Well… Wouldn’t you rather be a rich nobody than whatever the fuck Mark Zuckerberg is? My MySpace profile was abandoned when, at the ripe age of 18, I decided it was just a little too juvenile — the glittering GIFs affixed to every page, the garish customized designs, the pressure on maintaining your top 8. […]
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According to a new report from Launchmetrics, “mega” influencers — described as having a following between 501,000 and 1.5 million — are becoming increasingly less valuable to brands. The study finds that most advertisers and brands prefer influencers with smaller followings as micro-influencers (10,000 to 100,000 followers) are seen as the most effective partner by 46 percent of […]
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Mr.porter took a look at The co-founder of Airbnb’s home and shares his local hotspots. It’s more bachelor pad than billionaire’s palace, but Mr Joe Gebbia’s characterful home in San Francisco is an accurate reflection of who he is and the company he started. Airbnb was launched in 2007 from the small apartment nearby that Mr Gebbia shared […]
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“Choose a job you love,” assert thousands of self-help books, fridge magnets, and school guidance counsellors, “and you will never have to work a day in your life.” If only it were that easy. For many who love the worlds of fashion and footwear, a life spent working at the brands that define those industries would […]
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Ahead of this weekend’s highly anticipated 2018 NBA All-Star game, Forbes has compiled a list of the players involved ordered in the amount of money each one earns annually in endorsements. While some of the highest ranked players’ earnings come as no surprise—after all, LeBron James did sign a seven-year, $90 million contract with Nike while he […]
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Amazon’s attempt to remake shopping as we know it will take a major step forward Monday, when members of the public will get their first chance to shop in the AmazonGo convenience store. The store, which has been open to Amazon employees since 2016, uses advanced technology to let shoppers walk in, take what they want […]
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David Letterman is back with a new Netflix chat-show that is, well, not much like a chat-show. No band or jazz-hands or opening gags, just Letterman with a monthly one-hour show and a single mega-famous guest. For the first episode that guest is one Barack Obama. Get the popcorn! Except, uh, maybe not all of […]
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The hottest book in the country lays out a devastating portrayal of President Trump as a larcenous “douchebag” “clown prince,” in the words of author Michael Wolff. But liberal editorializing could paradoxically end up making it harder to fulfill the author’s prediction that its revelations will bring an end to this presidency. If half—hell, a quarter—of […]
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So, you quit your day job and gone out alone in the big bad world. You were full of ideas, dreams and fire; you wanted to revolutionise the world and build a better society. But now, having come short several times, you’re thinking about returning to a normal nine to five. And it’s understandable – selling […]
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WeWork has spent 2017 riding a rocket. The co-working company leases buildings, renovates them to be luxe Silicon Valley-style offices, and then rents out those offices one desk or a conference room at a time. Just within 2017, WeWork raised $4.4 billion from SoftBank’s Vision Fund. As of October, it had 172 locations in 18 countries, used by more than 150,000 members. WeWork itself employs over […]
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Jay-Z, one of the world’s highest-paid musicians, but despite this his Tidal streaming service is reportedly suffering from financial difficulties. According to Norwegian business paper Dagens Næringsliv, Tidal is facing both cash flow and user growth issues, leading to the service having enough funds to last just six months. The news comes less than a year since Tidal received investment from […]
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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss first rose to prominence when they famously won a $65m settlement from a lawsuit against Facebook in 2011. Now, having invested some of that cash into purchasing what they claimed was around $11m worth of Bitcoin in 2013, both are the payment system’s first ever billionaires. To get a better understanding […]
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Most people know Anthony Joshua “the boxer.” He’s the WBA, IBF, and IBO world heavyweight champion, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, a 2011 World Amateur Championship silver medalist, and a 2010 ABA champion. And it’s not only his titles that define him as a prize fighter, but also the nature of his victories. Joshua laughed […]
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As revealed by Sporting Intelligence’s newly-published annual “Global Sports Salaries Survey,” the title of sport’s “highest-paid” team now belongs to the NBA‘s Oklahoma City Thunder. Crunching the ”first-team pay” numbers for 348 teams across seven separate sports in 18 different leagues, Sporting Intelligence’s comprehensive yearly breakdown takes a thorough global approach to revealing the sports teams with the greatest […]
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It had to happen at some point, but it was assumed there were many years of steep growth still to come for Airbnb. The number of people booking a room on the platform grew just 3.3% last year, falling from 7.9% in the previous 12 months, and even higher in previous years. (That data is […]
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A rare Leonardo Da Vinci painting has shattered the record for art sold at auction or privately after selling for $450 million on Wednesday. The new world record holder is Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi(Latin for “Savior of the World”) and is one of fewer than 20 paintings by the artist that is known to exist. The painting depicts Jesus Christ in Renaissance […]
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In an era saturated with influencer marketing and social media–driven brand endorsements, marketing can be an increasingly tough environment for athletes to navigate. Partnerships have become an integral part of a career in pro sports, but balancing an athlete’s ascension through the ranks with a cohesive, long-term brand strategy takes some finesse. Before Instagram, Youtube […]
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What if you could know all the secrets of Jose Mourinho? Gwynn Williams was director of football at Chelsea during Jose Mourinho’s first spell in charge of the club – he reveals the secrets to his success… Attention to detail On his first day at Chelsea, he ordered everyone to report to the training ground […]
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Opening on Monday November 13 in a lux six-storey, art deco development in Fitzrovia, members’ club Mortimer House is styled as “a work and wellbeing destination” – and aims to address the balance of working remotely while looking after mind and body. “The more technology enables us to work from alternative places such as home, or a […]
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Under Armour’s sneaker division has been losing cachet for a while now. In a survey of young male consumers in the US by Wells Fargo earlier this year, Under Armour shoes ranked near the bottom in terms of favorability. In a note to investors, the bank’s analysts said that only 27% of survey participants ranked Under Armour […]
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