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An Ideal Day With Brooklyn PR Maven Rachel Van Dolsen
An ideal day with Brooklyn PR maven Rachel Van Dolsen

The hustle is real for Rachel Van Dolsen, founder of a boutique hospitality public relations and social media firm in Brooklyn. Her routine consists of walking her dog at the break of dawn, making homebrewed coffee, and then zipping across boroughs from meeting to meeting. She says one word that accurately describes her is “on-the-go.” […]
How Street Artist Kelcey Fisher Spurred His Career Forward
How street artist Kelcey Fisher spurred his career forward

Artist Kelcey Fisher is a big deal right now in the Los Angeles arts scene, but he’s already looking into the future. “My dream is to have a massive workspace and studio loft and host my own shows in it,” he says. “I want to own a gallery.” These are big dreams, but things are […]
For Walc’s Allison McGuire, ‘Every week is the craziest of my life’

Meeting Allison McGuire, Creator Of The Walc App Have you ever popped out of the subway in an unfamiliar neighborhood and gotten completely lost? Did you walk confidently in the wrong direction or try to use your mapping app to give you some orientation? Allison McGuire developed a walking habit when she moved to Boston […]
Four photo editing apps you didn’t know you needed

4 Best Photo Editing Apps Our phones are, as Nikola Tesla predicted, tiny computers in our pockets. We can do almost anything with them, not least of all edit photos, make GIFs, and create beautiful typographic images. Here are four apps that will allow you to create virtually any kind of image with just the […]
This tropical beach resort could be your office

Three and a half years ago, Matt Dickinson had what most people would consider a dream job at a major commercial real estate firm. But his own dream didn’t look like that at all. “It was all about trying to find my happy place,” says Dickinson. “At 27, I was living a life that looked […]
So you want to be the boss? Read this first

“I don’t want to give you the impression I worry about money all the time. It’s probably only several hundred times a day.” So admits Paul Downs, in his new book, Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business. This book is gloriously free of those omnipresent self-congratulatory gurus who write most business books—the types who […]
After Dressing Beyoncé, Designer Jérôme LaMaar Is Reaching New Heights
After dressing Beyoncé, designer Jérôme LaMaar is reaching new heights

Meet Beyonce’s Designer, Jerome LaMaar When you meet fashion designer Jérôme LaMaar, it doesn’t take long to realize that he’s a person who gets exactly what he wants, mostly because of his relentless determination. Take the sleek black flight jacket that the founder of 5:31 Jérôme is wearing during an interview in his studio. It […]
What’s your passion? Five steps to discovering your calling

There has never been more cultural interest in founders of successful companies. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are nearly as recognizable as Oscar-winning actors, and the persona of a startup founder with a signature personal uniform has its own sex appeal. Yet what makes the startup founder persona aspirational is not wealth. What makes Zuckerberg […]
Are your employees bored? Four ways to keep them motivated

Talented employees are a terrible thing to waste. While it may seem like you’re keeping them engaged with a litany of tasks and responsibilities, there’s another force that you have to combat: monotony. Your employees will be content if their job interests them. A study by The Conference Board finds that 59 percent of employees […]
Taking a Joyride and Talking Brooklyn with Quinnton Harris
Taking a joyride and talking Brooklyn with Quinnton Harris

Is there anything more exhilarating than gazing down on New York’s most iconic landmarks from 7,000 feet in the air? In celebration of WeWork’s first workspace in Brooklyn, we asked one member to join us on a helicopter ride past the Brooklyn Bridge and beyond. Our team strapped in Quinnton Harris, Walker & Company’s art […]