We interview people who start things, who follow their dreams, who live life passionately and on their own terms. Then we type the interviews and post them here. The conversations are incredibly inspiring to us – we hope you find the same.

January 19, 2010
Cindy Gallop on IfWeRanTheWorld.com
We’re all for taking control of your own destiny, and if anyone’s done it, it’s Cindy Gallop. How to properly introduce this amazing lady? In 1998, she founded the New York office of the ad agency BBH, which was named Adweek’s Eastern Agency of the Year just four years later. Cindy resigned as chairman of [...]
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January 18, 2010
It’s no secret that kids are looking at porn online. Perhaps the most serious side effect of this? A generation growing up with internet porn as their main form of sex-ed. Pornography is not exactly a guide for real-world sex, hence why Cindy Gallop started makelovenotporn.com to set the record straight. What gave you the idea [...]
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November 12, 2009
It’s 2009 and, let’s face it, if you’re in the creative world and you don’t have an online portfolio it’s a problem. Luckily there are solutions to that problem which don’t involve cramming your head with HTML until it explodes. Enter Carbonmade. They offer an incredibly easy-to-use platform so that even the Luddites among us [...]
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November 10, 2009
Nervous System harnesses the power of algorithms to create incredibly beautiful jewelry. I was fascinated when I read on their site: “We create our designs through an iterative and experimental process. After brainstorming an initial concept, we write a pattern-generating algorithm in the computer through which we further explore our ideas and ultimately create the finished [...]
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November 4, 2009
If you haven’t been out to House of Yes yet, do it. This amazing venue hosts everything from performing arts events to aerial and circus arts classes to sewing workshops… What started as a vague dream to own a theater and a costume shop has quickly turned into a reality. And it was sped up [...]
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October 29, 2009
Adrian Buckmaster
Adrian Buckmaster creates hauntingly beautiful photographs. He’s managed to shy away from specializing – he handles portrait, fashion, architecture, and nature shot all with the same sensitivity, and he’s made quite a career of it. (And his talents don’t end in the visual realm, he also makes a mean chutney. We couldn’t ask for a [...]
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October 28, 2009
Clint Nelsen of Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend is an awesome pressure-cooker for starting tech companies. Over the course of one weekend, companies are built – from idea to launch. And it works. About 230 companies have been started, and they’ve gotten almost $800,000 in funding. We got a chance to interview Clint when he was out here prepping for the upcoming [...]
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October 12, 2009
James and Alexa Hirschfeld of Paperless Post
Paperless Post is an awesome new service that allows you to make custom invitations that look like engraved type on a nice thick paper stock – but it’s all digital. Facebook or Evite no more – show your guests that you’re all class. These invites show up just like the *real* thing, envelope and all, [...]
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October 10, 2009
You know, Foursquare? No, not the game you played as a kid. This is a game for you to play as an adult – allowing you to explore your city, connect with your friends and find new hot spots to hang out at. It’s being pinned as the next Twitter, and if you’re not on [...]
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September 29, 2009
From how humble and down-to-earth she is, you would never know that Grace’s site Design*Sponge currently has 43,000 daily readers. She’s a veritable force, managing a team of 10 editors at the same time as writing a book. But it certainly hasn’t gone to her head. Grace told us, “We’re all still sort of doing [...]
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September 18, 2009
3rd Ward is a haven for artists, designers, and freelancers. They’ll give you a desk, a bike, internet, plus computer lab and photo studio and shop access. They’ll teach you how to weld or make websites or screenprint. Really anything they can think of to make their members happy. Jason told us, “We obsess over [...]
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September 14, 2009
Ben Kaufman is a 22-year-old serial entrepreneur. Who knew that was even possible? His newest venture, Quirky, enables anyone with a good idea to get it manufactured. Even better, anyone who helps develop the product – whether than means picking the color or designing the logo – gets a royalty percentage. Sound too good to [...]
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