Diego Segura

It’s interesting to see who likes Khaite in fashion circles and who doesn’t.Many fashion journalists and editors feel a distance from it. I asked a friend if he had any inkling as to why. He said, They hate success. (Another guess: they don’t understand money.)

Whether it’s a rare disease that has been cured or an opposed mining project finally cancelled, the achievement of the mission should conclude with a raised glass to success, excess funds returned to donors, and the satisfaction that comes with a job well done.

This almost never happens in real life. The term “non-profit” implies that nobody is... See more

Like everything Warhol touched, it could turn mass culture into counterculture, and vice versa, just by squinting.

The idea behind Gumroad was simple: Creators and others should be able to sell their products directly to their audiences with quick, simple links. No need for a storefront.

I built Gumroad the weekend I thought up the idea, and launched it early Monday morning on Hacker News. The reaction exceeded my grandest aspirations. Over 52,000 people checked... See more

Holed up in a room with a whiteboard, the founders sketched out what an ideal insurer would look like—from a Millennial’s point of view. It would be online only (no paper or insurance brokers), low-cost, easy to deal with and “trustworthy.” They weren’t naïve about needing insurance expertise and, in May 2015, recruited Ty Sagalow, a 36-year... See more

HANS ULRICH OBRIST buys a book everyday. It is a ritual he started about 20 years ago. He buys the books at different places, wherever he happens to be. But he especially likes to perform this daily Tarkovskian ritual at a place he refers to as “paradise”: the Walther König bookstore.

Because the essays were initially published in New York, most of them begin with the same salutation: "To the People of the State of New York".

Hong, 48, had no experience in luxury. She was, however, a Proenza Schouler customer, and had specific ideas about how to crystallise what the brand stood for.

“Inconsistency made it difficult to build a business.”

“My observation was that there was zig-zagging; an inconsistency,” she said. “Even as an outsider to this industry, I knew that... See more

Still, becoming a real, regulated insurance carrier meant Lemonade needed more time to launch and more capital to grow. (A carrier typically must maintain cash reserves equal to at least a third of revenue, Sagalow notes.) So far, the capital has flowed—and from some big names. Through 2017, Lemonade raised $180 million in four rounds. In 2019, it... See more