I fell into my first entrepreneurial journey because I knew how to do something that was in hot demand — web development. — By Sandra Bradley, as told to Violet Jinqi Wang I like to call myself an accidental entrepreneur. I fell into my first entrepreneurial journey because I knew how to do something that was in hot demand — web development. …

I take theories tested in big companies and turn them into social media practices for small businesses — By Jess Bahr, as told to Violet Jinqi Wang I love when Facebook changes its algorithm. Figuring out how algorithms work and how to exploit them is what I do for a living. Ok, exploit might be a strong word. But I see it as a scientific process that involves…

Life isn’t delicate. You can change your mind, shift your focus, and make new decisions. — By Alnisa Allgood, as told to Violet Jinqi Wang No decision is forever. That’s the number one piece of advice I give people when they come to me for career advice. You can change your mind, shift your focus, and make new decisions with new information. Life isn’t delicate. But…

I hated my job. So I went back to the first thing I’d ever done — entrepreneurship. — By Christopher Patterson, as told to Violet Jinqi Wang There’s one big difference between the corporate world and the startup world. Meetings. In the corporate world, meetings are often something you just do — boring, could have been summed up in an email, bleh. In the startup world, you only…

Being an entrepreneur takes a lot of conviction in what you’re trying to build. — By Danny Livermore, as told to Violet Jinqi Wang I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the following response when I tell people I’m working on a startup. “That’s so cool! Awesome! Good Luck?” There is always this nuanced hesitation in their tone. It’s as if they are…

Why do bumblebees fly? Because no one ever told them that they can’t. — By Ulysses Dinkins, as told to Violet Jinqi Wang Whenever I meet someone new, I have to prove my merit to them. After all, I am a carpenter. I didn’t go to business school. In my 13 years as a carpenter, I’ve seen the worst of the worst. I’ve gotten…

I thought success meant getting incessant work and clients. — Story by Candy Phelps, as told to Violet Jinqi Wang I started freelancing out of desperation in 2008. I had a job I didn’t like, and I couldn’t find a better one. I named the business iCandy Graphics and Printing, and my first investment was a gigantic industrial standard printer…

Fovrth Director of Photography Alan Bucaria reflects on the production of new ContrastVR film — “You can see poverty written on the faces of many families” — Lessi’s voiceover calmly states this devastating fact By Violet Jinqi Wang BODO, NIGERIA — Almost a decade ago, two major oil spills in pipelines owned by Dutch Royal Shell…