Blockchain-based games are now letting users “play to earn.” Here’s why that makes Silicon Valley VCs so excited Axie Infinity creator Sky Mavis, a pioneer in the new crypto-gaming model, is now backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel and Paradigm. Joon Ian Wong 10.22.21 4:38 PM
Ex-TaskRabbit VP Rob Willey explains why Facebook is “on the wrong side of history” in the influencer economy Now CMO of sports drink startup Cheribundi, Willey offers his perspective on the evolution of social media marketing (as told to writer Stav Dimitropoulos). Stav Dimitropoulos 10.18.21 9:09 PM
How writing about failure got Leonard Kim a book deal, 536,000 Twitter followers, and personal branding stardom The author and digital marketing consultant is the managing partner of Los Angeles-based Influence Tree. Akil Alleyne 10.13.21 3:27 PM
Even with 11 million job openings, the U.S. has more than 1.3 million unemployed felons — here is why Companies increasingly claim they are open to hiring people with criminal records, but reality tells a different story. Tana Ganeva 10.3.21 8:29 PM
These people are fighting the rat race with FIRE — a movement that’s about retiring as early as in your 30s Financial Independence Retire Early, as the concept is called, isn’t an aspiration; it’s a way of life for a growing number of millennial and Gen Z workers. Akil Alleyne 9.22.21 7:55 PM
Why Loot, where users pay thousands to "own" fantasy swords and tomes, is the hottest new NFT project The hottest NFT project of late is just lines of text, referencing items like "divine hoods" and "studded leather gloves." It has sparked the whole ecosystems of creative endeavors. Joon Ian Wong 9.14.21 9:30 PM