Story in a Bottle

When Bitcoin started gaining traction, Mike Dudas started buying. In fact, of all the cryptocurrencies out there, bitcoin is the only one he’s gone all in on. But his passion for the Blockchain and Crypto world didn’t end there. IN 2018, he not only put his money where is mouth was, but his whole career, […] The post Mike Dudas appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

The tech world is understandably frustrating and at some point, you’ve just had enough. For Katie Smith-Adair, that point came after she watched Sonar, the startup she was working for, blow up. The mobile app was part of a plethora of location-based people finding networks that permeated South by Southwest in 2012, but never really […] The post Katie Smith-Adair appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

From music promotion to managing bars. From political strategist to startup founder. From consultant to professor. Jeremy Kagan’s gone down many roads over the course of his career. Over a variety bourbons at Fool’s Gold in New York, Jeremy talks about how his career has taken so many different turns, the emotional trauma of running […] The post Jeremy Kagan appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Leah Finnegan’s journalism journey reads like the resume of someone decades in, which makes what she’s accomplished even more impressive. She first discovered her passion for journalism while working on the newspaper at the University of Texas and parlayed that into a stint at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where she quickly realized that […] The post Leah Finnegan appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Adam Levin has lead five different lives or at least had five different careers. From consumer protector to politician to real estate investor to digital entrepreneur to best selling author. And there’s even more beyond that. Over glasses of Laphroaig scotch at Fool’s Gold in Manhattan, Adam sat down and discussed all of these facets […] The post Adam Levin appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Growing up on the Hawaiian island of Kauai may not seem like a place where technology takes the forefront, but for Nicole Wilke it was a ubiquitous part of her life. Taking her lifelong education around design and computer science with her from the islands to the mainland, Nicole worked her way through media and […] The post Nicole Wilke appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

When Nick Carlson started at Business Insider, he was a young reporter coming off stints at Gawker Media and Internet News, putting his faith in a fledgling media startup. Today, he’s the Global Editor-in-Chief of BI and oversees 250 plus reporters and writers at the publication, which has become one of the biggest voices in […] The post Nicholas Carlson appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

The genre of political and social journalism has spawned a plethora of new voices over the past few years and Taylor Lorenz has emerged as a notable voice, most recently as a staff writer for The Atlantic. Her origin story starts in New York City, where she grew up and as social media became a […] The post Taylor Lorenz appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

From a young age in New Zealand, Hamish McKenzie always had a passion for writing and he knew he was pretty good at it! He pursued an English degree and eventually earned a graduate degree in journalism. Hamish went on to be a reporter and wrote for PandoDaily, the Guardian and the Toronto Star. His […] The post Hamish McKenzie appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Erin Ryan grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and was always a big fish in a little pond. After earning a degree in English from Notre Dame, she began a career in finance, a path she quickly realized was not her destiny. And it was the Gawker Media run, woman-focused site Jezebel that […] The post Erin Ryan appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Lucas Arzola is a man with many different titles. He is an entrepreneur, educator and innovation ecosystem builder. Originally from Puerto Rico, Lucas ventured to University of California, Davis for college and wound up staying to coordinate strategic partnerships between the university and pharmaceutical biotechnology companies. Lucas went on to found Betabox, a technology company […] The post Lucas Arzola appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Beth Schoenfeldt and Megan Hannum are experts at understanding the needs of startups. As business partners, they compliment each other with Beth running the operations side of their company, FundedBuy, and Megan handling the networking. Together they are an unstoppable duo. At their core, Beth and Megan leverage their skills to ensure founders can focus […] The post Beth Schoenfeldt & Megan Hannum appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Dave Malouf is a man who comes from many different career paths, but the one course he has stayed on through and through is the almighty Internet. He originally graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Anthropology, but he soon discovered he loved something else: web design. As Dave created new site after new […] The post Dave Malouf appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

At her core, Glynnis MacNicol has always known writing was her passion. She still remembers her first journal from when she was only 6 years old. Glynnis has translated that fierce need for independence into her role as the co-founder of TheLi.st, a women only social network that seeks to bring professional women together for […] The post Glynnis MacNicol appeared first on Story in a Bottle.

Ross Asdourian spends his day to day solving problems. According to him, that is one of the main qualities that makes a great producer. From starting as a freelance producer after college, to getting his first big break as the NBC News Creative Digital Product Manager, Ross paid his dues to get to where he […] The post Ross Asdourian appeared first on Story in a Bottle.