A “complete and utter failure” is how Pranav Ramanathan describes his first entrepreneurial effort. That was almost 30 years ago, when he rounded up neighborhood kids in Bangalore, India to be part of a cricket club. After collecting money to buy equipment and hire a coach, “there was sort of a mutiny, and I was […]

When she started a career in publishing in the late 1970s, New Yorker Nancy A. Shenker found it hard not to be envious of friends who were investment bankers. They were living in luxurious apartments while she was trudging up the steps of a walk-up infested with roaches and mice. So she answered an ad […]

To some people, pursuing law after receiving an English literature degree might seem like an unusual choice. But for Zev Hardman, it was “pretty effortless—a no-brainer.” The attorney explains himself: “I’ve always been interested in words, and communication, and how two people can remember the same conversation in two different ways, if not more than […]

Every day is special for entrepreneur Jane Hoffman, founder of the public relations and marketing firm All Things Possible. It’s not just her work, although when you talk with her it’s clear she is enthusiastic about what she does for a living. Last year, after being diagnosed with hepatitis C, she decided that treatment was […]

Cycling enthusiast Stuart Johnson is the perfect person to test out his company’s first product, a high-performance helmet with all the features of a smartphone. “Last night while I was riding, I answered two phone calls from my girlfriend and turned on my GPS because I got freaking lost, all using my helmet,” says Johnson. […]

For Carmen Daniels Jones, a car accident her junior year of college changed her life. A spinal cord injury meant that from that point forward, she’d have to get around with a wheelchair. When the marketing major graduated from Virginia’s Hampton University—not too far behind schedule—she didn’t receive any job offers. Instead, she began working […]

Entrepreneur Ramon Ray was feeling like a million bucks—or, more accurately, a few hundred thousand bucks, which is the amount he got when he sold his third company. But his biggest success was not worth mentioning, as far as business publications are concerned. “Magazines like Inc., Entrepreneur, Fast Company—so many of them focus on who’s […]

By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas. That means 2.8 billion people will be moving to cities that are already struggling to keep up in terms of housing, transportation, and infrastructure. That’s where Jerry Hultin, cofounder of the Global Futures Group, comes in. His consulting company, based in New […]