Unlearn junk marketing, build a dynasty | Gary Vaynerchuk for Big Think+
Adults Business
Gary Vaynerchuk, the entrepreneurial force behind VaynerMedia and VeeFriends, explores the critical missteps businesses make in connecting with their customers, primarily their failure to adapt to consumer needs and their reliance on yesterday’s strategies.
Pokémon Cards
Kids Business
Rhys finds out what goes into designing the cards at Creatures HQ.
Who Invented Money?
Youth Business
The history of money is fascinating and goes back thousands of years.
Is capitalism actually broken?
Adults Business
People have become increasingly worried that the threats we face today, like climate change and rising inequality, can’t be solved by a capitalist economic system. So, is that true? And if it is, can we fix capitalism or do we need to tear the system down and build a new one from scratch? Explore the different types of capitalism and the role it plays in our society.
These companies with no CEO are thriving
Adults Business
Get to know the different kinds of co-ops, how they work, and how they differ from traditional companies.
Coca Cola's Secret Recipe
Adults Business
How Coca Cola (Actually) Keeps Its Secret Recipe Secret
Can you spot the problem with these headlines?
Adults Business
Puzzle through a set of hypothetical health studies and headlines and see if you can spot what’s misleading about the headline.
How does the stock market work?
Adults Business
In the 1600s, the Dutch East India Company employed hundreds of ships to trade goods around the globe.
Twitter Platform Manipulation
Adults Business
2nd video in a 3 part series on Social Media Manipulation
How to spot a pyramid scheme - Stacie Bosley
Adults Business
Learn the techniques and tricks that pyramid schemes use to recruit new members and how to avoid being fooled yourself.
Inside the Lives of Butterfly Traders
Adults Business
Step into the murky world of capturing and trading butterflies, where prices start at pennies and run into the thousands.
How The Stock Exchange Works (For Dummies)
Adults Business
Everyday in the news we hear about the stock exchange, stocks and money moving around the globe.
The ramen restaurant where you eat alone
Adults Business
Solo dining is becoming popular, but the ramen chain Ichiran has been encouraging it since 1993.
Outlaw Tattoo Artist // 60 Second Docs
Adults Business
In South Korea, it is illegal to be a tattoo artist without a medical license. Despite this, Apro Lee pursues tattooing as his passion, working in his basement and oftentimes avoiding the public as a result of the judgement he encounters for his own tattoos. He continues to see the beauty in the human body and its transformation through tattoos.
How to Start a Business
Adults Business
We're often encouraged to think that the secret to starting a business is to have a bold and entirely original idea. But the suggestion here is that all we really need is to LOVE something a little more than most other people do: that will be enough to help us stand out from the competition.
Inside the Cheese-Aging Caves 30 Feet Under Brooklyn | I Got a Guy
Adults Business
Benton Brown and Susan Boyle run Crown Finish Caves, a cheese aging facility 30 feet underground in Brooklyn, NY.
How Drug Companies Make You Buy More Medicine Than You Need
Adults Business
They make eye drops too big -- and make you pay for the waste. This is our first installment in our collaboration with ProPublica.
Wheelchair Water Park | Morgan's Wonderland // 60 Second Docs
Adults Business
At Inspiration Island, a wheelchair water park in Morgan's Wonderland of San Antonio, Texas, kids are invited to have fun in a safe environment that caters to children with disabilities. On a family vacation in 2005, Gordon and Maddie Hartman saw how hard it was for children to connect with their daughter, who has special needs. So they decided to build a park just for children like her. Here, rides are custom-built to accommodate wheelchairs and inclusion is celebrated. So far, over a million guests from around the world have paid this one-of-a-kind park a visit.
Why Public Transportation Sucks in the US
Adults Business
Access to transportation is the single most important factor in individual's ability to escape poverty.
How Airlines Schedule Flights
Adults Business
With so many destinations all across the world, it's just natural that most routes require connections. So airlines need to attract connecting passengers in order to stay in business.
It's not you. Claw machines are rigged.
Adults Business
If you have played a claw machine you probably haven't won many prizes and maybe even thought they are rigged. Find out what really happened to your allowance.