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· Waylae Gregoire
Live, Work and Party in Bel Air: The Crazy Life of Interning Under the Founder of Rap Genius
We all dream of getting a chance to work that dream job right out of college- I know I would have killed to intern for someone like Kanye West. Some students do get that lucky though and we had the chance to talk with a couple of interns for Rap Genius founder Mahbod Moghadam.…
· Ryan Holiday
9 Tips to Marketing a Boring Business
Featured Image via Wikimedia. The problem with a lot of marketing advice is that the examples they use are not exactly typical. It’s hard for businesses, particularly smaller businesses, to relate to the bold innovations of companies like Apple or Tesla. Not everyone is an…
· Waylae Gregoire
She Got Her Start as a Hooters Waitress. Now She Runs a Billion Dollar Company
One of the things our generation would really love to change in society is to see more female leaders in business. It’s on the rise, there’s no doubt about that, but we still feel there aren’t enough female role models for women to learn and take notes from on how to find…
· 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,”…
· Michael Tunney
10 Things You Are Doing That Are Keeping You From Success
The end of the year is upon us and you know what that means: annoying New Years resolution blog posts. We all know that stuff doesn’t work. This is not one of those pieces. If you’re coming here you probably already have goals and are working towards them to various degrees of…
· Waylae Gregoire
This Guy is Makes Money Selling Cans of Air – No Really
How hard is it to literally make money out of thin air? Not that hard actually, according to Antoine Deblay, a 22-year-old communication student from Montcuq, France, who was nice enough to chat with us over email. Over last summer, Deblay came up with the simply genius idea to…
· Michael Tunney
Here’s How 10 Startups Exploded Using Creative Marketing
“Marketing has always been about the same thing—who your customers are and where they are.” – Noah Kagan
· Benny Luo
EcoQube: How This Startup Can Seriously End World Hunger
Imagine being able to grow food 50% faster with 90% less water. Meet EcoQube, the aquaponics startup that can potentially show us how to grow the food of the future.
· Benny Luo
Find Out Why This Young Lady Quit Her Six-Figure Job at Google
If you’ve ever gone through the startup route in your career, you’ll know that one of the biggest things you sacrifice is security. Instead of getting (or keeping) a stable job that keeps you comfortable, you take a leap of faith and decide to build something you believe in,…
· Benny Luo
Amazon Introduces Drones That Will Deliver Packages in 30 Minutes or Less
During tonights episode of 60 Minutes, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced Amazon Prime Air, a new delivery system that intends to deliver packages via unmanned aerial drones. The goal of this project is to deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less.
· Alex Park
Why Snapchat is Actually Undervalued [Op-ed]
Snapchat made headlines last week after rejecting multiple multi-billion-dollar, all-cash acquisition offers from Facebook, Google, and Tencent.
· Benny Luo
Two Young Entrepreneurs Invent Hangover Cure — FINALLY! [INTERVIEW]
My Facebook news feed is constantly filled with people complaining about getting hangovers from drinking the night before. Hopefully, that will now come to and end because of the genius of two young entrepreneurs from Santa Clara University. Ron Alvarado and Matt McDonald…
· Michael Tunney
15 Reasons Why You Should Drop Out Of College
For more and more young people, college is being thought of as more of an option, rather than a necessity, and for good reason. The university system looks more like a shell game than a place to be educated. Hell, the symbol for America’s university system, Harvard, is a hedge…
· Benny Luo
NASA Offers Tips To Startups: Staying Relevant and Making People Passionate About Your Product
One of the hardest things that artists, companies, and entrepreneurs will struggle with at a point in their lives is keeping up with the changing times. This was the issue NASA had to deal with as ways to reach younger audiences started to shift towards new media. Because of…
· Benny Luo
Ronald Wayne: On Co-founding Apple and Working With Steve Jobs
When people think about the original founders of Apple, most people usually think of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. These guys are two of the most notable figures in tech history. However, Apple has a third co-founder that is rarely ever mentioned. In fact, the latest Jobs movie…
· Editorial Staff
11 Things You Should Never Do When Raising VC Funding
No matter where you are at in building your startup, chances are at some point you will contemplate on whether you should seek VC funding. You’ll most likely go through your network, your accelerator, or even cold call to get a meeting some of of these guys. However, how are you…
· Benny Luo
Meet the Man Who’s Telling Everyone to Put Butter in Their Coffee
Typically, if you want to lose weight and be healthy, conventional wisdom would tell you to just exercise, eat less carbs, and eat more vegetables. You’d most likely be told that there are absolutely no shortcuts to doing this and you must go through the pain in order to see…
· Benny Luo
Scott Gerber: What Major Mistakes Are Young Entrepreneurs Making?
With mainstream media consistently glorifying the experiences of an entrepreneur, there have been many misconceptions of what its like running a startup. Serial entrepreneur Scott Gerber sets out to give us sobering thoughts.
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NiziU
NiziU is JYP's proof that its idol system can be productized for another market entirely — a Japanese group built via a Sony Music Japan joint venture that competes as a domestic act on Oricon, not a K-pop import, effectively giving JYP a second home-market revenue engine.
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Simu Liu
As Marvel's first Asian lead in 'Shang-Chi,' he turned a studio experiment into a franchise anchor — then used the platform as an outspoken advocate, treating visibility as a mandate, not a milestone.