‘Stuck waiting to die’: North Koreans give first-hand accounts of starvation, crackdowns in rare interviews

Three North Korean citizens have risked their lives to expose the reality of starvation, crackdowns and disaster in their closed-off country...

Thai soloist Sorn releases new single and reflects on what it means to be ‘Nirvana Girl’

Sorn, a former member of K-pop girl group CLC, released a new digital single on Sep. 15 titled “Nirvana Girl,” featuring vocals from her fo...

Filipino band Ben&Ben break into US music scene with first-ever North American tour and new single

Filipino folk pop band Ben&Ben dropped a new English single titled “The Ones We Once Loved" on Friday. In their fifth year as a b...

‘Vulnerability is weakness’: the ‘House of Ho’ cast on Asian masculinity, filial piety and a new gen of Asian Americans

The Ho family returns for their second season after an almost two-year hiatus, promising more Hos and a ho’ lot of drama. Centered around a ...

‘You Gook! You Slant Eye!’: Steve Aoki Recounts Struggles Growing Up Asian American

Steve Aoki is hands down one of the most successful DJs in the world. He was ranked 5th on the Forbes 2016 list among the world’s highest pa...

Woody Allen’s Wife Soon-Yi Breaks Her Silence to Defend Her Husband

After decades of media silence, Soon-Yi Previn, the wife of Woody Allen, spoke in length surrounding her early life with adopted mother Mia ...

Meet the Adorable Teen From Hong Kong Taking Over Your Instagram Feed

If you’re on Instagram, odds are, you’ve come across the hilarious profile of fruitypoppin. this is how asians determine the freshness...

Once Homeless Harvard Student Could Become Cambridge’s Youngest Council Member

Meet Nadya Okamoto — a badass 19-year-old sophomore currently attending Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Okamoto was only a fres...

How a Teen ‘Cheated Coded’ His Way into Running a $20 Million a Year Startup

Oftentimes, when we aspire to do something, we complain about not having enough resources to get it done. If we want to build a company, we ...

Meet Charles Michael Yim: The Man Who Made History on Shark Tank

Charles Michael Yim is a successful entrepreneur who has started three companies to date and sold two of them by the time he turned 28. His ...

How a Top Pickup Artist Went From Orgies and Bondage to Becoming a Family Man

In 2005, Rolling Stone writer Neil Strauss released his book “The Game,” which chronicled his years-long journey in the seduction community....

He Sold His Startup For $54 Million, Then Gave His Family a Gift of a Lifetime

What do you do when SnapChat buys your startup and you become a millionaire? If you’re 25-year-old Garrett Gee, you put all the money in sav...

Meet the Man Who Did LSD With Steve Jobs in College

Daniel Kottke was once a good friend of Steve Jobs. In college, the two friends experimented with LSD together, but as one of Apple’s earlie...

How This 23-Year-Old Got a Billionaire to Invest in His Data-Profiting Startup

Whether we are aware of it or not, companies are collecting our data — produced from daily activities on our phones or browsing the in...

How This Entrepreneur’s Startup Made $9.5 Million Before He Turned 20

Dan Fleyshman was already hustling to make money at just 4 years old. Back then, his parents owned three Levi’s stores and would sell the je...

How a Nerd Who Got His First Kiss at 21 Built a $30 Million ‘Sugar Daddy’ Dating Empire

“Love is a concept invented by poor people.” – Brandon Wade One of the best ways to create a great product is to simply ...

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 wh...

Bestselling Author Tim Ferriss Reveals How to Master Any New Skill in Record Time

Tim Ferriss’ entrepreneurial journey began when he founded BrainQuicken in 2001. It was his first company and focused on selling nutritional...

NBA All-Star Turned VC Reveals How to Get Him to Invest in Your Startup

With the NBA playoffs upon us, who better than former NBA star and playoff performer Baron Davis for NextShark to interview?  After a two-ye...

How an Injured Ex-Pro Athlete Went From Being Broke to Owning a Million-Dollar Business

All-American athlete Lewis Howes dreamed of one day playing in the NFL and becoming an Olympian. He was on track until a wrist injury ultima...

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 t...

How a Broke, Suicidal Entrepreneur Turned It All Around to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Company

In 2000, journalist-turned-entrepreneur Ben Huh launched a startup with the hopes of it becoming the next big thing. After 18 months of bloo...

My 15 Minutes With Manny Pacquiao

While NextShark has done a lot of interviews in the past, it was our recent interview with world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao that really t...

‘$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 p...

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...

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-yea...

20-Year-Old Entrepreneur is So Successful He Has His Own Factory in China

A lot of people at the age of 20 are still deciding on what major to declare. Hell, some 20-year-olds don’t even know whether they should be...

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 Fo...

Scott Neeson: Why I Traded My Yacht and L.A. Mansion to Help Starving Cambodian Children

We all dream of that kind of life- you have an awesome job working with movie stars, you are a millionaire, have your own yacht, any sports ...

Robert Greene: How to Master Success

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Robert Greene. For those of you who don’t know who he is, he’s a New York Times bestselling aut...

Quippi Founder: How He Raised $3 Million For His Startup

There are only two types of startups that seem to get funded these days- the really cool ideas and the most disruptive ideas. But leading a ...

Adam Braun: How to Find and Pursue Your Passion

In 2007, Adam Braun started working at Bain & Company, one of the world’s leading consulting firms. His plan was simple: work hard...

Rick Ross: How I Made $2 Million a Day on The Streets

When you first hear the name “Rick Ross”, you might think of a plump gentlemen with a gold chain around his neck that raps for ...