The Essentials is a series where we ask creators to open up their bags and tell us about their everyday necessities that help them with their day. This week, we’re featuring Mark Chou, marketing director of ONA Bags. New York-based marketing director Mark Chou never leaves home without a camera. “Photography has been an interest […]

“We didn’t have any grand ideas of disrupting any system,” says Adam London, co-founder of Public Supply. “Working for ourselves, seeing if we could do it—that was the goal.” We’re sitting outside a coffee shop on rainy, gray day in the Brooklyn neighborhood DUMBO, right down the street from London’s office. Public Supply makes high-quality […]

Standing in front of you is a potential client worth $1.23 billion. It’s an illustrious company with a proud history, and this early innovator in its field has doubled its growth over the past 15 years. It has 31 head-to-head competitors scattered around the country, and two rivals in their own state that are so […]

During a summer’s night out with friends in New York City, I found myself sharing a cab with a guy named Jeff Safenowitz. As we did the expected “What do you do?” exchange, I gave him the elevator pitch on my fashion bedding company, 41 Winks. A community manager for WeWork, he handed me his […]