You Found a Rabbit Hole

Those of us who no longer live where we grew up all have flavors we miss. It may be a hard-to-find cheese, a vegetable that doesn’t grow in our new home, or our mother’s inimitable recipes. But the van Blommestein family did more than sigh and salivate: They created a business. Ayoba-Yo is the result […]

Even those of us who devote our lives to small business don’t always walk the walk. Amazon can be so very, very convenient. But it’s important to us at Alice to shop small and local whenever we can. That’s why, when choosing the staff gifts for Alice’s holiday retreat, chief of staff Jillian Benvenuti had […]

“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 […]

In honor of this announcement, Alice is providing a financial grant and mentorship opportunity.

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 […]