You Found a Rabbit Hole

“I definitely didn’t think, I want to be a venture capitalist,” says Alison Rapaport, CFA and vice president of Serena Ventures. A few short years ago, she was on track to forge a storied path in big business, the world of stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities. She graduated from the Wharton School of Business magna […]

Finding a following for her company, Shoe Gummi, was no problem for Shantel Jackson. She currently has 1.4 million followers on Instagram. “Building my following with Shoe Gummi came naturally, and it was built from my own personal following,” she explains. The company, which launched its MVP (minimum viable product) this week, already had 16,500 […]

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Tony Scallion has been building a brand since long before Redhouse Virtual Education was a glimmer in his eye. He began work on his mixed reality software for schools two years ago and committed to it full-time last year, but he’s always been a tactile learner. “My whole life has been project-based learning, from when […]

It all started with a colorful cake. It looked pretty, but was decorated with inedible pigments. Not exactly the hit of the party. But for one attendee, Albin Barrios, it was the start of a business, Doux Pigments. Barrios was a chemical engineer in his native Venezuela. There, his specialty was creating pigments with which […]

When Roicia Banks set out to found Social Roots, her Phoenix-based social work consultancy, she focused on what she didn’t want her business to look like. For one, it would not replicate the one-size-fits-all government model; it would be owned and operated by herself, a Native American and black woman who understands the uniqueness of […]