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“I’m a little older than the average startup founder,” admits Mike Nguyen, who didn’t launch his first company until he was in his forties. But he and his business partner Allen Lee made up for lost time by selling it a few years later. At Syllabus Software, their second startup, they’re developing a platform that […]

Coming from a small town in South Dakota “where the only fashionable thing was overalls,” Julie Hutton’s big break in fashion came when she moved to New York and landed her first job as a graphic designer at Macy’s. She was fired the same day, but she didn’t give up. “A guy I knew said, […]

It’s not like Mike Hanson was looking for a new job. He had already spent 23 years working at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and “could easily have worked there for another 20 years.” But then a chance meeting with one of the founders of Elysium Industries—a young company dedicated to building nuclear power plants that […]

Just from looking at her, you wouldn’t have any inkling about what Liz Ngonzi calls her “super powers”—a distinct knack for listening to others and the ability to recall even the smallest details. These traits have made her a powerful force in the nonprofit community. “Having a photographic memory enables me to connect the dots […]

When Chris Remus studied electrical engineering in college, he thought his only option was working for a large corporation for the rest of his life. But he wanted something different. “The desire to be my own boss was revolting against the desire to just follow people and be thankful for my job,” says Remus. So […]

In this series, WeWork’s director of digital community selects a WeWork member to get to know better, sharing her fun findings with the rest of the community.  There are many different types of monthly subscriptions—makeup, fashion, even treats for pets—but a whisky subscription, curated from the finest sources and then white-labeled to your unique tastes, […]

“Biking is built into my core,” says Chad Marra, a longtime cycling enthusiast who has three bikes of his own. When he describes them, each one seems like his favorite. “I have a fixed-gear daily driver, which is black and simple and fun,” says Marra, a member at WeWork Studio Square. “It keeps pedaling even […]

Last year I destroyed my life. I was married, with a cookie-cutter life and a bad case of depression. I began taking yoga classes to give myself something to do. Something about the practice called to me, and I soon became a teacher. From there, I went on a retreat up into the mountains, and that experience […]

Sali Christeson and Eleanor Turner have been eyeing a specific space at WeWork SOMA for months. Just off the building’s newly renovated lobby, it isn’t your typical work environment. But they don’t intend it to be typical. Corporate showroom design Christeson and Turner, who together founded Argent, a San Francisco-based women’s workwear company, gave up […]