With the holidays around the corner, it’s understandable if your wanderlust is out of control. The good news is you don’t have to wait until December 20-something to get away. All you have to do is hit play on the video above to travel to London with Cynthia Salim, founder of Citizen’s Mark, “a line of responsibly […]

Tinder, Grindr, and Bumble are old news. The new wave of dating apps has arrived, and they will completely change the way you virtually date. All of them focus on matching people by their personalities, not their appearances. Israel Irenshtain of The Dating Academy believes that these dating apps are a great way to make […]

Leaving behind a job at a high-profile law firm is stressful enough, but Peter Goldberg knew that the non-profit where he was headed had serious budget problems. “We didn’t even have the money to pay for my salary,” Goldberg remembers. Since then, he’s been able to get the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, a legal fund […]

It took a long walk down the supplements aisle, the one stacked with vitamins, minerals, and potions for whatever ails you—yet not knowing if any of it had value or where any of it came from. That was the spark that ignited Will Smelko’s desire to build an organic supplements business, Ora organics, where every […]

Beating out hundreds of other competitors, the pair of young entrepreneurs behind Kent & Bond—the first organic men’s grooming brand—won a year of rent-free office space in New York City, courtesy of Hennessy and WeWork. The prize was part of the Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège Lab competition, which wrapped up last month. Applicants were asked to […]

Taryn Fixel knows how daunting it is for someone with dietary restrictions to shop at a grocery store, let alone trust that the food is safe to eat. “It’s like walking through a minefield,” she says. Fixel knows well the feeling of navigating fields—or in this case, aisles—peppered with deadly mines—or in this case, foreign […]

Looking for the perfect gift for that hard-to-please person on your list? The editors at Ideas by We have handpicked some great presents for everyone from a favorite coworker to that someone special. For the foodie in your life Some like it hot: It may be cold outside, but it doesn’t mean you can’t warm […]

If you’ve ever had the theme song to a TV show running through your head, you have somebody like Rossanna Wright to thank for that. Wright works as a music supervisor for the Seattle-based company Rosin and Bow. Working for companies like Amazon Studios Kids, she acquires all the music for a show, often hiring […]