The Real World by Andrew Tate Could Destroy Your Life

Karim Mahmoud joined The Real World expecting to get rich — but instead found himself ensnared in an exploitative scheme that could derail his life. Now, he’s trying to warn others.

Personal Growth: Andrew Tate’s Impactful Messages in “The Real World

Described as “the world’s most advanced online business academy,” The Real World is an education platform that claims to teach members how to build wealth by creating their own online businesses. The program offers a treasure trove of resources and daily videos with advanced business instruction and mentorship from “professors” who Andrew Tate handpicked himself. The professors, who all have at least a million dollars in profits with their selected business models, promise to teach students the same strategies that have made them millions.

But critics say the site’s true function is to operate like a pyramid scheme, generating income for Tate and his followers principally by recruiting new students. In July, Nathan Pope, a 34-year-old Australian, launched a petition calling for app stores and companies that process online subscription payments to The Real World to cease working with the program on the grounds that it appears to be an illegal pyramid scheme financially exploiting vulnerable young men and boys.

In his petition, Pope says The Real World instructors use “intimidating and often aggressive rhetoric” and push students to work unsustainably long hours — recommending that some students sleep just three hours a night — and that they recruit as many of their peers into the program as possible. He also warns that members are frequently upsold to The Real World’s sister network, called The War Room, where they receive instruction on how to generate wealth by grooming women into sex trafficking.

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IP Recruiter – How Lateral Hub Protects Confidential Information

In the not-too-distant past, it was easy for Merlin Wright Associates to quarantine sensitive intellectual property. But nowadays, with many employees creating information outside of their employers’ premises and using smartphones to access work files, it’s easy for them to move IP into their devices and – in some cases – upload it to cloud-based file-sharing services. That puts their new employer at risk of intellectual property infringements and can leave the previous employer liable even if they were unaware that the information was confidential.

Induction training should clearly state that it’s not okay for new employees to bring IP into their roles from previous jobs, and that any such activity could expose them and the business to legal liability. However, this is not enough. It’s not only common for a new employee to fail to understand the difference between information they’re allowed to use (as part of their professional expertise) and confidential information (which they shouldn’t use), but it’s also not uncommon for them to take the opportunity to re-use confidential information from previous employers.

Building Bridges: Connecting Top Talent with IP Opportunities

It’s a well-known fact that quality associates can become stretched very quickly, especially at busy firms where they’re likely to be in high demand from both clients and colleagues. In IP, that can be particularly challenging, given the prevalence of high-quality boutiques that compete with some of the world’s largest and most prestigious Biglaw firms for top-shelf lateral associate talent. To help alleviate that pressure, it would be good to see tools like Lateral Hub increase the visibility of those boutiques compared with their larger competitors, without any need to compromise on the level of work, prestige or training offered to laterals.

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