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May 23, 2017 May 23, 2017

Member Spotlight

At the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation, Kayla Giacin is paying it forward

“Having a brain tumor can be a very isolating experience,” says Kayla Giacin. “Even though I was eight when it happened, I learned the journey is never really over.” In honor of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, we spoke with Kayla Giacin, quality of life program and marketing coordinator at the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation. It works to improve […]

By Gabrielle Brygider

April 26, 2017 April 26, 2017

Made in Detroit: Why the Motor City is a great place for creators

After filing for bankruptcy in 2013, Detroit famously rolled up its sleeves, and got back to work. This “can do” attitude is what you’ll find behind its booming startup culture and efforts to rebuild one business at a time. “‘Made in Detroit’ has become a brand in itself,” says Ryan Landau, founder of Detroit startup […]

By Jennifer Mattson

April 4, 2017 April 4, 2017

Member Spotlight

Searching for his mother in Haiti, David Pierre-Louis discovers his heritage

When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, David Pierre-Louis was distraught when he couldn’t find out any news about his mother. After more than a day of unanswered calls, he decided there was just one thing to do: travel to the capital city of Port-au-Prince and find her himself. The story of what he […]

By Mark Sullivan

March 29, 2017 March 29, 2017

At Creator Awards, women entrepreneurs take home top prizes

Photographers had just finished snapping a few final shots when Elizabeth Lindsey’s phone rang. She quickly ducked over to one side of the room. “I couldn’t wait to tell somebody the news,” she said to the person on the other end. “You’re not going to believe it.” Lindsey, the executive director of Byte Back, said […]

By Mark Sullivan

March 27, 2017 March 27, 2017

Member Spotlight

A lifelong love of tech inspires Saeed Jabbar to teach young people to code

Growing up in Guyana, the only thing Inclusion founder Saeed Jabbar wanted as a kid was his own video game console. But that luxury was out of reach for his family, until they moved to Jamaica, Queens when he was about 10 years old. “Every kid is interested in video games, right?” he asks. “But […]

By Mark Sullivan

March 26, 2017 March 26, 2017

Member Spotlight

In the home stretch, Creator Award finalists perfect their pitch

After leading her nonprofit for a decade, Cristi Hegranes had perfected her pitch. She knew just how to describe her organization’s work to the boards of some of the world’s most prominent foundations. Then she was notified that Global Press Institute was a finalist for the Creator Awards, and she threw her usual pitch out […]

By Mark Sullivan

March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017

Six reasons Washington, D.C. is a great place for startups

It’s not Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, or even Silicon Beach, but if a company wants to change the way the country works, there’s not a better place to be than Washington, D.C. D.C. is focused on politics, and anyone who doesn’t work for the federal government is probably at a lobbying firm, a nonprofit group, […]

By Jennifer Mattson

January 30, 2017 January 30, 2017

Employee Spotlight

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

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