The TikTok algorithm’s magnificent power
TikTok’s Power Social media sites, like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, has made big stars like Justin Bieber, overnight stars, and overnight cancellations. What you see in your feed is big business and potentially world changing or is it? How can something as...
Some Things that Andy Warhol Got Right
Warhol Diaries is showing on Netflix and almost 36 years after his death, his predictions, philosophy and intuition are more correct than ever. Warhol experimented with video and filmmaking right when that medium was taking off; can you imagine what he would have done...
Trump Cards Resurrect NFTs
Trump’s Cards Who says NFTs are dead? Former 45th President of the United States Donald J Trump had a major announcement the other day. What was it? He is releasing NFT trading cards of himself throughout his career. The cards depict him as a superhero and he...
Easy way to understand Memes’ Legalities
What’s a Meme for? Most of you are probably using memes or images to illustrate certain parts of your life or to bring more life to some of your content. Doing a Google Image search, right clicking, saving to your computer, and then reuploading with your post is...
Is Elon Musk’s Twitter still relevant or dead?
Twitter for One? Twitter anyone? In the battle for the Metaverse, also known as the social media platform wars, Facebook and Instagram are leading the charge (let’s be honest, mostly Instagram) with TikTok closing the gap. Snap is becoming irrelevant. Now there’s a...
Is the authenticity of BeReal the new humble brag?
What is BeReal? Could BeReal be the new king of social? Google has done a great job of fending off its competition due to its proprietary algorithm that gets stronger as it collects more data over time. However, many VCs and startups feel like there is a...
Beast, Buffet, and Baratheon’s Beach Head: Beautiful or Bloodbath
Beastmode We just talked about how Kanye had a very nice valuation from starting a business. But now we see another influencer doing it. Mr Beast who has zero crossover into mainstream media is now raising $150 million in equity capital giving him an applied valuation...
Kanye Math Awards You A Billion More
Kanye No Longer a Billionaire The word is out. Kanye West, who was once married to Kim Kardashian, the OG influencer is no longer a billionaire. But how did that happen? Did someone suck a billion dollars or so out of Kanye’s bank account? Kanye had deals with...
The Rise of the Cheating Cheat
Are more people cheating? The stakes in the online world have risen dramatically, bringing with it cheats and scams. With the rise of the Internet, advertisers can find their niches much more effectively which raises sponsorship, advertising, and prize dollars. ...
Women Dominate as NIL Gets Younger
There’s a bright spot especially for women and female athletes, amidst a looming recession. Compared to zero the prior year, athletes can now make money off of their likeness, what is known as NIL or Name Image Likeness. Women dominate NIL Female athletes...
You are amazing; Never say impossible!
Amazing times? Are things amazing? It might seem like a bleak time in the world. Inflation is soaring, interest rates aren’t too far behind them, the COVID-19 pandemic is still lingering around, there’s another lingering war in Ukraine, the stock market has hit major...
Is short form video a future aspiration or is the tail wagging the lost dog?
Social Media Companies Mess Up Everywhere we turn we can’t stop seeing the social media giants (Snap, Instagram, YouTube, Twitch) push short form videos. Is there really data to justify this or is this a reaction to the rise of the controversial platform where short...
3 obvious reasons a Zuck collectible sold for a six-figure sum
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg sure knows how to resurrect a dying market digital collectible market. With NFT sales down a whopping 88%, an old camp counselor decided to consign a signed Mark Zuckerburg baseball card to auction. An 8 year old Zuck had his mother make the...
Scarce Collectibles Rule
Streetwear, sneakers, and collectibles continue to make their way around social media. In the latest trend, these categories have moved into absolute luxury goods as Christie’s Auction House, the place that sold the most expensive painting in the world ever, the...
Bearbricks: Why these fat bears are unstoppable
You’ve seen these fat little bears running around town, haven’t you? Before you lock the doors, I don’t mean bears, per se, but Bearbricks (officially spelled, be@rbrick). If you haven’t, you better get a quick refresher, why they mean, and what it means...
Using charities to stay devoted to your values
Patagonia Yvon Chouinard has always given to charities, but by now you’ve heard of his amazingly generous gift to humanity. If not, the quick of it is that Yvon is the founder of outdoor apparel company Patagonia worth about a few billion dollars and has decided to...
5 Reasons Membership Has its Privileges
SaaS, software as a service, or software membership, has been a venture capitalists’ dream business model. Software, which costs close to zero to deploy, is paid for monthly. To displace the software provider is a near impossible task given the low cost and the...
LinkedIn: 4 reasons it’s ready to Blast Off
LinkedIn is a business social network where you put your resume and all of your professional accomplishments. In 2016 it was bought by Microsoft. All of these facts put LinkedIn most likely at the bottom of any social network that you thought had any influence....
3 Ways brand activations rules the summer
Brands are having more and more pop ups these days around major cities like Los Angeles and New York. However, no one wants to feel like they are selling out for these brands even if they are not being paid. How does a brand ensure that they get a return on their...
Kill Debt by selling pieces of yourself
Student Debt is crippling Student Debt has crippled new students coming out of expensive private universities in the United States. Instead of taking risks, students have to figure out how to cover their expenses including this massive debt. Even with the current loan...
