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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristi Hemric. It has been edited for length and clarity.I had always dreamed of buying a townhouse in Manhattan, and when I did, I knew I had to decorate my stoop. I’m from Dallas, and everyone decorates the front of their…
This is an interview with Jonathan Chan, the cofounder and chief product and technology officer of Pear, an AI platform that’s helping to reinvent consulting. Prior to that, he spent five years as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group.I started my career as a tech developer, then did my MBA…
Candice DeLong didn’t plan to spend her career interviewing killers. She started as a psychiatric nurse, helping patients at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, before an FBI agent attending one of her lectures suggested she consider joining the bureau.DeLong entered the FBI at age 30, and spent the next 20…
A Japanese resort company has turned an iconic former prison into a 48-room luxury hotel.The former Nara Prison, built in 1908 and designated a cultural property in Japan in 2017, reopened in June as Hoshinoya Nara Prison Hotel, a luxury hotel operated by Hoshino Resorts.The complex features a star-like design,…
Caleb Ashton’s journey into the resale business was, like many who start out in that industry, humble.Ashton began flipping items — textbooks, action figures, golf clubs, sneakers, and more — while living with his wife in a one-bedroom apartment in 2019. He was eager to create an extra source of…
My sister and I spent a week in Santorini to celebrate my 30th birthday. Somehow, that turned into a sacred tradition and, for the next decade, I took a trip for my birthday each year.I rang in one birthday by road-tripping from Seattle to San Diego in a Mustang convertible…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marisa Mender-Franklin, founder of Midtown Bramble & Bloom. It has been edited for length and clarity.Five years ago, after working as an educator for 12 years, I started thinking about how I could create a social enterprise and flower farm that…
