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Health Benefits of Drinking Matcha

From time to time, here at Future Sharks we like to not just feature entrepreneurs but also write about different tools, resources and books that can be helpful for everyone at large. On this brand new episode we want to cover…

USC Freshman Markian Benhamou Blows Up on Social Media

Markian, aka The Smiling Redhead, is a social media influencer with over 750k followers, a young entrepreneur, and a college student at USC. City where you’re from: Marbella, Spain Hobbies: Soccer, Entrepreneurship, Dancing, Leaving comfort zone Favorite quote: There’s nothing…

Circumstances Inspire Surgeon From India to Evolve into A Serial MedTech Innovator, Author and Stand-up Comedian

Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi is an Ear Nose Throat Surgeon and an expert in the Stanford Biodesign process. He has co-invented numerous medical devices suited for the Indian healthcare system and has been recognised as one of the 35 innovators under…

Julius Dein, the “British Cheeky Bastard” with 8M+ Followers on Facebook

Julius Dein is a social media influencer with millions of followers on social media. He got super famous thanks to the magic tricks he does. This morning I got on a call with him to learn how he got started,…

‘It’s Not About Being An Entrepreneur, It’s About Teamwork And Building Value’ Says The Team At Leophile

  In China we have a proverb: “It’s easy to break a chopstick, but they become unbreakable when we put all of them together,” says Leslie Gu, head of marketing at Leophile. Leophile, a company that devotes itself in designing…

Steven Benson: Grit Wins

Steven Benson is the Founder and CEO of Badger Maps. After receiving his MBA from Stanford, Steve worked in Sales at IBM, HP and Google where he was Google Enterprise’s Top Sales Executive in 2009. In 2012 Steve founded Badger…

Laone Desert: The Girl from Botswana Who Said: “I Can And I Will, No Matter What”

Laone T. Desert is a dreamer, a visionary, activist and entrepreneur who sees the world through the eyes of curiosity and tries to finds ways to quench her curiosity. She is driven by her dream to see a better Africa,…

All About (Film) Locations, Locations, Locations with Brian “BLT” Tan at WRAPAL

Brian L. Tan “BLT” has worked at Dreamworks, Paramount, and Digital Domain, working on films such as Tron: Legacy and X-Men: First Class. He has also worked as a Director for several shorts and commercials before co-founding Wrapal, a startup…

99 Creative Words of Wisdom for Business with Randi Brill

At 14, Randi Brill announced she was going to be in charge of something. Randi has been in charge of many creative “somethings” ever since. Armed with a BFA in Graphic Design from Carnegie-Mellon University, $57 and a fierce drive…

Meet the Founder of “Successful Dropout”, Kylon Gienger

Kylon has founded and co-founded multiple businesses in the construction, fitness, food service, real estate, and online education industries since 2013. After selling his companies in 2015, he launched Successful Dropout, a podcast recently featured in BuzzFeed as a must…