If you’ve ever struggled with finding a babysitter, calling around only to find out that your favorite sitters are busy, Helpr is going to make your day. Booking a reliable sitter in Southern California—Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Orange County—is now as easy as opening this new iPhone app. Helpr bills itself as “the premier […]

Scotch is a natural icebreaker. That’s the word from Greg Hayes, marketing analyst for the investment company OWLshares. “All-American mutt” is how Hayes describes Scotch, the adorable mixed breed dog he brings with him to work. “They wrote it into my job offer that I could bring my dog to work,” says Hayes. “So I brought […]

How is it that an executive coach still has time to play tarot cards and fly aerial trapeze? “I don’t really believe in work-life balance, says Teri Citterman. “I believe in being purposeful about the work we do. The key is to get up super early and get [stuff] done. People that get up early […]

Growing up in Colorado Springs, Aliza Kline remembers how she and her family celebrated Shabbat. Every Friday after her mother baked challah (most of which her brother would eat), she would set the table and her sister would welcome guests. “Shabbat dinner was a staple in my house,” she says. With her fond memory of […]

In this biweekly 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. When I saw Naomi Westwater Weekes’ post on the WeWork member network about Pretty Good Friends‘ comedy night, I was so intrigued I had to reach out! Pretty Good Friends, […]

Blair Swiler wasn’t looking to start a company. He was working at a golf course in Naples, Florida, sharing some of his homemade beef jerky with one of his fellow caddies. His buddy Dennis Riedel knew that this smoked meat was head and shoulders above anything else on the market. So they went into business […]

While working as a bartender after graduating from business school, Josh Winzelberg was exposed to all kinds of drinks and drinkers. “It was great experience being on the ground, connecting with consumers,” he recalls. Winzelberg always felt he was meant to start a business, but he wanted to create a physical product. After closely examining […]

I knew my morning bowl of Special K wasn’t going to impress Mark Bittman, the highly regarded journalist, best-selling New York Times author, and co-founder of Purple Carrot, a startup focused on getting people to cook delicious, plant-based meals at home. But it did get a chuckle out of him during our early morning chat. […]