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A retrospective with Dr. Miguel A. Cuesta on how minimally invasive surgery became a viable alternative to open surgery in gastrointestinal oncology.
Social media expert Ariel Carr explains how she built income through her Instagram monetization course and e-books, and how others can monetize a passion.
Dr. Alexis Parcells, a board-certified plastic surgeon who also runs skincare studio SUNNIE, shares how her passion for women's health shaped her career.
The New Hanbok Project from the Korean Hanbok Advancement Center is redesigning traditional hanbok, including boy hanboks, into practical everyday fashion.
Beverly Hills periodontist Dr. Justin Ranaan talks about his charitable work, including dental mission trips to El Salvador and Guatemala.
Book writing consultant Caleb Breakey shares four secrets to writing a book with lasting impact, from starting with the truth to building the right team.
Century Park Law Group aims to make personal injury law easy to understand and more accessible for California residents who have been hurt.
Gulshan Kumar, Vice President of Sales at Pathwater, works to move consumers away from single-use plastic bottles with refillable, biodegradable bottles.
Cousins Milford Bangura and ZoKlon Wleh started Milly's Cutz, a barbershop built to make people feel good about themselves, not just their haircut.
Elzie Ross left the corporate world to run Ross Wealth Strategies, a financial services company that helps people start accumulating wealth.
Aaron Gill put medical school on hold to lease luxury units and became Chicago's top luxury real estate producer within five years.
Michael Dennis Murphy, CEO of Murphy Auto Group, shares advice for starting your own brand and how he adapted his father's business to a digital world.
Adam Jablin, author of Lotsaholic and a spiritual coach, runs THE HERO PROJECT, a coaching program that helps others get from zero to hero.
The Jeremy Anderson Group's NEXT LEVEL STUDENTS social-emotional curriculum helps schools and districts advance equity and inclusion for students.
Musician Arthur Sanchez recorded his first song in 2014 and now runs a brand under his name that supports artists at the start of their careers.
Derrick Grace II, a serial entrepreneur and #1 best selling author, has sold over 50,000 books and created In Home Banking, a financial literacy board game.
Dr. Kristofer Chaffin turned a private practice into a consultancy coaching doctors nationwide, then funneled the proceeds into Sacramento philanthropy.
Artist and activist Alexandra Castle runs an artistic clothing brand that combines high quality apparel with philanthropic work.
Sheree Wright, a DePaul University graduate with a Juris Doctorate and LLM, is an attorney working to provide legal representation for migrants at the border.
Jael Marajh, who immigrated to the United States as a child, is founding NurtureUP, a business that helps expecting families prepare for their next steps.
Daniel D'Arthenay runs Venclass Protocolo, a Venezuelan events and wedding planning company that has worked with artists like Chino y Nacho and Guaco.
Latrell Goss, who grew up in Chicago, runs a financial literacy business that aims to help people build healthy financial habits he was never taught.
Jean Kenson Laguerre left 18 years in corporate America to start an auto insurance agency, a financial firm and a credit agency that educate his community.
How Brist Manufacturing, a Bellingham, Washington apparel maker, responded to COVID-19 with its America, We Got This campaign led by CEO Brendan Pape.
Adam Nessim, a medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and founder of The Premed Consultants, shares advice for future medical students.
Dr. Julius Ju Hearn's nonprofit High IQ Academy received $10,000 from Associated Bank to support tutoring, mentoring and sports for student-athletes in Chicago.
Elena Cardone announced 10X Ladies, a conference in Las Vegas for women who want to build an empire, with speakers including Rebeca Minkoff.
Ryan Montgomery, CEO and co-founder of Boca Recovery Center in Florida, uses his computer and online marketing skills to help others overcome addiction.
Cristine Sanchez-Cañete is a real estate broker and translator licensed in Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia who helps people find their first home.
Jessica Halmaghi, a Michigan State University senior, founded Smile 4 Kids, a non-profit supporting foster children and chronically-ill pediatric patients.
Ogarden CEO Pierre Nibart explains how the Ogarden smart indoor garden lets you grow fresh produce at home for sustainable access to healthy food.
Darren Fryer, a Korean-American raised in Hawaii, moved from years of network marketing to founding Pro2tect, an ocean conservation project.
He also shared that Quirk hopes to be able to connect users to professionals in their area as soon as they have the scale to do so.
Nina Vargas, born in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, shares her path in fashion and business and why successful people look for opportunities to assist others.
Nazli Atalay, a former attorney from Istanbul, Turkey, combines her law degree and social work training to help the underserved in New York.
Jason Greer, a former National Labor Relations Board agent turned labor relations consultant, explains how brain chemistry affects workplace diversity.
Dennis Yu and Logan Young explain how their marketing agency BlitzMetrics funds its core mission of creating jobs and mentorship for young adults.
Carlos Barrera from Barranquilla is building MediciNets, a cloud-based global health information system that connects doctors and patients.
Walid Halty, a 23 year old philanthropist, leads Dvinci Energy, a solar company that generated over $10 Million in revenue in less than 10 months.
Ashkan Kouchak and Kaveh Kavoosi of Toronto co-founded Spectrums, an iOS and Android app that brings all your social media accounts together in one place.
Nayib Abdala, CEO and founder of ConvertLoop from Bogotá, Colombia, explains how understanding human needs drives personalised online communication.
Carisa Shah, a senior at The Dalton School in New York City, uses computer science for social good, including her work tackling cyberbullying.
Anjali Gupta, a high school student from Edison, NJ, founded School for a Village, a non-profit bringing technology and educational resources to students.
Priya Mittal, a New York City high schooler, built GroGreen, an app connecting restaurants with farms' unsellable produce to cut food waste.
Malavika Vivek, 17, founded Women Tech eXchange and directs Girls Make Apps, working to bridge the gender gap in tech for high school girls.
High schooler Briana Berger, founder and CEO of coderGirls, runs an international nonprofit that helps girls learn to code and connect it to their passions.
Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi, a Bangalore ENT surgeon named one of the 35 innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review, co-invents medical devices and does stand-up.
Iowa mom and blogger Emmy Kissinger shares how she built a business around helping women heal from early motherhood trauma through her blog and ebooks.
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