One Designer’s Secret To Unlocking Creativity

Liang Shi embraces fun.

Fun might be the last value you’d expect from a designer who founded a company in a weekend and grew a site from 2 to 14 million unique visitors in one year. Liang’s story proves that fun might actually be the key ingredient to success.

Refreshingly candid about her experiences, Liang opens up to us about life as a Creative Director at Soma, the idea behind her companies FUN FUN FIELD TRIPS! and FUN FUN DINNERS! and her belief that vulnerability can lead to strong connections.

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The Power Of Acting On Impulse

Comedian and entrepreneur Christine Hauer has advice we all can learn from.

Facing a challenging job market after graduating from college, Christine’s tenacity took her from jobless to founding her own company. After getting a masters in International Business and moving to New York City, Christine finally landed a job through a great connection. Years later, Christine founded the consulting company Hifive specializing in empowering people with social and networking skills needed to make that type of connection.

Outside of her full time job, Christine is an improv actor, impulse artist and budding author, currently writing her first book. We sat down with Christine to learn about her entrepreneurial path, what a day in her life looks like, and how she has dealt with rapid company growth.

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How One Nashville Entrepreneur Connects Local Merchants To Nationwide Business

Is local the new global? Nashville-based entrepreneur Sam Davidson believes it is. So much so that he started Batch to help local merchants get their goods in the hands of people across the United States.

Founded in 2013, Batch offers gift ideas and monthly subscription boxes filled local goods made in Nashville, Memphis, Charleston and more. Beyond just sending a package in the mail, Batch believes in the power of storytelling and works to actively tell the stories of local “purveyors” through social media and “in-box storytelling”.

We sat down with Sam to learn more about Batch, the entrepreneur community in Nashville and get his take on telling a good story.

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about.me Office Hours with CEO & Venture Capitalist Tony Conrad

Are you a college student looking to break into the Silicon Valley startup scene? An aspiring entrepreneur? A future founder?

If yes, we invite you to join us on Wednesday, April 15th at 3PM PDT for an online web event, “Office Hours,” with about.me CEO, Tony Conrad. Tony is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has invested in top companies including MakerBot, Blue Bottle and WordPress.

During this one-hour web event, Tony will share insights on the Silicon Valley tech scene, startup culture, how to best position yourself for a career with a startup.

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How One Artist Is Creating A World We All Want

Artist Amber Rae is hell-bent on changing the world for the better. To do this, she’s enlisting the support of communities across the globe to create public spaces that spark honest reflection and dialogue.

With her global art project The World We Want, she invites the public to share their vision for themselves and the world they want to experience on large public installations. The goal of the project is to invite communities to connect more deeply to themselves and each other.

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Event Planning, Photography & Entrepreneurship: Staff Picks

Our Staff Picks page full of people with fascinating stories and beautiful pages. Here are our top four favorites from this week! We hope you enjoy browsing their pages and don’t forget to leave them some compliments!

In our header photo you’ll find Alex Finch, a British photographer based in Seoul, South Korea. Be sure to check out his Instagram and Facebook apps to see his street photography and snaps from his job as a part-time model.

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A Man of Many Talents: Christopher Michel

Christopher Michel is a man of many talents. He flew missions in the Navy, he worked at the Pentagon, he has an MBA from Harvard, and he’s a successful entrepreneur and investor. Not one to settle, today he’s hard at work on what he calls his “third career” as a world traveling photographer.

With his favorite place to travel being Antarctica (he’s been there four times), it’s no surprise that he’ll soon find his way to the North Pole. Before he heads off on his next adventure, we decided to sit down with him to learn more about his life and the secrets to his career success.

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