A screenwriting career is sought out by many, but actually acquired by few. The closest that most aspiring screenwriters get to working in Hollywood is tapping away on their laptops at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Sunset Boulevard. But if you have the drive, passion, and talent, you have a shot at seeing […]

It’s a hectic morning: you’re scheduling meetings with investors, emailing the new marketing assistant, and trying to figure out how to improve the way you run your business. But are you also taking the time to learn new things, so that you can recharge and grow? Before you say, “I don’t have time for that,” consider […]

4 Best Photo Editing Apps Our phones are, as Nikola Tesla predicted, tiny computers in our pockets. We can do almost anything with them, not least of all edit photos, make GIFs, and create beautiful typographic images. Here are four apps that will allow you to create virtually any kind of image with just the […]

Three and a half years ago, Matt Dickinson had what most people would consider a dream job at a major commercial real estate firm. But his own dream didn’t look like that at all. “It was all about trying to find my happy place,” says Dickinson. “At 27, I was living a life that looked […]

“I don’t want to give you the impression I worry about money all the time. It’s probably only several hundred times a day.” So admits Paul Downs, in his new book, Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business. This book is gloriously free of those omnipresent self-congratulatory gurus who write most business books—the types who […]

Talented employees are a terrible thing to waste. While it may seem like you’re keeping them engaged with a litany of tasks and responsibilities, there’s another force that you have to combat: monotony. Your employees will be content if their job interests them. A study by The Conference Board finds that 59 percent of employees […]

Is there anything more exhilarating than gazing down on New York’s most iconic landmarks from 7,000 feet in the air? In celebration of WeWork’s first workspace in Brooklyn, we asked one member to join us on a helicopter ride past the Brooklyn Bridge and beyond. Our team strapped in Quinnton Harris, Walker & Company’s art […]

A lot of things vie for our attention these days. For example, I was just captivated (for far too many minutes) by this GIF of a cat surprised by a cucumber. Thank goodness there are apps out there that will help me track my time, focus my attention, and block out all distractions. I figure […]