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In search of a story, a wannabe Hemingway ends up saving lives

After college, aspiring writer Jason Friesen put his English degree to use in the same way as many of his peers: teaching English abroad. He found himself in Costa Rica, where he picked up Spanish and landed a job at Habitat for Humanity’s corporate office copyediting and translating. But he longed to get his hands […]
A blockbuster beginning helped launch this graphic designer’s career

It’s not that Nicola Black was itching to strike out on her own. The work she was getting was interesting enough, from doing production for a major newspaper to creating posters and DVD box art for a film and entertainment company. “I would see some of my work in Blockbuster—when it was still around,” says […]
Democratizing UX

WeWork UX launches a new tool to gain knowledge about our members, and help us make product decisions based on their validated needs.
Philipp Triebel Beri Meric IVY
Instead of a social network, Harvard friends launch a ‘social university’

When they started tossing around ideas for their first startup, Beri Meric and Philipp Triebel didn’t hit on IVY right away. In fact, they came up with several ideas—a platform for connecting business school graduates, a members-only dating network—before they got the idea for their “social university.” There have been a lot of changes to […]
OneGround
Creating a fashion-forward shoe company, one step at a time

The oldest of six children in a family with limited financial resources, Eamon Walsh remembers the annual trip to the thrift store to buy shoes. “My mother said that I’m in the footwear business now because when I was younger I only had one pair of shoes a year,” Walsh says. “I always picked out […]
While their kid sleeps, parents make a splash on Instagram

Growing up in Hawaii, Brandy Pham remembers her Vietnamese parents telling her to “work hard for what I wanted.” And what she was longing for was a career in fashion design. She went on to found her eponymous jewelry line. And along the way she picked up an impressive list of high-profile vendors: Cynthia Rowley, […]
Slip on your ‘mental Lycra’ and double your memory in six weeks

In this series, WeWork’s director of digital community selects a WeWork member to get to know better, sharing her fun findings with the rest of the community.“If you Google ‘the best memory coach in the world,’ I come up number one,” says Bill Aronson. This is true, and it’s no wonder why: The London-based memory […]
A go-getter at 12, marketing expert honed his skills in the family living room

Andrew Krebs-Smith negotiated his first deal when he was just 12. His 8-year-old brother wanted to invite a friend over for a sleepover, but their parents nixed that idea. So Krebs-Smith put on a suit jacket, wrote out a contract for them to sign, and went downstairs to negotiate a deal. The future founder of […]
Teaming up with pro athletes, relocation company scores a touchdown

In this series, WeWork’s director of digital community selects a WeWork member to get to know better, sharing her fun findings with the rest of the community. Moving to a new house or apartment is tough during even the best of times. And if you’re a professional athlete or coach constantly on the go, the […]
Doctors of the World
Four nonprofits setting out to change the world

If you’re looking for nonprofits to support that do great work around the world, these four should be on the list. Their missions might be very different, but these WeWork members all have the same overall goal: make life a little better for people in developing nations. Doctors of the World Working with populations affected […]