When Christos Tsiplakos and his older brother founded Native Ken Eyewear back in 2010, friends warned them against opening a business during a recession. “A lot of people were saying we were crazy for opening at such a bad time,” says Tsiplakos. “It was during probably the worst part of it. But then again with […]

In her spare time, Hollice Stone has been writing a novel on and off for the past seven years. She doesn’t divulge much about the thriller, dropping clues about the plot having to do with “search and rescue” and including plenty of “explosions.” Explosions are very much part of her day-to-day life as well. Stone […]

A lot of places take their coffee seriously — Seattle, for example, where Starbucks has opened a reserve blend tasting room, and Anchorage, which recently took the title of most caffeinated city in the U.S. But nowhere will you find a more coffee-obsessed population than Tel Aviv. Here it’s not just about the beverage itself, […]

When you’re in the business of lending money, the last thing you want to do is run out of capital. That’s exactly what happened early on to Bond Street, an online lender that crunches the numbers to determine how much to loan to small business owners. “Last year, we didn’t have enough lending capital,” says […]

Attorney, activist, dating app developer—Kyle Westaway’s unconventional career trajectory even takes him by surprise. “It’s easier to see your path when you’re looking backwards than when you’re looking forward,” Westaway says. First and foremost, he wants to help change the world for the better. He discovered this calling back in college. “In law school, something […]

When the founders of Tiggly first met with Sesame Street more than two years ago, they didn’t get the answer they wanted to hear. “That was back when we were more or less a new company,” says Bart Clareman, one of the three founders of the maker of interactive games for kids. “Here we were, […]

Have you listened to a podcast recently? Before you can say yes, we’re going to hit you with this fact: According to the Pew Research Center, the percentage of Americans that listened to a podcast in the past month (17 percent) has nearly doubled since 2008 (nine percent). Jay Soderberg, head of content at BlogTalkRadio, […]

While on vacation in the Caribbean, Jason DaSilva was standing with his family as they watched planes fly low over Maho Beach on St. Maarten. Without warning, he collapsed on the narrow strip of sand. He couldn’t make it to his feet, no matter how many times his brother tried to pick him up. This […]