Bridget Riley

With Oui Shave, Karen Young finds a sisterhood of female founders

Next time you see someone in the subway lugging a bulky blue Ikea bag, they might be building their own beauty empire. That’s how it was for Karen Young in the early days of her company, Oui Shave. “I spent many days trucking my Ikea bag full of orders on the train and getting a […]

Langston League remixes pop culture into teaching moments

When founder Erica Buddington heard her class singing Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow,” she saw a teaching moment

Let’s hear it for New York City: Hometown heroes win at Creator Awards

“How many New Yorkers do we have here tonight?” Georges Clement of Justfix.NYC said from the stage at the New York City Creator Awards as the crowd cheered wildly. “And how many of you have had a terrible landlord?” he asked, eliciting an even more thunderous response. Raised in Morningside Heights in Manhattan, Clement worked his […]

Seven ways you can help veterans right now

These organizations need your assistance, whether it’s donating money or lending your skills as a mentor

Esther Perel speaking at WeWork Future of Love event

Ask a Creator: How Esther Perel built a relationship advice empire

You know you’ve made it when you can get nearly 150 people into a room at 8 a.m. to talk about relationships. Not that there was any question that Esther Perel, the internationally bestselling author and psychotherapist, could fill a room. Perel catapulted into the popular consciousness with her 2013 TED talk “The secret to […]

How misfit startups get funded

As Mario Rueda hustled to get funding for the company he cofounded, he began to feel like an outsider in the entrepreneur space. The platform, Book a Street Artist, connects a network of 500 artists to people putting on corporate parties, weddings, and the like. But in startup competitions, Rueda says, it’s hard to get […]

These nonprofits get women and girls a seat in the classroom

Worldwide, women and girls are underrepresented in the classroom. The United Nations reports that 5 million more primary school age girls than boys will never learn to read and write. Three nonprofits in the WeWork creator community—one fusing skateboarding with education, one led by a 20-year-old Nobel Laureate, and one empowering women with tech—work to bridge the […]

‘Don’t be pitchy’ and other tips from Creator Camp

The best pitching advice from business experts? Don’t be pitchy. That’s the word from the business leaders who gathered earlier this month for the first-ever Creator Camp in Washington, D.C. The event brought together the regional finalists for WeWork’s Creator Awards, giving them a chance to chat with each other, meet one-on-one with mentors, and […]

StartEngine works the crowd for funding

In just a year, StartEngine has helped 50-plus companies raise more than $35 million in capital. The company, headquartered at Los Angeles’s WeWork La Brea, has become one of the most active platforms for crowdfunded investment in the US. One of the first movers in the space, StartEngine remains on the leading edge of online […]

Not afraid of wrong turns, HIAlabs maps its own success

Entrepreneur Mike Nguyen faced a classic dilemma when trying to woo his first clients: his company, HIAlabs, was too young, and his “Google Maps on steroids” product was too untested. “They wanted an established company,” Nguyen said. After several rejections, Nguyen was ready to “do something that they never thought of doing.” Working on spec, […]

Jimmy Wales of WikiTribune and Wikipedia

Ask a Creator: Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia and WikiTribune

Jimmy Wales may have created the world’s fifth most visited site, but the Wikipedia founder still sees himself as an entrepreneur. “It’s in my nature,” he said in an interview with Ideas by We. “I wake up every day and I want to do the most interesting thing I can.” Besides Wikipedia, Wales started Wikia, […]

Getting pitch perfect at Creator Camp in D.C.

For many creators, telling their story doesn’t come easily. Samantha Snabes, co-founder of re:3D, recalls the knot in her stomach the morning of her pitch at the Austin Creator Awards. Still, her innovative idea for making 3D printing an accessible technology helped her company take home a $180,000 prize in the scale category. Now she’s […]

After Hurricane Harvey, WeWork takes action to help Houston

More than two dozen WeWork employees volunteer to help after storm lashes Texas

Outside-the-box innovators feel the love at Berlin Creator Awards

With 60 seconds on the clock and a skateboard in his hand, Skateistan founder Oliver Percovich prepared to deliver his pitch at the Berlin Creator Awards Tuesday night (September 26). On the line was a top prize of $360,000. “People told me my idea was impossible for years,” he said of his nonprofit, which provides […]

GoSafely takes the fear out of the walk home

Safety isn’t a women’s issue, says GoSafely cofounder and CEO Annmarie Stockinger. After she was assaulted in her freshman year of college, Stockinger began developing a device that calls for help and notifies responders to your location, all without relying on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. When looking at competitors’ products, though, Stockinger noticed that most market […]

Funraise reinvents how nonprofits ask for money

The amount of money U.S. nonprofit organizations bring in has stagnated over the last decade. And the problem, according to one expert, is that technology is lagging behind. “There are a lot of old technologies that are not effective for today’s fundraising environment,” says Justin Wheeler, cofounder of Funraise. His solution? Funraise, an all-in-one fundraising […]

Meet Chicago’s workspace community

We spoke to members across Chicago’s six WeWork spaces to see how coworking impacts businesses, from nonprofits and law firms to multinational enterprises. Worry Less, Think More Cynthia McCafferty at Hawthorne Strategy Group, a marketing firm, gets business done at WeWork Grant Park. The best part about WeWork for her? Not worrying about little things. […]

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