Introduction
Jake Bronstein (born June 13, 1978), is an entrepreneur, Internet personality, and blogger. He was an editor of the US edition of FHM, a men's magazine. Bronstein markets himself as a "fun evangelist," and provides consulting services to that end through his marketing agency GiantMINIATURE.
Career
Bronstein appeared in season four of the television program Road Rules, Road Rules: Islands, at age 18, and two years later published his first feature article in Maxim. At 21 he signed on for FHM, but took a brief break a few years later to co-host G4 Tech TV's Video Game Vixens. His tenure at FHM came to an end when he was let go for making off-handed remarks about Howard Stern's girlfriend Beth Ostrosky Stern. He also documented his sex life for Glamour and wrote a book about his sexual activities under the alias "Allen Jake Bronstein" He later worked in marketing, and founded a blog named Zoomdoggle with colleague Josh Spear.
In 2009, Bronstein and Craig Zucker noticed rare earth magnetic spheres on YouTube and repackaged them as a popular magnetic desk toy called Buckyballs. In July 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint against Buckyballs and similar magnetic toy companies, alleging that the balls present a safety risk when swallowed.
In 2012, Bronstein founded the apparel company Flint and Tinder, which was acquired by Huckberry in 2016.
Publicity stunts
Bronstein has been involved in a number of publicity stunts, such as bathing in the Bryant Park Fountain, taking advantage of a loophole to get into the NBA draft, auctioning on eBay the lead singer position in his band, offering himself for marriage, freeing a fish into New York's East River, launching a 50 Dates in 50 States quest by soliciting invites from women on the web, and offering 1,000 strangers a hand-written love letter. He is also the inventor of the Fun Idea Machineand recently started a text system supposed to reduce boredom. He appeared on CBS Sunday Morning drinking a full bottle of maple syrup in an attempt to set a new world record.