There are two things, no three, to know about the British-born, Brooklyn-dwelling artist Ellen Harvey: she's brilliant; she's highly accomplished; and she's a relentless reinventor.

I'll never forget when Ellen painstakingly produced miniature paintings of every single work in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum. (I recall walking through the show and shaking my head in  . . . Continue Reading

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Though Jaime's got a good point with the whole digitizing-your-life-to get-rid-of-paper thing, our friend 's dedication to keeping the good old fashioned clunky stuff alive is a pretty noble undertaking. Forget those fancy streamlined aluminum-backed leather iPad cases, she's made one of her own...

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Vital Stats
Name: JoJo Blythen
Occupation: Co-Founder & Director
First Job: Selling trainers as my Saturday job
Best Job: Current position
Greatest Professional Challenge: Staying focused on the long term
Starting Salary: £3.50 per hour
Website: Betty & Betts

1. How did you get that f*&%ing awesome job?
By chance I shared with a friend that I wanted to start my own  . . . Continue Reading

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Name: Timothy Jahnigen
Occupation: Entrepreneur
First Job: Selling my art as a six-year-old
Best Job: What I'm doing now
Greatest Professional Challenge: Overcoming fear
Starting Salary: $20 a drawing
Website: One World Futbol, Normotherm, and Fauna Sauna

1. How did you get that f*&%ing awesome job?
1) Patience 2) Creativity 3) Grace and 4) Timing. And aside  . . . Continue Reading

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Name:  Ryan Bettencourt
Occupation: Entrepreneur, Tech Geek, Wine Geek
First Job: I grew up in Oregon and picked strawberries as a young kid to make sure that I could afford some fresh threads for back-to-school.  Most of my friends worked with me and would goof around eating all of the berries and getting in massive strawberry fights.  I figured if I was going to spend my days  . . . Continue Reading

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Name: Anna Corpron
Occupation: Curator/Designer/Artist
First Job: Ever? I worked as an admin at a hospital the summer between senior year of high school and my freshman year of college. My first job out of college was as an exhibition designer for a design firm.
Best Job: This one, for sure! I love working for myself, searching out awesome artists, and supporting the  . . . Continue Reading

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