The founders of Turtle can tell you the exact day their company was founded: December 11, 2014. That’s when the three forward-thinking students at the University of California’s prestigious Berkeley campus—Mohamed El Sewedy, Almustafa Elhillo, and Ehab El Maghraby—were sitting around on a couch cramming for finals. “We started thinking to ourselves that studying together is […]

“I always had an itch to work for myself,” says 25-year-old entrepreneur Miriam Brafman. “It’s one of these things I’d always imagined I’d do. I was always noticing opportunities that other people might not notice.” That’s how Brafman got the idea for her quickly growing startup called Packlane. One day, she was looking for a […]

A lot of clothing companies talk about being stylish and having the best fit. Maison Impeccable, a high-tech apparel startup, wants you to have both of those things, along with futuristic fabrics that make your clothes supremely comfortable. “Our company is all about creating clothes with powerful technology behind it,” says 24-year-old Gabriela de Araujo, […]

If there’s one thing that never seems to change, it’s the waste disposal business. It’s pretty much the way it’s always been: you have something you don’t want, you call a company, and a truck comes to haul it away. A little more than a year ago, Greg Lettieri, Adam Pasquale, and the team at […]

In the biggest competition Fort Boards founder August Graube has ever entered, he just took home first place and a handsome check for $20,000. The first thing Graube did? Call his father. “I could tell he was very proud, but his first response was, ‘Don’t let it go to your head,’” Graube says. “Always good […]

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 […]

The idea behind Welzoo is so simple that you wish you had thought of it first. Everyone wants to help out their favorite nonprofit organization, right? But most of us are too busy to volunteer or don’t have enough extra cash to make a donation. That’s where Welzoo comes in. The website makes a donation […]

Jason Ryder’s first introduction to WeWork was purely by chance. About a year ago, he was an employee of a Chicago-based money management company that needed to find office space. “I totally fell in love with what WeWork was doing,” Ryder says. “The atmosphere was quite a change for me, coming from a 10-person firm […]