Luke McKinley first learned about cachaça while managing a small bar in Seattle. He liked the Brazilian beverage so much that he decided that he was going to share it with the world. Here’s the story: Novo Fogo founder Dragos Axinte called him up one day and said he wants to teach him how to […]

Back in grad school, budding entrepreneur Christina Hawatmeh’s biggest hurdle was learning to code. She had no background in engineering or computer science, so she asked a bunch of first-year engineering students to teach her. “I would hang out with freshmen engineers and they would say, ‘You have to pay us $50 an hour to […]

Filmmaker Jon Nealon yearns to bring documentaries back to the early days when nothing got cut and everything was as real as it gets. Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, a loosely organized group of guerilla filmmakers called Videofreex pointed their cameras at all the major events of the day: Woodstock, the Black […]

Just about every new company has been there: you need funds, but the bank says no to a loan. What are some alternative ways to raise money? Rachel Hersh, Northeast region sales director of Prestige Capital, says there are several good options. In the lending business for two decades, Hersh says there are three common […]

Israeli software developer Shlomo Schwarcz noticed that his nine-year-old son is already getting bored with his iPad. His son’s latest interest? He loves to program apps. Inspired by his son, Schwarcz decided to create a robot that would help people hone their programming skills. Not only is Robit kid-friendly, but it’s also affordable for cash-strapped […]

Blake Thomas and Helen Schafer never expected to find the loves of their lives while on a two-year stint in the Peace Corps. But that’s exactly what happened when they both found themselves working in Nicaragua. It wasn’t love at first sight. Schafer recalls having to put herself out there to get his attention. As […]

Campbell Erickson isn’t a typical 17-year-old. Sure, he’s into photography and hanging out with friends, but he’s also a serial entrepreneur who knows a thing or two about launching social impact-driven startups. Growing up in Austin, Erickson was surrounded by founders. (Even his dad was an entrepreneur.) Somewhere in between passion and gut, Erickson embraced […]

Barcelona-born entrepreneur Mike Hewitt grew up breakdancing in the streets, working the dough, and handing out fat stacks—of “free slice” coupons, that is—for his parents’ pizzeria chain in Spain. He was hustling ever since he was a kid, and he was good at it. “At that age, you are a sponge, and it all sticks,” […]

Skyscanner, the world’s largest independent travel search engine, announced today a massive round of funding that brought it to unicorn status. Slam-dunking the next level of fundraising, Skyscanner, the Edinburgh-based travel search engine, closed a $192 million round today. The company, which is expanding into new markets, is now worth $1.6 billion, the Financial Times […]

When the patent for 3D printing expired in 2012, a lot of companies had big dreams about how the technology could change the way they did business. The problem was that printers were expensive, and only a handful of people had the experience necessary. Enter Amsterdam-based entrepreneur Charlie Hu, whose family owned a number of […]

After taking a bite of his flatbread sandwich during his lunch break, London-based software app executive Tom Dodds immediately thought something tasted fishy. On Twitter, he publicly chastised Pret A Manger in a memorable tweet. “What did your chef put in the Pret chef’s special crayfish and avocado flatbread?” he asked. “Tastes like my daughter’s […]