Allison McNearney

Launching a beauty line? Three experts tell you how

Walk into any Sephora and you’d swear the beauty industry has already produced all of the lipsticks, soaps, and bronzers that you could ever want. But, as is the nature of fashion, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for more—there are products for every season, skin type, and time of day. It’s a market with […]

A children’s book that ‘teaches kids about the world’

When the U.S. financial industry imploded in 2008, Robin Barone was caught in the middle of it. But rather than rushing to find a new job, she decided to take her “New York City banker buyout,” as she calls it, and travel the world for a year. One year turned into nearly two as she […]

From real estate to ranching: One man’s journey through the beef biz

It’s like the plot of a ‘90s comedy: a businessman buys a farm in the middle of nowhere as a real estate investment and unwittingly finds himself transformed into a full-time rancher and beef producer. But for Jeff Russell, member of WeWork Union Station in Denver, this is real life. Or something close to it. Russell is […]

Drinking this wine can make you a better person

One sip of the sauvignon blanc delivers a pop of citrusy flavor—a refreshing reminder during the cold, dark winter months of the summer that seems so far away. But time traveling to greener days spent under the sun isn’t the only perk of this ONEHOPE wine; as the chic label informs tipplers, drinking this bottle also helps plant […]

Delicious chocolate from Europe delivered to your mailbox

When most people visit a new country, they buy a little something to bring home to remind them of their adventures—a treasure found at the local market, for example, or a piece of art or traditional clothing. For Marley Kaplan, that souvenir is always chocolate. Last June, Kaplan attended Startup Extreme in Norway, one of […]