When the first dentist Simon Enever went to in the United States suggested he purchase a cheap electric toothbrush rather than a more expensive model, he decided to look into his options more carefully. As he began shopping around, he wasn’t pleased with the selection he found on the shelves. “As a designer, I saw […]

“Dreams are so taboo. They’re so spiritual.” This was a typical reaction about a year ago, when Sharonna Karni Cohen and her Tel Aviv-based team launched Dreame, a platform where you can commission an artist to transform any dream, memory, or moment into a work of art. Karni Cohen, the company’s founder and CEO, is […]

Switching careers is a tough decision, especially when you have two kids, a corporate job, and a mortgage. Leaving an executive role at HBO and turning down an offer at Google, Dash co-founder Jamyn Edis decided instead to launch a mobile app startup in 2012. Why make the leap from a highly remunerative corporate job […]

If you’ve ever wanted to take back an email immediately after hitting the send button, then Criptext is for you. Mayer Mizrachi, the Criptext’s founder, points out how his company is different from other encryption services. When I sent him an email asking him what time he was free to meet for an interview, it […]

When it comes to building products that kids will likely enjoy, Azadeh “Azi” Jamalian’s experience is second to none. Armed with an extensive background in systems engineering and education, Jamalian became a co-founder of a children’s learning company after one cold email. A few years ago, Jamalian was pursuing her Ph.D. in cognitive studies in […]

Long ago pilgrims would travel great distances to visit a holy spring, or to drink from a sacred well. But we don’t give much thought to springs nowadays. Water runs from our taps, or else we drink bottled ‘spring’ water’ available in shops. Our hands have forgotten how it feels to dip into clear sweet-tasting […]

When I started out as a freelancer, there were some romantic views about working on my own that needed to be jettisoned. Becoming a freelancer was the easy part: quit my job, set my target, chuck my suits, invest in cool sneakers and a flashy laptop, and get drunk with friends while coming up with […]