Earlier this year, Academy Award Best Actress-winner, Frances McDormand, said two words that shook up Hollywood: “Inclusion Rider.” To further highlight Hollywood’s inequality problem, two studies from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism came out this year, both re-confirming the fact that Tinseltown is [Read More]
“Seven million compete but only one will win.” That’s the premise of Cristina Constantini and Darren Foster’s award-winning documentary, Science Fair. Science Fair follows nine children around the world on their journey to Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair—otherwise known as ISEF. Each May, more [Read More]
A few weeks ago on Like or Dislike we asked guests if they’d pay $90 for acting classes from Emmy winner and TONYs host Kevin Spacey, or cooking classes from Hell’s Kitchen’s Gordon Ramsey, or writing classes from TV’s own Shonda Rhimes and the answer was a [Read More]
Today on Dot Complicated with Randi Zuckerberg two amazing guests who are both not only New York Times’ best-selling authors, but who are at the top of their game in their fields as well sat down to talk shop.
Chris Anderson is the current head of [Read More]
On this show we often discuss how difficult it can be to break into the technology industry for anyone who isn’t a white male. The same inequalities can also be applied to the tech employee’s paycheck. According to Recode.net and Hired—a job site that helps place people [Read More]
As the number of smart home products increase, solutions to everyday problems are decreased. Many home devices are too pricey, too complicated to install, or work only a fraction of the time. Enter Twist Home, whose best-selling smart home product is one that works without any smart [Read More]
It’s said we make about 35,000 decisions on a typical day—what to wear, when to wake up, what to eat— but studies show all of these choices can lead to “decision fatigue,” which stems from the idea that each decision we make pulls from a single, limited [Read More]
Let’s say your best friend has to choose a label that sounds most like you. Which one would they pick? A. Dreamer or B. Doer? It’s questions like these that the founders of Pixies Did It ask their clients to create a personal, tailored system of organization according [Read More]
Andrea Miller comes from a background in finance and tech, having graduated from Tulane University with a BS in mechanical engineering and receiving her Master’s from Columbia Business School. From there Andrea worked at Goldman Sachs, ICF Consulting, and Enron’s international finance team [Read More]
In 2013, ForeignPolicy.com wrote an article about how to nab a top staff job in Obama’s White House. Its three tips included 1) be a rich donor, 2) Be a cabinet secretary’s protégé, or 3) work your butt off—Alyssa Mastromonaco opted for number 3. Alyssa’s new book [Read More]
