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March 6, 2017 March 6, 2017

Five ways to create a great company culture from day one

Growing a fantastic work culture for your business is harder than it looks. It can be a great selling point for employees and for your brand—but it could be your biggest challenge. And once established, it can be hard to change. I recently spoke with the owner of Shiraz Restaurant in Los Angeles who hadn’t […]

By Arya Bina

February 28, 2017 February 28, 2017

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Evoking an opulent era with heady scents

One of Teri Johnson’s early childhood memories was traveling to St. Louis to see her glamorous aunt, who had once lived in Saudi Arabia. “Whenever I would visit her, I would run into her boudoir and smell her perfumes from around the world,” Johnson says. Her aunt, who traveled throughout the Middle East and Europe, […]

By Jennifer Mattson

February 28, 2017 February 28, 2017

Five must-have tools to boost your website engagement

Want to create a buzz about your business and boost website engagement? Then you need to get creative with incentives for your customers. I am passionate about time-management so, for my site Productivity Theory, I created a free mental focus challenge, complete with short, daily exercises to help readers make the most of their limited […]

By Kayla Matthews

February 6, 2017 February 6, 2017

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I was tired of getting towed, so I created a smarter way to park

I arrived at Chicago’s WeWork Fulton Market this morning at 3:30 AM. I swiped my digital key card to get into the building, walked up the stairs to my two-person office on the third floor, and worked peacefully until the rest of my nine-person team arrived at 8:30 AM. I moved to Chicago from Mumbai, […]

By Vivek Mehra

February 2, 2017 February 2, 2017

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‘Built to lead,’ two entrepreneurs teach brands how to grow a backbone

From a young age, Dallas-based entrepreneurs Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger knew they were “built to lead, not follow.” “My first job was at Dairy Queen,” Bonnell says. “I was 13, but I lied and said I was 16 so they would hire me. On my first shift, while my manager was away, I promoted myself […]

By Crystal Kang

January 30, 2017 January 30, 2017

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Once homeless, this London entrepreneur pays it forward

Randy Swain-Johnson was homeless for the holidays. Without gainful employment for more than a year, he lost his flat in London at the beginning of December and found himself “sleeping rough” in a bitterly cold public park. “I was putting in applications for jobs, but nothing was happening,” says Swain-Johnson, who has an extensive background […]

By Mark Sullivan

January 18, 2017 January 18, 2017

Los Angeles isn’t Silicon Valley—that’s why entrepreneurs love it

With a boom in startups, the L.A. tech scene is making a name for itself

By Mark Sullivan

December 7, 2016 December 7, 2016

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At Hickies, a ‘life without lace’ ties a couple together

These days, Argentine couple Gastón Frydlewski and Mariquel Waingarten work tirelessly day in and day out on Hickies, a set of adjustable straps that replaces the strings of shoelaces, revamping the look and feel. Fully immersed in a “life without laces,” there was a time when Frydlewski’s futuristic shoe accessory seemed far from a reality—as […]

By Crystal Kang

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