Back in 1991, Nadine Cino says she “got everything I deserved” when she hired a budget moving company. “They held our freight hostage,” recalls the fashion consultant and globetrotter. “They wouldn’t release it unless we paid them several thousands of dollars because we used more cardboard boxes than we had estimated.” More than losing her […]

At San Francisco’s WeWork Civic Center, not many people seemed interested in meeting in the common area for afternoon push-ups. Then Dwight Wilson got involved, going from door to door urging other members to join in. Now it’s a popular daily activity. “I guess I’m a bit of a troop leader around here,” says Wilson. […]

“Here I am a recruiter, and I can’t even get a job at Burning Man,” laughs Jeanmarie Boben, hours before she heads to the annual desert blowout for the ninth year. “My welding skills were subpar, my plasma cutting skills were subpar. One thing after another—rejection. It was quite a table turn for me.” The […]

Gil Galanos is a natural leader. He’s led troops in the Israeli army, building camaraderie among the ranks. Five years ago he co-founded a nonprofit that empowers rising leaders to build a bridge between the Israeli and American communities. Working alongside Rafi Musher, founder and chairperson of Israel & Co, Galanos works to bring graduate students […]

Though she was born, raised, and still lives in South London, Bridget Banton has always been interested in the world at large. After majoring in anthropology and African studies in college—with an emphasis on film—Banton spent 15 years in British television, working as a commissioning editor at both Channel 4 and the BBC. From documentaries […]

David H. Kim remembers wrestling with whether he was cut out to be a minister. He had just taken a salary cut in order to lead a Christian fellowship at Princeton University. “I tried to counsel a student and realized I wasn’t helping, but making things worse,” says the 43-year-old entrepreneur. “It was this existential […]

Italian-born Matteo Console Camprini didn’t pursue architecture in the traditional sense. “If you’re doing traditional architecture, you envision something today,” says the 48-year-old entrepreneur. “If you’re lucky, you’ll see it in five years.” Instead, his passion in life was designing imaginative, innovative event spaces that come to life in a matter of weeks or months. […]

When Wolf Shlagman came up with the idea for Care Angel, he had to “connect a lot of dots.” The award-winning service, which helps ensure homebound people are happy and healthy, required that the technology—artificial intelligence and voice recognition software, for instance—be advanced enough. “When you can finally bring it all together,” Shlagman says, “it’s […]