There’s something about a new year that makes us take stock. It’s a clean start, although completely arbitrary. The school year starts in August or September; a fiscal year can start whenever; the Chinese New Year is in mid-January; the Jewish year starts in September or October; the Muslim calendar is based on a lunar […]

I had a really bad day last week. Here’s how it went: I woke up late. All my clothes were dirty except for a pair of leggings that were too tight because I had gained some weight since last winter. I put them on anyway, throwing on a sweater and my heavy boots. I was […]

“Go big, or go home.” Are you ready to adopt that ubiquitous phrase as your mantra for the new year? After all, small businesses are taught that we should scale, replicate, partner, and grow into something so much bigger. It’s thrilling to dream about how you’re going to be the next big thing. You’ll ring […]

When it comes to productivity and entrepreneurs, the world is obsessed with morning routines. This is certainly understandable—how you begin your day often sets the tone for how successful your day will be. But what about nighttime routines? It can be argued that while a good morning routine can set your day up for massive […]

“If you think you’re in the wrong place, you’re there.” Not the typical email you’d expect to receive from a company’s head of marketing, and yet the next day, standing in front of double doors covered in nonsensical graffiti, I don’t think twice. This is undoubtedly Grado Labs, where the Grado family, founded by master […]

It turns out that nothing seems to inspire community-minded entrepreneurs like travel. Take Aunna Wilson, who returned from a trip a trip to India determined to help girls who were getting bad information about reproductive health. She went on to found Pasand, which educates young women about their bodies. Or Andy Moon, who has spent […]

The best writers’ group I ever belonged to reminded me of something you see in movies. We ate hummus, grapes, olives with pits, and hunks of dark chocolate as we gave each other updates on what we were working on. Then we would write for 30 minutes and share what we’d just created on the […]