Conde Nast Ends Its Internship Program

The world of interning can be a tough one.  Trading time and effort, hard work and terrible hours, for a minimal stipend (if any) and experience your industry of choice can sometimes be one's only option of growing into a potential job.  I have had experience in this are from working in the film industry, lugging heavy equipment, working long hours, and making $50 per day.  It is tough, and it seems that some former Conde Nast interns felt it was so bad they needed to sue the company because of how they were treated during their time with them.  This week Conde Nast decided it was time to cut their loose ends, and have ended their internship program for 2014.  Check out the full article online at The New York Post.

Flipping Supreme - The New Yorker

"Inside a run-down mall off of Elizabeth Street in Chinatown, down an escalator to the basement and past a raft of empty storefronts, is a minuscule store, the size of a walk-in closet, that’s quietly at the center of a peculiar global fashion empire. It has no sign and it’s not on the mall directory. It’s impossible to find on Google."

Check out this amazing article from The New Yorker about a small business doing some very big things thanks to the owners street smart ideas, and the brand Supreme here.