Throughout his twenties, Byron Sorrells was terrible with money. “My parents were great with their money,” says Sorrells. “Not me. I figured out a lot the hard way.” A few years ago, when he was working as a senior software engineer at Twitter, he realized that many of his colleagues were in the same boat. […]

For 23 years, nuclear researcher Mike Hanson worked behind fences crowned with razor wire. He was searched every time he entered or left his office at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, always under the watchful eye of guards brandishing AR-15 rifles. His new place of employment, he says, couldn’t be more different. Stepping out of […]

Last October, Sinat Giwa left her full-time job in retail management and started taking on small projects for friends, including photo and video shoots. She discovered that she had a knack for helping entrepreneurs express their passion for the arts. “I saw it as a fun thing that I could do and a way to […]

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. When Anthony Escobar retired from the Los Angeles Police Department, he brought a unique perspective to the field of bag design, creating the perfect product for busy fathers […]

Business partners Kristian Bouw and Mike Keung didn’t really mind that they were sharing a cramped one-bedroom apartment. But the fact that they were using the bunk bed that Bouw had slept in as a child—that stung a little. “Needless to say, we never invited people over,” Bouw says, laughing. When they were hungry, they […]

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. Recruiting is a business all about relationships, and no one knows this better than Matthew Santoli and Chris Myers of WeWork City Hall-based business Bespoke Search Group. Their job is to […]

When South Korea native Ohyoon Kwon was attending grad school in the Netherlands, he became fascinated with how people make connections. “As a foreigner, it’s interesting to meet people of different backgrounds, cultures, and history,” Kwon says. “I was personally interested in how people get to know each other.” This desire led him to London, […]

It’s an exciting time for the Joseph brothers. Their company JetGet is a year old—“one year young,” says Alex, the WeWork NoMad member in charge of operations and marketing. Below, Alex talks about how he and his older brother Sam, JetGet’s founder, are putting a dent in the private aviation industry, helping travelers gain back […]