Shelves full of sleek, minimalist jars and bottles are the first things you notice at the headquarters of LeSalon. If it feels a bit like a salon, that’s not accidental: the London-based company offers high-end nail services. But this isn’t where the pampering takes place. Their innovation is that their services are delivered to your […]

If you’re in London, where your startup is located couldn’t be more important. And right now, everyone is competing for space in the super-hot neighborhood of Moorgate. “We’re originally from Holland and where you’ve based there doesn’t really matter,” says Vincent Karremons, founder of the online recruitment network Magnet.me. “It’s not something people would really […]

Peter Ellen’s first business wasn’t quite legal. When he was away at a traditional British boarding school, Ellen took advantage of the fact that his fellow students were looking for a way to get around the ban on alcohol. “I saw it was in high demand, so I started a home brewery business,” he says. […]

The hustle is real for Rachel Van Dolsen, founder of a boutique hospitality public relations and social media firm in Brooklyn. Her routine consists of walking her dog at the break of dawn, making homebrewed coffee, and then zipping across boroughs from meeting to meeting. She says one word that accurately describes her is “on-the-go.” […]

Meeting Allison McGuire, Creator Of The Walc App Have you ever popped out of the subway in an unfamiliar neighborhood and gotten completely lost? Did you walk confidently in the wrong direction or try to use your mapping app to give you some orientation? Allison McGuire developed a walking habit when she moved to Boston […]

Meet Beyonce’s Designer, Jerome LaMaar When you meet fashion designer Jérôme LaMaar, it doesn’t take long to realize that he’s a person who gets exactly what he wants, mostly because of his relentless determination. Take the sleek black flight jacket that the founder of 5:31 Jérôme is wearing during an interview in his studio. It […]

There has never been more cultural interest in founders of successful companies. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are nearly as recognizable as Oscar-winning actors, and the persona of a startup founder with a signature personal uniform has its own sex appeal. Yet what makes the startup founder persona aspirational is not wealth. What makes Zuckerberg […]

In a sweaty palmed meeting, Jackpocket CEO Peter Sullivan broke the news to his staff that a major investor had backed out and funds had dried up. Their response, he says, startled him. “So what?” his staff replied. “We’re gonna stick this out.” This was two years ago, when the WeWork Soho member learned of […]