June 28, 2017 June 28, 2017

Top winners at Austin Creator Awards announce ‘we’re hiring’

Austin entrepreneur Robert Olivier says that getting this far hasn’t been easy. “I literally couch surfed, and even spent a few nights sleeping in my car,” says Olivier. “But it was worth it, because it got me to the place that I am now.” That place was on the stage of Austin’s ACL Live at […]

By Mark Sullivan

Entrepreneurs Small Businesses Creator Impact

June 26, 2017 June 26, 2017

In N.Y.C., WeWork community comes together to celebrate pride

By early afternoon, WeWork Bryant Park was already packed with roughly 400 members, employees, family, and friends eager to make their way down 5th Avenue as part of the New York Pride March. The June 25 event attracted more than 2 million people. It was the first time WeWork participated in the annual event, and […]

By Reesa Hylton

Culture

June 20, 2017 June 20, 2017

Discover Detroit’s mysterious side with On the Town Riddles

 When you book a trip with Detroit’s On the Town Riddles, you don’t just watch the city go by from the window of a bus. You explore various neighborhoods, hidden bars, and other off-the-beaten-path destinations. And along the way you solve a mystery. The company is the brainchild of Kris Caster. He combined several different […]

By Mark Sullivan

Entrepreneurs Small Businesses Creator Creativity

June 16, 2017 June 16, 2017

Hate insurance agents? New wave of online insurers feels your pain

When his son was born, entrepreneur Adam Erlebacher was so apprehensive about buying life insurance that he put it off for two years. When he finally met with an agent, he felt pressured into buying an expensive policy. “The guy was making me feel hustled,” he says. “And I have a graduate degree in finance, […]

By Mark Sullivan

Entrepreneurs Small Businesses Innovation

June 15, 2017 June 15, 2017

Video: Detroit Creator Awards help entrepreneurs follow their dreams

“To be a creator means to live out who I am, my potential,” says entrepreneur Jovan Landry. Landry’s a triple threat: a filmmaker, photographer, and emcee. Her dream is to create an all-woman hip-hop album. She’s not just talking the performers — every sound technician, graphic designer, and musician will be a woman. That groundbreaking […]

By Mark Sullivan

June 9, 2017 June 9, 2017

WeWork helps out businesses moving into Philadelphia

The future of work is changing, and so is the future of our cities. Nowhere is that more evident than in Philadelphia, where many entrepreneurs and innovators are setting up shop, returning to the city’s center after decades in the suburbs. But there’s a hitch—businesses moving back into the city must pay a local wage […]

By Jennifer Mattson

Impact

June 8, 2017 June 8, 2017

Chef Heather Dombrosky dishes on reality TV and Gordon Ramsay

Miami native Heather Dombrosky appears as a contestant on Season 8 of the reality TV cooking show MasterChef with Gordon Ramsay on FOX. The home cook and nurse is passionate about sustainability and responsible eating. Her passion for food and life is inspiring. We asked member of New York City’s WeWork Chelsea to share her favorite flavors, […]

By Victoria Taylor

Career Creativity

June 7, 2017 June 7, 2017

At Unison Media, classical music gets a contemporary makeover

When classic music tenor Lawrence Brownlee took the field at Metlife Stadium to sing the national anthem at a San Francisco 49ers football game, he felt conflicted. On the field, 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick was leading a league-wide protest against that very anthem. As a fellow African-American man, he was sympathetic to Kaepernick and the […]

By Blake Hammond

Small Businesses Creativity Entrepreneurs