Five Lessons About Women in Business from the Wall Street Journal

“Just be yourself, Get Honest, Be Creative, Provide Feedback, Follow your Intuition.  Sounds like advice from my mom back in the day. As female business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives, its refreshing to hear that what we already know will allow us to be successful leaders. Check out what Carrie Hindmarsh, CEO of M&C Saatchi Group’s [...]

Coolest promotion we’ve seen in a long time

A promotion that launches Belgium’s TNT channel–to illustrate “We know Drama” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw

Calling all gamers ages 18-24–want to win $50?

Hey there fellow Gaming friends…we are giving away an ultimate gamer’s swag bag to a lucky survey-taker.  If you are a gaming enthusiast and want to win a $50 American Express gift card…click here and take our survey!! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HSEgaming

GQ’s Coolest Block In America: Abbot Kinney Takes The Cake

Tadpole’s hood is getting some props. GQ decided to rate the best blocks in the country–and Tadpole’s HQ Main Street, Abbot Kinney, was voted on as the “coolest block in America”. It is hipster village around here…but we’ll take it…   It isn’t every day that LA city councilman Bill Rosendahl tweets a link from the lad [...]

Is Sweden’s Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?

The traditional setup of school classrooms—straight rows of desks with accompanying chairs—doesn’t do much to foster creativity or collaboration. Many experts have proposed redesigning classroom furniture, but a Swedish school system wants to take things a step further. Vittra, which operates 30 schools in Sweden, is seeking to ensure learning takes place everywhere on campus by eliminating classrooms [...]

Spring 2012 Mentor Trainings

Share This:  Spring Mentor Trainings and School Placement: Here’s What to Do The moment has arrived. Here’s the schedule for Spring Mentor Trainings and school placement. If you have mentored in the past or have already attended a training session, hang tight, you will hear from us and/or your head mentor soon. Trainings for new mentors, [...]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF SARAH BURKE

Today, January 19, 2012, our community lost an icon. Sarah Burke, freeskiing pioneer, six-time X Games gold medalist and beloved wife, daughter, aunt and friend passed away. Sarah was truly a legendary athlete, role model and an inspiration. She was everything so many of us aspire to be. Sarah brought worldwide recognition and validation to the [...]

Kuséwera Benefit Concert

The Coffee Shop Where Everyone Pays for Everyone Else’s Drinks

The main conceit of the 2000 Kevin Spacey film Pay It Forward is that if one person does a kindness for three strangers, and those three people each do kindnesses for three strangers, and so on, one person can change the world. Rarely do we see this acted out in the real world the way [...]

Social Entrepreneurs – What to Expect

One Minute Until Impact: Ian Yolles Tells Social Entrepreneurs What to Expect Ian Yolles has been working in the social impact economy for years. A long-time brand and marketing manager with tours of duty at Patagonia, Nike and the apparel company Nau, Yolles is now chief sustainability officer of Recyclebank, a clean-tech firm that partners with municipalities [...]


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