The Methods Used to Make Brand New Jeans Look Old

This fun peek inside a factory that makes jeans from Carson Nicely shows the creative methods a manufacturer uses to create a pair of distressed denim. They spray paint color on them, mark up some fake whiskers on the front of the pants, tumble the jeans with a bunch of rocks, and basically mutilate the hell out of a brand new pair of jeans in order to create a worn in look.

The Weird Way Your Latitude May Affect Your Blood Pressure

The distance people live from the equator may influence their blood pressure, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that people in Chile who lived at greater distances from the equator had higher average blood-pressure levels compared with people who lived closer to 0 degrees latitude.

Starbucks Sneakers Are Here

Nike is no stranger to collaborations, from the high-end to the very rare(and therefore very expensive) to the downright weird.

But never did we think we’d see the company partner with Starbucks.

Duo Is Google’s Overdue Crack at a FaceTime Killer

Today, Google announced a new video calling app called Duo, and it may just be the FaceTime competitor we’ve been waiting for. Or it might just be boring and basic.

5 Ways to Make an Ordinary Idea Extraordinary

Ideas are a resource in the entrepreneurial world, almost functioning as a kind of currency. The more ideas you have, and the better they are, the better you’ll fare against your competition, especially over the long haul. Of course, there’s one “anchor” idea at the crux of your business model, but don’t forget all the new ideas you’ll have to create from new products and new marketing strategies to how to maximize internal productivity and rebuild your infrastructure for the better.

Tesla is selling $2 billion in stock to make the Model 3

When Tesla talked about its earnings in early May, one big question came up: just how will the company afford to make hundreds of thousands ofModel 3s (over 373,000, at last count)? By raising a ton of investment money, that’s how. Tesla has announced that it’s selling a total of $2 billion in stock, about $600 million of it from Elon Musk himself, to pay for its expansion plans. It had to move up its goal of 500,000 electric vehicles per year to 2018 in response to Model 3 deposits, and that means having a “good buffer of cash” (as Musk said during the earnings call) to keep things humming.

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