Israeli software developer Shlomo Schwarcz noticed that his nine-year-old son is already getting bored with his iPad. His son’s latest interest? He loves to program apps. Inspired by his son, Schwarcz decided to create a robot that would help people hone their programming skills. Not only is Robit kid-friendly, but it’s also affordable for cash-strapped […]

Alexandra Janelli’s clients often tell her how they’ve tried therapy, only to come away from it all less enlightened than they’d hoped. Traditional therapy didn’t work for Janelli, either. That’s why she launched her own practice called Theta Spring Hypnosis. “Back in 2006, I was seeing a chiropractor,” the WeWork Park South member recalls. “I […]

Blake Thomas and Helen Schafer never expected to find the loves of their lives while on a two-year stint in the Peace Corps. But that’s exactly what happened when they both found themselves working in Nicaragua. It wasn’t love at first sight. Schafer recalls having to put herself out there to get his attention. As […]

When Ricky Choi was growing up, he attended a school that had a strict dress code. This meant that if he and his fellow classmates wanted to get creative with their wardrobes, they would have to invest in socks. “So naturally, that’s where we all went a little crazy,” he says. “My sock drawers were […]

It’s like the plot of a ‘90s comedy: a businessman buys a farm in the middle of nowhere as a real estate investment and unwittingly finds himself transformed into a full-time rancher and beef producer. But for Jeff Russell, member of WeWork Union Station in Denver, this is real life. Or something close to it. Russell is […]

How do you define someone who successfully swapped a career in journalism for a career in science, only to emerge as a thriving entrepreneur? Well, for Raremark’s founder Julie Walters, it’s easy: she always was and always will be a “problem-solver.” She believes that there is always “a better way,” and finding that solution, whether […]

Shopping for sleepwear, Rebecca Smith discovered that her options were a little limited. If she wanted something sexy, she could get that at Victoria’s Secret. But there wasn’t an obvious option for sleepwear that was fashionable and well designed, but not all about being sexy. In short, she wanted something that she could wear lounging […]

Being the life of the party is cool. But nothing beats being “the canvas of the party,” says Lukasz Tracz. He should know. He’s the co-founder and chief marketing officer of the production company Life in Color, self-described as “the world’s largest paint party.” It all started back at Florida State University in 2006, when […]