With recording becoming more accessible these days, many aspiring musicians are taking the process into their own hands. With so much indie music flooding the scene, it is becoming even harder for artists to be recognized in the industry to turn their passion for music into a paycheck. In Baltimore, the now 28-year-old rapper Bossman [...]
Jeff Smith grew up in a family of 10, where cooking was always a big deal. Since he was a kid, he had always wanted to be a cook and owning a restaurant. After learning some basics of cooking from his mother, Smith got into the restaurant business as soon as he was able to [...]
Food enthusiast Jeffrey Webber (a.k.a. Jeff W. on Yelp) got into online restaurant reviewing after trying to find restaurants in the D.C. and always stumbling upon Yelp listings. When finding lesser known places with good food, Webber wanted to shar his experiences with others, so he started reviewing a lot of restaurants on the review [...]
Earlier this week I sat down with Thomas Rhodes, the founder and owner of Lauraville’s Zeke’s Coffee, to talk to him about his experience owning a roastery. As we sat in front of their warehouse location drinking iced coffee, Rhodes talked about how he got started with Zeke’s and how the company got its name. [...]
Ellen Reich started her company Three Stone Steps in 2006 after being frustrated about not being able to find fairly made, attractive and functional accessories from foreign countries. Her passion for social justice prompted her to try to provide these kinds of items to the community while keeping their source in mind. Originally Reich was [...]
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