It has been around for several years, but I recently learned about the Tinkering School and fell in love with the concept. The school started in the San Francisco area by Gever Tulley, and there are now programs offered in Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Buffalo and Bratislava (which is the capital of Slovakia – and embarrassingly, I had to look that up). The concept is a program for youth that gives them the time, … CONTINUE READING
Joanna Waterfall is an artist at heart. She started college as a studio art major and eventually changed to graphic design. Yet, when you meet her and witness what she is doing with The Yellow Conference it is clear that the artist is still alive and well. The Yellow Conference is “a gathering for creative women who desire to ignite passion and bring goodness to the world through everyday living,” and Joanna conceptualized it during … CONTINUE READING
Aaron and Claire Van Holland met while working together at MySpace. Yes, that MySpace – the social media platform that was all the rage before Facebook usurped it. Claire was recruited to work for MySpace from her job in Detroit, Michigan. In telling the story, Claire said that she almost had to cancel the meeting where she met the MySpace executives that recruited her – and had she, she might never have met Aaron.… CONTINUE READING
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free.
Don’t miss so many of them.” ― Jo Walton… CONTINUE READING
It’s said that a successful business comes from someone identifying and answering a need, and that is exactly how Erica Hartnick founded and developed Yoga Trade. Based on her own experience of traveling and working as a yoga and surfing instructor she recognized two things: 1) there needed to be an easier way to find teaching opportunities and 2) employers were looking for a better way to locate interested instructors. Fast-forward and you have … CONTINUE READING
