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Shark Tank Billionaire’s Blunt Message to Gen Z: “Get Off TikTok and Learn Real Skills”

Gen Z in 2025: Protests, Spending, Fitness and Social Apps — What Today’s Headlines Reveal on November 17, 2025

On 17 November 2025, stories from Mexico City to Beijing, Toronto, Bengaluru and Guangzhou show Generation Z pulling the world in new directions — from street protests and youth diplomacy to holiday debt, wellness obsessions and safer social media. PR Newswire+4Moneycontrol+4Nepal News+4 Gen Z on the streets: Mexico’s youth-led protests go global In Mexico, a weekend of demonstrations has been branded “Gen Z protests” by local and international media, marking the latest chapter in a year of youth-led movements. A youth collective called Generation Z Mexico turned an online manifesto into marches in at least 50 cities, with the largest
Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Is Pinterest Stock the Next Big Social Media Surge? Why Wall Street Is Buzzing on AI Shopping and Gen Z Growth

Stock Price & Market Performance Pinterest stock has traded in a wide range this year. After climbing into the high-$30s in late summer (around its 52‑week high of ~$40.90 ts2.tech), PINS pulled back in October. From Oct. 6–10 it slid from ~$32.05 to $30.40 ts2.tech, roughly tracking the Nasdaq’s sell-off. On Oct. 10 the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell nearly 3.5% ts2.tech, and PINS was not spared (–4.6% that day ts2.tech). Trade-war fears intensified when President Trump on Oct. 10 warned of “massive” new tariffs on China; tech and retail stocks tumbled, including Pinterest (which fell ~4.1% in one afternoon session) tradingview.com.
Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Pinterest Stock Takes on Gen Z: Is PINS the Next AI-Powered Shopping Juggernaut?

Overview – Company & Business Model Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) is a visual search and discovery platform launched in 2010 investor.pinterestinc.com. Users (“pinners”) browse and save image-based “Pins” on topics from fashion and home decor to recipes and travel, often linking to products or content. The site’s tagline – “where people discover new ideas, plan and shop” – reflects its e-commerce focus. Pinterest has over half a billion MAUs globally (578M in Q2’25) investor.pinterestinc.com; two-thirds of users are women, and more than 50% now are Gen Z investor.pinterestinc.com. Crucially, Pinterest is free to users and monetizes almost exclusively through ads. Advertisers buy
Shark Tank Billionaire’s Blunt Message to Gen Z: “Get Off TikTok and Learn Real Skills”

2025: Gen Z (ages 18–26) Job Alert – AI Could Eliminate Up to 50% of Entry-Level Roles, Experts Warn

A Tough Start for Gen Z in 2025 Generation Z (born 1997–2012) is now entering the workforce amid unprecedented change. After a global pandemic and economic swings, Gen Zers face fewer entry-level openings than previous cohorts. Research by Randstad (a major recruiter) shows “global entry-level job postings have fallen by 29 percentage points since January 2024” weforum.org. In practical terms, companies are hiring far fewer fresh graduates. A report by VC firm SignalFire found leading tech companies cut their hiring of recent grads by roughly 25% in 2024 techcrunch.com. Similarly, StackOverflow’s 2025 developer survey notes that “entry-level tech hiring decreased 25% year-over-year in 2024”
Gen Z’s AI-Era Hiring Nightmare: How a “No Hire, No Fire” Economy—and Automation—Are Freezing Out New Grads in 2025

Gen Z’s AI-Era Hiring Nightmare: How a “No Hire, No Fire” Economy—and Automation—Are Freezing Out New Grads in 2025

Gen Z’s Labor Market Crisis: A Tough Time to Be Young and Job-Hunting “Kids coming out of college…are having a hard time finding jobs.” This blunt assessment by Fed Chair Jerome Powell in late 2025 captures the predicament of Generation Z graduates economictimes.indiatimes.com. By all headline metrics, the U.S. job market appears healthy – overall unemployment hovers around 4%, and inflation has cooled from earlier highs. Yet beneath the surface, young people are facing a hiring nightmare. Recent college graduates and those in their early 20s are unemployed at higher rates than the general population for the first time in
Shark Tank Billionaire’s Blunt Message to Gen Z: “Get Off TikTok and Learn Real Skills”

Shark Tank Billionaire’s Blunt Message to Gen Z: “Get Off TikTok and Learn Real Skills”

Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND Snacks, sold the company to Mars Incorporated in 2020 for about $5 billion. Lubetzky is a guest investor on ABC’s Shark Tank and is known for promoting purpose-driven business. He argues that a four-year college degree is not mandatory and claims universities have failed to teach critical thinking and a builder’s mindset. He advocates vocational training and hands-on trades, saying carpentry or mechanics jobs are AI-proof and pay very well. As of May 2025, about 245,000 construction jobs and 414,000 manufacturing jobs were open in the United States. He criticizes Gen Z for a tech-dream
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