Building a successful business is hardly as fun as a day at the pool, though for Amanda Szabo, that’s how hers got started. The founder and CEO of Santa Monica’s ResortPass knew there had to be a profitable way for hotels to bring in day guests who wanted to use the pool and spa — […]

Babies have played a pivotal role in the life and career of Workast co-founder and CEO Guillermo Gette. It was his parents’ baby-product store back home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that gave him his start in web development. “I think I was 12 when I put together the first website for my parents’ company back

If they weren’t busy running L.A.-based auditing software firm AuditBoard, Daniel Kim and Jay Lee would probably be shooting hoops. The company’s co-founders grew up playing basketball together in Cerritos, and Kim pitched his friend the idea for a product that would revolutionize the way companies manage auditing processes while the two were at Lee’s

Gaurav Bhattacharya acknowledges he didn’t make the best impression on his co-founder, Saumya Bhatnagar, when they met in a high school coding class in New Delhi. Out of 160 students, Bhatnagar was the only female. “My first interaction with her was, ‘I think you’re in the wrong class,” Bhattacharya said, noting the error of his

  Santa Monica-based MindMate has come a long way since launching in co-founder Susanne Mitschke’s two-bedroom Glasgow apartment in early 2015. Less than four years later, the popular healthy living app for seniors is stimulating the minds of more than 500,000 baby boomers across the world and giving them tips to stay fit and active.

If Alex Canter’s last name sounds familiar, it’s because his family owns the iconic deli of the same name that has been serving up matzo ball soup and pastrami sandwiches from the same spot on L.A.’s Fairfax Avenue since his great-grandfather founded the eatery in 1931. After spending much of his childhood at Canter’s, Alex

  By William Hsu The annual Forbes Midas list just came out. Which reminded me that I put together the following data for last years list for a blog post I planned for a while. Not having the time, I thought I just share the raw data for those interested. Data compiled via https://www.forbes.com/midas  

Mucker portfolio company Everipedia, the “encyclopedia of everything,” announced today that it is creating the world’s first encyclopedia on the blockchain, and that Wikipedia co-founder Dr. Larry Sanger has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Information Officer. Dr. Sanger joins the company as a key member of an effort to build a new, decentralized

by Erik Rannala Real innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum, a lesson that the famed inventor Thomas Edison understood better than most. Throughout his life, Edison revealed that great ideas come alive thanks to the proper mix of setting, timing, mindset, and luck. And so it was on the night of July 18th, 1877, during