Last week, I flew out to Chicago from New York for my brother’s graduation. This was the first time in four years that my entire family would be together, so I wanted to maximize my time during this weekend trip. But once I set foot inside Chicago’s O’Hare International, I knew my careful planning had […]

When Carlos Ruiz studied abroad in Switzerland, he missed eating his favorite homemade meal from his native Mexico: tacos made with hot-off-the-griddle tortillas. So he invited friends over for an authentic Mexican meal, calling his mother for her tortilla recipe and checking out tutorials on YouTube. But he could never replicate the flavor he remembered […]

Dan Hauber laughs when he remembers testing out more than 27 different mattresses in his home. At one point there were a total of seven mattresses in the bedroom, three of them stacked on his bed. “My wife and I had to basically take a running start and then jump into bed to get in,” […]

Born in Mississippi and raised in England, Messi Gerami had dreams of working on Wall Street. But when he moved to New York in 2010, he couldn’t find a job in finance. Time was running out, and he needed to find work or leave the country. After taking a hard look at himself in the mirror, […]

When people ask John Norcross where he’s from, he has difficulty answering the question. Norcross, co-founder at BridgeOne, was born in Canada and educated there. He moved to the U.S., lived in the U.K. and worked in several places, including northern Europe, South America and the Caribbean. He commuted weekly from Chicago to Western Canada […]

A comment from a “random dude” changed John McDonald’s life. A custom cabinetmaker, McDonald was exhibiting his work at a design show in Los Angeles. A photographer who liked his work mentioned that he should consider making doors for Ikea products. McDonald kicked around the idea for six months or a year, eventually launching his […]

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. When I met the self-described “creative robot” George Carrara at WeWork Chelsea, I was fascinated that he taught himself motion graphics. I also loved the idea of motion graphics […]

When Kelly O’Hara looks back on the past year, she can’t believe that she balanced running a company and applying for law school. “In the entrepreneurship world, it’s just so time-intensive and draining, and I think there’s a lot of reasons people think they can’t do this and do something else,” says O’Hara. “But for […]