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For WeWork’s Adam Neumann, it’s about finding a way to ‘change the world’

“It was a failed social experiment,” WeWork founder Adam Neumann said of the kibbutz, the collective community in Israel in which he grew up. “As a teenager and as a child, it was the most unbelievable place to grow up. I was with my friends from morning till night. We ate in the same dining […]
Mapping the brain, and making it all fun and games

If you were born at some point after 1976, and grew up in anything but the most unlikely of circumstances, there’s a good chance that an adult of some kind—a parent, a teacher, an aunt—told you that you should stop playing video games because they were really bad for your brain. Forgive these finger-waggers: there […]
Delivering solar power to Southeast Asia’s remote villages

After traveling across Southeast Asia, New Jersey native Maggie Doyne was inspired by a young Nepalese girl who had been separated from her family because of civil war. Nine years later, Doyne helped found the Kopila Valley School in western Nepal, bringing better access to education to scores of children. Helping to make it possible was […]
Can’t find a parking space? That’s no problem with Spot

People are making cash on Airbnb by renting out their rooms. They’re lending their cars to strangers for some extra dough through Turo. Now Mark Abramowicz and Braden Golub are giving people yet another way to profit from stuff they’re not using at the moment. Abramowicz and Golub are the co-founders of Spot, an app that lets […]
Is self-control a struggle? Pavlok’s speedy results are shocking

The demands of daily life can often be overwhelming, allowing vices to take over. A few cigarettes. A hit or two of the snooze button. That drawer full of candy. Momentary comforts make us yearn for more self-control. Meet Pavlok, a rubberized wristband containing a built-in mild electric shock system that’s guaranteed to help you […]
Taking the guesswork out of investing with Estimize

When Leigh Drogen was working as a quantitative trader, he realized that there had to be a better way to predict which stocks would be profitable. The estimates from bank analysts, he knew, weren’t always accurate. So Drogen decided that he wanted to provide traders and investors, whether they did it as a hobby or […]
Designing a toothbrush that’s sleeker and smarter

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 […]
Turn your dreams and memories into art

“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 […]
Let your car tell you what that engine light means

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 […]
Give all your emails super powers with Criptext

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 […]