At eight years old, Eleanor Turner already had her “lifelong dream” figured out. During a road trip up the East Coast with her grandparents, the Lynchburg, Virginia native had a blast drawing the people she saw, focusing mostly on what they were wearing. After the trip ended, her curiosity about clothing continued: she used leftover […]

When Colette Brandenburg was growing up in Michigan, she remembers spending winters with her grandmother. It was during this season that her mother and father—an elementary school teacher and contractor, respectively—would go hunting, so off to grandmother’s house and The Nutcracker rehearsals the young ballet dancer would go. Brandenburg’s “very conservative” and “very English” grandmother […]

When Esther Vedder was growing up in the Netherlands, it wasn’t sports or television that dominated her after-school schedule. When she was eight she spent weekday evenings sorting out pearls and beads to make jewelry with her grandmother, mother, and identical twin sister Anne. “It’s a little family thing,” says Vedder, now 27 years old. […]

To Urška Sršen, being an artist isn’t any different from being an entrepreneur. Whether she was making sculptures back in college, or designing technology for women like she is currently, “It’s very intensive, it’s personal, it’s all based on your ideas, and you’re trying to make them happen,” she says. “There’s a lot of creativity […]

“What are you gonna do after college?” asked the executive director of the nonprofit where Kaneisha Grayson was volunteering the summer before her senior year. The black studies major mentioned her one-year scholarship in Africa, but after that? Her future was wide open. That’s when Grayson was told she had a “keen business sense” and should […]

When Latham Thomas was four years old, her mother, aunt, and great aunt were all pregnant at the same time. They would soon give birth within a month of each other. “All of these bellies were around, and I was able to see at an early age the magic and the mystery of the body,” […]

When Guido Pedrelli thinks back on his childhood in Cesena, Italy, it’s all about food and family. There’s the traditional trattoria that his great-grandfather bought, and Family Sunday, where all of the uncles, aunts, and cousins gathered at Grandma Eva’s house. His Nonna—Italian for “grandmother”—as he calls her, served up fresh pasta dishes like lasagna, tagliatelle, […]

Go take a look at your drawer filled with socks and underwear. Is everything well worn, mismatched, and sad? With all the outfit changes you’ll be making because of the summer heat, you’ll need to replace them with items that feel good, look sharp, and won’t break the bank. Basic Outfitters, based in WeWork Park […]

It’s an exciting time for the Joseph brothers. Their company JetGet is a year old—“one year young,” says Alex, the WeWork NoMad member in charge of operations and marketing. Below, Alex talks about how he and his older brother Sam, JetGet’s founder, are putting a dent in the private aviation industry, helping travelers gain back […]

At 19 years old, producer Ethan Seneker is at the top of his game. There ain’t no mountain high enough—at least not in Seattle. During a recent trip back to his hometown for the National Film Festival for Talented Youth—his eighth year in attendance—Seneker, talking quickly and panting slightly, ascends Mount Si for the first […]

Dan Hauber laughs when he remembers testing out more than 27 different mattresses in his home. At one point there were a total of seven mattresses in the bedroom, three of them stacked on his bed. “My wife and I had to basically take a running start and then jump into bed to get in,” […]

When Kelly O’Hara looks back on the past year, she can’t believe that she balanced running a company and applying for law school. “In the entrepreneurship world, it’s just so time-intensive and draining, and I think there’s a lot of reasons people think they can’t do this and do something else,” says O’Hara. “But for […]

While some people in their early twenties might spend a few minutes each day checking in on the latest news, Cate Matthews is utterly consumed by it. The 23-year-old journalist is managing editor of A Plus, a fast-growing online publication that promotes “positive journalism.” But the website—co-founded by Ashton Kutcher—isn’t just about putting a heartwarming […]

There’s one night that Russell Sheffield says he’ll never forget. It was back in 1973, at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, when a little-known rock band called Queen had yet to explode onto the charts. Sheffield’s father—co-founder of Trident Studios—discovered the soon-to-be legends and financed their tour. And 10-year-old Sheffield witnessed a sweet slice of history: a […]