I sat down with business leaders at Dell to discuss how small businesses can leverage technology (especially AI) to their advantage today.
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How Co-Founders Can Balance Work & Home in High-Pressure Businesses
Listen to this episode of From the Ground Up Podcast, over at Inc.com In this special episode of From the Ground Up in partnership with Chase for Business, we sit down with Rica and Tasha Kendrick-Palmer, co-founders of Black Phlox, to hear how they’ve navigated the intertwined […]
The Next Generation of Start Up Funding: A Blueprint in Alabama
Watch the full panel at Fast Company here. Venture capital fuels the world of startups. But for founders located outside major startup hubs such as San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles, capital often remains just out of reach—no matter how promising the idea. At […]
Consumers Want Eco-Friendly Beer
Beer, like most consumer goods, has a significant environmental impact but brewers of all sizes, all over the U.S. are doing their best to stave off the effects of climate change. Here’s a recent piece I produced for Fortune Magazine’s Path to Zero, a 9-month […]
How Independent Booksellers are Weathering the Storms of 2020
The Best Houseplant Subscriptions for All Your Indoor Gardening Needs Pandemics, protests, and fires all over the country have impacted independent bookstores. Here’s how they’re coping and how you can support them. By Abigail Bassett SEP 21, 2020 As we’ve all sheltered at home across the […]
Online Summer Camp for Women
I’ve just logged into a Zoom video chat entitled “The Hows and Whys of Astrology” and watch as multiple video images pop online. Mostly women sit in various states, some lounging in the sun sipping drinks from metal cups, some laying on their couches in […]
Rethinking Travel With Remote Year
Frustration with his 9-to-5 job led Greg Caplan to reimagine the way we work and travel. That inspiration spurred the founding of Remote Year in 2014. Aimed at professionals who want to travel abroad, Remote Year has created programs that allow participants to embrace their wanderlust―without […]
Hosting Health & Wellness Panels for Fast Company & HydraFacial in Las Vegas
In June, I hosted a Fast Company event in Las Vegas featuring some of the top thought leaders in the health and wellness space. I hosted two panels as a Fast Company Works Contributing Editor. Below you can check out the sizzle reel from my time there.
Where Periods Are Stigmatized, This Tampon Startup Seeks To Improve Health And Empower Girls
Meet Molly Hayward, the female founder behind Cora, a period supply company that’s putting women and girls first and simultaneously doing good for the world.
Is Lemonade’s Homeowner and Renter Insurance Worth it?
Lemonade, the online platform for homeowners and rental insurance, says it offers up affordable insurance while simultaneously giving back. Is it worth switching insurance carriers?
This Startup Harnesses Wearable Technology to Fight Addiction
Lumme Labs is using wearable technology to help people break addiction, lose weight, and improve their lives.
Behind The Nonprofit That Coaches At-Risk Students And Heals Trauma — One Text At A Time
Ashley Edwards knew as a teenager that she wanted to make an impact on the world. The 27-year-old started doing social justice work at the age of 14 and was fully steeped in it by the time she reached college. And after Edwards met Alina […]