In this series, WeWork’s director of digital community selects a WeWork member to get to know better, sharing her fun findings with the rest of the community. Thanks to WeWork team member Endi Simon, I recently learned the incredible story of Hollywood member Jill Bigelow: her invention, Mama Strut, helps new moms get back on their feet, […]

It was a make-or-break moment for Daniel Steinberg. He was having his first face-to-face meeting with a potential co-founder at his startup called BuyBack Corps. And he was also pitching the company to potential investors. What made it such a challenge? These two events were happening at the same time. “I have no idea whether […]

As a young child, Grace Choi created all kinds of garments for her Power Rangers figurines, like pants, dresses, and a “crazy number of skirts.” “You know how children mimic their parents?” she asks. “My parents ran a dry cleaners, so I kind of mimicked them.” And it wasn’t just her Power Rangers. My Little […]

Living and working in Africa changed Jasper Middendorp’s perspective. He saw how waste collectors lived, scraping by on meager wages. “They got 15 cents for collecting 120 plastic bottles,” says the WeWork Metropool member. As he thought about what he could do to help waste collectors, an idea came to mind. Why not use technology to […]

Filmmaker Sarah Gerber has followed one of the “Lost Boys” displaced during the Sudanese Civil War, as he returned to his village to build a school. She has also documented a woman whose coffee business totally transformed her mountain community in Honduras. The beauty lies not just in these incredible individuals’ stories, but also in […]

Crystal Wahpepah is a chef and caterer who specializes in delicious Native American cuisine. Our WeWork Transbay members in San Francisco can’t get enough of her food, and looks like they’re not the only ones—Wahpepah was featured on the May 10 episode of Chopped, “Tortellini Trials.” Below, we discuss her signature dishes, the Bay Area […]

Chris Turney’s interest in entrepreneurship was as sudden as it was intense. Six years ago in Bangalore, India, Turney was interning at IBM. One day, his boss tasked him with running the day-to-day affairs of the multinational corporation’s foreign operations. “The director was running around, and I was managing problems across 200 accounts working with […]

It was a cold, rainy morning when Erik Douds and James Sanchez set out on a training run for their upcoming marathon. They started at WeWork Studio Square in Queens, ran over to Triborough Bridge and headed south to Grand Central, Bryant Park, Times Square, and other WeWork locations in Midtown Manhattan. After skirting along […]