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· Laura Dang
LinkedIn May Owe You Up To $1500 — Here’s How to Get the Cash
Individuals who used the professional networking site LinkedIn between 2011 to 2014 may be able to file a claim against the company worth up to $1,500. The payout comes as part of a settlement the company agreed to in resolving the $13 million class-action lawsuit filed against…
· Editorial Staff
That Awkward Moment a Startup Bro Asks LinkedIn’s Founder Why His Product Sucks
It’s tough to be one of the most respected entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley when startup bros try to call you out for having a confusing product. Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist and billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn, had an awkward interaction last week at Fortune’s Brainstorm…
· Editorial Staff
Asian-Americans Have Genes That Make Them Crave Carbs and Fast Food, Study Finds
A study has found that some Asian-Americans crave unhealthy food more often than other Asian-Americans. This unhealthy preference is linked to a gene called DRD2 A1. The said gene is a variation of DRD2 (dopamine receptor D2), a type associated with various forms of addiction.…
· Editorial Staff
Mark Zuckerberg Got His Twitter Hacked After Using the Worst Password Ever
A Saudi Arabia-based group of hackers that call themselves “OurMine” briefly hacked the Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram accounts of Mark Zuckerberg over the weekend, but it’s the password that the Facebook CEO used that has many shaking their heads. OurMine, who claimed to just…
· Ryan General
Disney World Honors a Woman’s Unused Ticket From 1994
An unredeemed Disney World entry pass from more than two decades ago was recently honored at the gates of the Orlando theme park to the relief and pleasant surprise of one happy patron. Chelsea Herline was just 4 years old when she missed the opportunity to join her family on…
· Editorial Staff
Man Who Hustled Airbnb For a $250,000 Salary Reveals How to Dominate a Job Interview
As an engineer, Haseeb Qureshi hustled Airbnb’s starting-pay package from $120,000 to $250,000. Qureshi, a former professional poker player with an English degree, recently wrote a blog post sharing his tips on how to navigate the work space and land job interviews.
· Editorial Staff
Companies Are Paying Consultants Up to $20,000 an Hour To Teach Them About Millennials
Lindsey Pollak is a New York Times bestselling author and self-described “millennial expert.” She’s part of the growing number of consultants hired by corporations like Oracle, Red Robin and Time Warner to better understand millennials, or those aged between 18 and 34.…
· Editorial Staff
Slumlord Father of Spoiled Kid Who Verbally Assaulted Uber Driver Gets Arrested
The wealthy father of a University of Michigan student who was caught verbally abusing an Uber driver on video in March has been arrested and charged with 20 felonies. The video of Jake Croman verbally abusing an Uber driver with gay slurs and insults has received over a million…
· Editorial Staff
Rich College Frat Boy Caught on Camera Verbally Abusing an Uber Driver
In a YouTube video uploaded on March 23, a group of young men identified as students of the University of Michigan were caught on camera verbally abusing Uber driver Artur Zawada in Ann Arbor. “You’re canceling us again why? For what?” a man in a black jacket says before pulling…
· Editorial Staff
Nokia Failed Because They Did the One Thing That Drives Most Companies into the Ground
In September 2013, NOKIA announced that they had been acquired by Microsoft in a deal valued at $7.17 billion. At the time, Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop ended his speech with the following words. “We didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost.”
· Editorial Staff
Here’s All Mark Zuckerberg Had to Say About Kanye West Begging Him for $1 Billion
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has finally given the closest thing to a response to Kanye West’s Twitter rant that begged Silicon Valley billionaires for money to fund his ideas and possibly get himself out of his reported $53 million debt. Zuckerberg simply “liked” a status from…
· Laura Dang
Woman Sends Valentine’s Messages to Guys She Met at an Irish Bar – Worst Decision Ever
What’s a girl to do on February 14th when she isn’t spending it eating overpriced heart-shaped ravioli off a Valentine’s Day dinner menu with her significant other at a candle lit restaurant? Rekindling old flames she met drunkenly at an Irish bar over text message of course.…
· Benny Luo
After Suffering From Depression All Her Life, She Turned Her Struggle into Her Next Big Startup Idea
When Krystal Choo is at conferences, she often gets frustrated because people assume she works in media or is someone’s assistant. On the contrary, Choo, 28, is an entrepreneur who’s one of the few females in a male-dominated industry.
· Ricky Yean
Why ‘Few Successful Startup Founders Grew Up Desperately Poor’
My co-founder David and I both grew up in poverty and can call ourselves “battle-tested” when it comes to both life and startups, so when the talk in the Valley turned to income inequality, our ears perked up. For a moment, our two worlds were colliding. Here’s a quote from Paul…
· Editorial Staff
Young Doctor Caught on Camera Attacking Uber Driver in Drunken Rage
Update: Dr. Anjali Ramkissoon gives her side of the story. A drunk woman was caught on camera attacking an Uber driver, trashing his car and smashing his cell phone.
· Laura Dang
Meet the 22-Year-Old Physics Genius That Harvard Believes is the Next Einstein
Sabrina Pasterski was only 14 years old when she stepped foot into MIT’s campus offices seeking approval one morning for the single-engine plane she built. Fast forward eight years and the 22-year-old is now an MIT graduate and Harvard Ph.D. candidate interested in answering…
· Andrew Yang
What’s Eating Silicon Valley
Like most people, I look up to and admire the heroes of Silicon Valley (the real ones, not the ones from the TV show). They’ve given rise to services (e.g., Google, Facebook, Uber, LinkedIn, Airbnb) that we use every day and make the world a better place. They’ve created value,…
· Eric Thomas
Steve Harvey Didn’t Ruin Miss Universe, Bad Design Did
Whether or not you believe the Miss Universe flub by Steve Harvey was hilarious or tragic (twitter certainly believes the former), one thing is for sure, a much better design could’ve saved a lot of heartache. View the Card below:
· Editorial Staff
People Are Outraged Over This Job Posting Because of What it Says on the Bottom
One Canadian company’s job posting is going viral because of the last line of its job description. The posting, put up by Toronto-based web design company Vestra Inet, is for a “Content Writer/SEO specialist” who would mostly write content for clients and make blog posts. The…
· Laura Dang
Why A Man Who Sold a $2 Billion Company Now Drives For Uber
Rich people have some rather interesting quirks, as many Redditors will attest to. However, one multi-millionaire has a surprising reason as to why he is picking up passengers as a driver for UberX. Paul English is a co-founder of Kayak, a popular search engine for travel deals,…