According to a recent study conducted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, women entrepreneurs have started less than 10 percent of the high-growth technology startups. Women are also less likely than men to raise capital through venture capital, private equity, … Continue reading
Matt Weir creates all his sculptures in a breezy, red brick warehouse tucked in a forgotten corner of Germantown. Formerly home to furniture, this edifice now houses Weir’s creative impulses. To see it yourself is to lay eyes on a … Continue reading
Nestled between a computer repair store and a barber school, Old Bikes Belong is nothing flashy. Its storefront blends in with the others in the strip. The window decor is even simpler: the business name and a graphic of a … Continue reading
It was meant to be. It’s that swooping feeling in the pit of your stomach – like missing the last step on the stairs – when, for one moment, your whole body seems in alignment with everything around you. One … Continue reading
A single, glowing iPad screen meandered across a pitch-black stage at the W. L. Lyons Brown Theatre as the capacity audience roared with applause. “One of the first things you have to understand is that it’s radio and that not seeing … Continue reading
Dearest Timothy, Halloween is over, but I have some serious post-holiday blues. Here’s the issue: I have always been too self-conscious to wear one of those overtly sexy Halloween costumes, but I have always really wanted to go for it. … Continue reading
About a year ago I taught a painting class at a high school in Louisville’s South End. One of my most dedicated students was a shy 18-year-old girl. She has since taken to sending me email updates from her freshman … Continue reading
Here’s a bit of common sense, good advice, a no-brainer, whatever you want to call it: Dead civilizations are dead for a reason. I try sharing that little parable of wisdom with Suzette as plainly as possible, explaining that I’m … Continue reading