup Earn $2 Million While Men Earn $8 Million For Losing
The pay gap between male and female workers doesn’t just exist at the office — it’s also present in sports. The Women’s World Cup championship game kicked off Sunday evening in Vancouver, Canada at BC Place Stadium. Millions worldwide watched a game that would eventually end…
· Laura Dang
The Fanciest McDonald’s in the World Just Opened in Rotterdam
Perhaps what can be considered as the most beautiful McDonald’s in the world now stands where “the ugliest building in Rotterdam” used to be. The newly designed McDonald’s building is nestled on one of the city’s most popular shopping streets in Coolsingel in a spot that has…
· 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…
· Editorial Staff
Confessions of an Escort: The Real World of Sex, Drugs and Business
Imagine the wild life of a successful millionaire and you might get the cars, drugs, escorts, and crazy parties. What is it really like outside of the movies though? Former Portland, Oregon escort Ashly Lorenzana, author of her popular memoir “Sex, Drugs, and Being and Escort,”…
· Laura Dang
A 26-Year-Old Designer Takes a Trip to North Korea, Documents it all on Instagram
A 26-year-old American was recently granted a visa to travel to North Korea for four days. Taylor Pemberton of Minneapolis flew into Pyongyang, North Korea, from Beijing, China, because there are no direct flights from the United States to the secretive military state. The young…
· Benny Luo
Meet Apple’s Honorary Fourth Co-Founder
Paul Terrell might not be a name you recognize, but he’s a technology pioneer. In December of 1975, Terrell opened The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California. At the time, Terrell’s shop was one of the first computer stores in the world. A year later, two 20-something tech geeks…
· Sarah Lesnar
Google X Roboticist Reveals How She Overcame Gender Discrimination
It’s no surprise that the computer industry is widely dominated by men (and male culture), but despite the rapid growth of companies and technology, the number of women in the industry is actually falling.
· Gary Vaynerchuk
This is the Biggest Mistake a Young Entrepreneur Can Make
A common question I get all the time: what is the biggest mistake young entrepreneurs are making? They’re building businesses that only work during the best-case market scenarios.
· Riley Schatzle
Harvard MBA Will Pay $10,000 For the Perfect Girlfriend in Alabama
Apparently the market for finding love in Birmingham, Alabama is not so kind, especially for one Harvard graduate with an MBA degree — maybe a $10,000 reward could turn things around? Ren You, 29, is your typical employed, highly educated guy. He is a Harvard MBA who now works…
· Editorial Staff
Apple Interns Get Free Housing and Make up to $80,000 a Year
Apple gives their interns incredible perks, according to one former intern of the Cupertino-based company. The ex-intern, referred to only as “Brad,” told Quora that interns at Apple make $38 per hour, which averages out to about $6,700 per month in income.
· Sebastian Dillon
Spearfishing Huntress Reveals the Price of Following Your Dreams
Like most bustling metropolitan workers in London, 28-year-old French-Canadian Valentine Thomas goes to work raising capital for the hedge fund she’s employed at. However, as soon as she gets out of the office, she goes to work on her real passion — spearfishing. The world…
· Editorial Staff
Why this CEO Wants Everyone to Have a Human-Like Robot for Less than an iPad
In case you were concerned, robots will not be taking over the world any time soon. By the time you are older, however, you may be seeing them around working regular jobs and looking just as human as you. For some of today’s most sophisticated human-like robots, we have Hanson…
· Anthony Orona
Meet the Budget Guru Who Bought Two Homes By the Age of 27
How would you like to own two homes by the age of 27? How about making $100,000 a year and having enough capital to invest in your own business? For most of us, if we’re being honest here, that kind of talk isn’t anything more than a pipe dream; we wouldn’t even know where to…
· 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…
· Benny Luo
$10,000 in Three Weeks: An Interview With China’s ‘Queen of Poker’
In recent years, the popularity of poker in Asia has exploded. One of the more accomplished players who’s made a name for herself is Celina Lin, known as “China’s Queen of Poker.” Originally from Shanghai, China, the 32-year-old Lin has quite the winning track record in her…
· Anthony Orona
How a Man With a Passion to Stop Hunger Revolutionized How We Eat Ramen
If you visited Google today, you might have noticed the mighty search engine’s new Doodle honoring what would have been the 105th birthday of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of Cup Noodles. For most of us — if we’re being honest here — life without top ramen would have been…
· Editorial Staff
Are You a Micromanager? Take This Quiz to Find Out
Are new, innovative ideas not flowing from your employees? Do you believe nothing will get done right if you aren’t involved? You’re probably a micromanager. Micromanagers can suffocate their employees, and ultimately, their companies. Millennial workers, in particular, are not…
· Benny Luo
How a 24-Year-Old Aspiring Space Colonist is Preparing to Give Birth on Mars
In 2010, a Netherlands-based non-profit called Mars One was launched with the goal of being the first organization to send humans to Mars for colonization by 2025. In 2013, the company put out an open call to find anyone interested in a one-way ticket to the Red Planet. They…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Billionaire Gifts Over $1 Million to His Home Town’s Elderly for Chinese New Year
Many Chinese all over the world receive red envelopes full of cash during Chinese New Year. The money is typically given by the married to children and the unmarried and is supposed to bestow good fortune on those who receive it, as our site explains. Most get around over $100…
· Greg Muender
My Startup Was Burglarized. Here’s How I Managed To Stay In Business & Still Sell The Company
Business was booming. It was March of 2012, and the company that I started in college had been up and running for over two years, slowly but steadily increasing headcount to a team of about ten. Our modest three room office was bursting at the seams, so we decided to expand. And…