November 28, 2017 November 28, 2017 Langston League remixes pop culture into teaching moments When founder Erica Buddington heard her class singing Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow,” she saw a teaching moment By Bridget Riley Creativity Creator Small Businesses Entrepreneurs
November 17, 2017 November 17, 2017 Let’s hear it for New York City: Hometown heroes win at Creator Awards “How many New Yorkers do we have here tonight?” Georges Clement of Justfix.NYC said from the stage at the New York City Creator Awards as the crowd cheered wildly. “And how many of you have had a terrible landlord?” he asked, eliciting an even more thunderous response. Raised in Morningside Heights in Manhattan, Clement worked his […] By Bridget Riley Creator Small Businesses Entrepreneurs
November 14, 2017 November 14, 2017 We are founders, we are women, we are immigrants Read excerpts from the ‘American Immigrant Project: Women’s Edition,’ which spotlights immigrants’ stories By Katarina Kojic Impact
November 14, 2017 November 14, 2017 Parentrepreneur keeps Kwaddle growing When Deven Hariyani was a kid in sunny California, he dove into all things extracurricular: soccer games, karate lessons, drawing classes, baseball practices, Cub Scouts meetings. He never imagined that one day he’d be running the successful startup Kwaddle, which makes it easy for parents to browse and register kids for camps and other activities […] By Alice Murray Personal Growth Creator Small Businesses Entrepreneurs
November 9, 2017 November 9, 2017 No egos, no ranks: Veteran jobs thrive in community vibes On May 11, 2017, I took part in a pilot program called WeWork Veterans in Residence in Denver. The program was founded to support military veterans and spouses who are preoccupied with finding a new purpose, a new mission, a new way to serve and lead after military service. I believed the greatest impediment facing these […] By Josh Anderson Community Impact
November 6, 2017 November 6, 2017 Conservation guide steers volunteers to projects around the world Justin Lennon has worked for conservation projects all over the world: Costa Rica, Tanzania, and Madagascar, to name a few. He saw firsthand how difficult it is for people wanting to do good in the world to find worthwhile projects. So he created Conservation Guide, a website that lets volunteers scope out great opportunities abroad. […] By Mark Sullivan Innovation Creator
October 26, 2017 October 26, 2017 A former NASA employee and her trash-eating 3D printer If you had to describe Samantha Snabes in one word, it would have to be “ambitious.” She’s a trained EMT, volunteer firefighter, captain of the Mississippi Air National Guard, ex-NASA strategist, and founder of re:3D, a Houston and Austin-based company that’s making the world’s largest affordable 3D printer. But there’s no slowing Snabes down. She’s […] By Alice Murray Innovation Creator Small Businesses Entrepreneurs
October 25, 2017 October 25, 2017 Rolling out a walker that can hit the trails A teenager from a small village in Wales approached engineering students Andrew Morgan and Kit Hughes with a problem. He had cerebral palsy, and his old-fashioned walker didn’t let him get around easily. So the friends at the University of Sheffield came up with a prototype for the “world’s first truly off-road posterior walking aid.” […] By Mark Sullivan Innovation Creator Small Businesses Entrepreneurs
