Dan Berger was a little nervous that he’d miss the whole thing: when the Academy Awards announced the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at 8:38 AM. “I tend to be a late riser, so I set my alarm to make sure I was up,” says Berger, the president of the New York City-based film […]

It’s easy to see when an entrepreneur hits the “turning point” in a career, however it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how it came about. Was it a happy accident? Perfect timing? A bout of good luck? Or was it a series of small, incremental milestones? For Nimit Sabharwal, the road to entrepreneurial success was paved […]

Tap a button, and you can chat with someone in Shanghai. Email someone in Milan. Tweet to someone in Vancouver. And you can do this from anywhere; from your office in New York, from a beach in Thailand, or from a mountain in the French Alps. As the world grows more connected, more workers are […]

When he was 19 years old, Cory Levy raised more than $1 million in funding from investors to start his company One, a mobile app that lets you know when somebody nearby shares similar interests. 19-year-old entrepreneur Nearly five years after launching One, the app is connecting college students at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and more […]

Some people are born knowing what it is that they want to do and they go after it, while others like me need a wake-up call. Since the age of 16, I knew that I wanted to run my own business. I pictured myself with a Louis Vuitton briefcase, a Chanel suit, and Christian Louboutin […]

With so many dating apps letting you endlessly swipe left or right, an “old-fashioned and romantic” Frenchman named Jean Meyer had a different idea: match you up with one person a day. With Once you connect with that person in real time, so you’re not just responding to a photo. You get to know them […]

For many of us, the three-day weekend is a chance to take some much-needed time to relax. For others, it can be a chance to catch up on tasks they’ve been putting off or haven’t been able to get around to. Entrepreneurs may choose to stay at work, basking in the silence in the office. To […]

Washington, D.C. has long been known for its political movers and shakers, but the city’s builders and makers are carving out a place of their own these days. TechShop, in nearby Crystal City, Virginia, offers a host of machines, tools, and materials for those who want to work with their hands—or learn how to do […]