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The game-changing book you must read (and probably already own)

One night in spring 2014, I sat on the floor, scanning the spines of books housed on a petite bookshelf in a spare, but very well-appointed one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan. The apartment belonged to the business developer I’d recently begun seeing, who I admired for his high-functioning lifestyle. He rose at 5:30 every day to […]
John Hamilton: How One Collaborative DJ Found His Success
How collaboration inspires one Brooklyn DJ

If you think DJ John Hamilton seems cool and composed, just wait for his tracks to drop. Drawing inspiration from an eclectic array of genres, the DJ and producer bends boundaries with his music. Hamilton is an aural architect, every song transporting listeners to a different time, place, and emotion. Coming from a musical family, […]
For producer Carla Hacken, every film is like launching a business

Carla Hacken isn’t just a film producer. She’s also an entrepreneur. As I interviewed the production president of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, I learned that much of what she does launching a new movie crosses over to starting a business. Some background about Hacken: She began her career as a talent agent for International Creative Management. […]
Begroupd: The App that Makes Group Messaging a Breeze
Begroupd: the app that makes group messaging a breeze

Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, it’s no surprise that Lindsey Cummins is full of great ideas. But it wasn’t until a doomed trip to Fire Island—and a partnership with a Kardashian—that she struck gold. Shortly before graduating from Cornell, Cummins tried to plan a celebratory outing to Fire Island with her college girlfriends. […]
Three innovative programs for female grad students

When Ellen He looks around the classroom, she’s reminded how far women still have to go. As a female MBA candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, she’s in the minority. Barely a quarter of her fellow students at Olin Business School are women—a statistic on par with other top U.S. programs. “This country used […]
‘Yarn Bomber’ London Kaye covers the city with color

Sitting still is difficult for artist London Kaye. When we met for coffee, I noticed her furiously crocheting away, creating a six-tiered wedding cake made out of white yarn that resembled creamy frosting. From within, a rainbow seemed to be spilling out. “People will look at me and ask what I’m making,” says Kaye. “Most […]
Five ways to steal time as a small business owner

As a small business owner, chances are you are juggling more than your fair share of duties. Nothing passes by your desk without you seeing it first. Nothing gets completed without your approval. And nothing can move without you pushing it. Every day, the clock strikes five, and you realize you are no closer than […]
Five hard lessons from ‘Straight Outta Compton’

There’s a deafening hype surrounding F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton, a film depicting the short-lived but high-flying career of the rap group N.W.A in the late ’80s and early ’90s. It comes toward the end of a summer filled with music movies: Love and Mercy, about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, Amy, on […]
A Pair of ‘Move Advocates’ Makes Relocating No Big Deal
A pair of ‘move advocates’ makes relocating no big deal

From an early age, Moné McLucas knew that she had good people skills. “My mom calls me a social butterfly,” she says with a smile. “We knew when I was pretty young that I wouldn’t have a problem interacting and engaging with people—that’s one of my gifts.” For her current job, that personality type comes […]
Look and feel: How good design makes better business

Big business has been hungry. Not for money per se, but for good design. Lately, there have been unprecedented power plays made by corporates seeking to gobble up top design firms: Google and Gecko Design Inc., Facebook and Teehan+Lax, and CapitalOne and Adaptive Path, to name a few. In my two decades of working with […]