Vahe Petrosyan
Five years ago while helping the bartender at the banquet hall I worked at, I realized how much I enjoyed it and was actually good at it. I decided to open my own business and worked my way up and eventually purchased two portal bar set ups. It has been both smooth and rough. It took some time to actually get my name out and have people recognize me but after they did, it was a smooth ride. Read More>>
William Petz
William “Will” Petz; is a Computer Science graduate from Baruch College, Will has held high-level technology positions at financial institutions including J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Bank, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. A published author, patent inventor, world traveler, extreme sports enthusiast, scuba diver, Latin dancer and testicular cancer survivor, Will is what one may call a modern-day renaissance man. He is most known for his entrepreneur passion. Read More>>
Myles Nye
Wise Guys Events’ two co-founders, Myles and Greg, both SF Bay Area natives, met at UCLA when they were undergraduates. They worked together on the vulgar sketch comedy TV show that was broadcast in dormitory cable. Several years later, after graduating, Greg and Myles were both pursuing careers in the entertainment industry when Myles got an opportunity to do some acting work for a SF based company doing app-based scavenger hunts in Venice. Read More>>
Tania Lewis
Just like in any photography business, we started by taking pictures of our friends and family. We also have gone to some bridal shows and used social media to promote ourselves. Our custom-tailored approach to each session is guided by our clients’ desires, personalities, and passions. Whether we are shooting in dramatic El Mirage or on a picturesque farm, we use the dynamic backdrop of every location to highlight the beauty of the love between our clients. Read More>>
Kareem Assassa
I always had a passion and appreciation for art. When I was a child, I was always creating something. I wrote poetry, enjoyed drawing and made music. I always engulfed myself in artful hobbies. I always appreciated photography but it wasn’t until I was visiting my cousins in Europe where I was first introduced to it. Read More>>
Hillel
I am Argentinian, Israeli and American. As I say in my comedy magic shows: “in one word, confused” … I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since first grade my schoolmates and teachers enjoyed my sense of humor and I was chosen to participate in any and all theatrical productions in school. Read More>>
Mary Haberski
When I started practicing yoga over 15 years ago, I never thought that today I would be an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, inspiring students around the globe. I have the privilege of traveling as well as staying local, offering the beauty, wisdom, and knowledge of the art and science of yoga and meditation. At this point I have served thousands of children through the practice, which was not where I thought my teachings would take me but the practice moves me, I don’t move it! Read More>>
Liz Lira
At the age of 6, I started with classical Ballet with a non-profit organization for inner city kids called Saint Joseph Ballet in Orange County. They sponsored my training through high school. My training included Jazz, Tap, Modern, Lyrical, Flamenco, Fossie. I trained 6 days a week and took every single class for all my years at the school. Theatre Arts was my life, on stage and going of field trips with the school to see all performing arts theatre shows. Read More>>
Marc Darrow, MD, JD
Dr. Marc Darrow is a Board-Certified Physiatrist specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. An avid sports enthusiast, Dr. Darrow injected himself, and was healed by Regenerative Medicine after an injury on the golf course caused him to suffer the kind of chronic pain that afflicts millions of Americans. In 1998, Dr. Darrow became a believer in the therapeutic healing power of Regenerative Medicine after only one treatment to his wrist. He has used this therapy on many of his injured body parts. Read More>>
Angelique Millis
My interest in health and fitness began in college when I was trying to reverse some bad lifestyle habits that I had gotten into. Just like all students, I knew exactly how to study under pressure, party like a rock star and “burn the candle at both ends” – trying to juggle schoolwork, extracurricular activities and my social life. I was a huge emotional eater; I would eat when I was stressed, happy or sad. Before I knew it, all those late nights at Denny’s and trips to the McDonald’s drive thru had added up and I found myself 40 pounds heavier. Read More>>
Jon Heravi
In 1992, Classic Tile & Flooring (CTF) was founded. More than 20 years later, we are still serving our clients in Southern California. As a family run business, you gain access to a rich heritage of expertise, service, and innovation unlike any other. Read More>>
Shana Meyerson
Yoga blind-sided me. I discovered it on accident…sort of literally. I was a hardcore gym rat/cross-trainer my whole life. For years, a friend kept telling me I had to try yoga… Read More>>
Susannah Cotrone
I spent most of my young life growing up in Pasadena, CA studying classical ballet, and was first introduced to the Pilates method of exercise in Houston, TX as a guest summer student at the Houston Ballet School at age fourteen. Pilates revealed itself to be the missing link I needed for me being able to take my ballet career to the next level. After dancing professionally with companies such as The Richmond Ballet, Ballet Omaha, and The City Ballet of Los Angeles, I became a young mother. Read More>>
Karen Avital
I’m an LA local and moved to Israel (literally) the day High School ended. I served in the IDF for 2 years and then attended school of Makeup Artistry. I knew that make-up artistry was a competitive industry to make a living in so I started Grad School at the University of Bar-Ilan studying Behavior Sciences and Business Management. While I was in school, I got hired to work at a Bio-Tech Firm in Yavne (a small town on the outskirts of Tel Aviv). Read More>>
Sierra Alberty
I moved out to Los Angeles from Chicago about a year ago, and knew from the beginning that I wanted to work in events. I had just gotten done helping my sister plan her wedding, and discovered how much I loved bringing people together and creating a memorable experience from the ground up. I knew that somehow, I wanted find a way to be a part of that in LA. Read More>>
Melloré
Melloré, launched in 2016 in Playa Vista, is a contemporary women’s boutique with an overall down-to-earth vibe. We offer a carefully curated selection of wardrobe-building staples and select home goods. We launched this brand to invite every woman to express her own style with timeless, effortless pieces. Read More>>
Alex Chu
WalkOn Tile opened its doors on Wilshire Boulevard back in 2004 at the apex of the tile industry. More than at any other time, homeowners and designers were better versed about the medium and the demand for high quality, luxury tile skyrocketed. Enamored with the form and function of such a versatile product, owner Patricia Chu decided to open a high end, design oriented showroom featuring contemporary tiles that were unique for their color, composition and large format. Read More>>
Susana Yee
My 2 business partners and I – Natalie Fritz and Karen Sun worked in other parts of the fashion industry before we came together to create Sweat NSK. I worked in digital marketing for various fashion clients, Natalie had her own lingerie company called Underglam, and Karen had a children’s retail store Crib in Beverly Hills. Read More>>
Chris Lee
After finishing school, I was interested in education and mobile tech. The pursuit of education led me to travel around the world, but ultimately landed me back in LA to work at a mobile ed-tech startup, Applymap. During the time there, I got a hands-on look at the digital services industry and its astronomical potential. After my time at Applymap, I began to specify which sector of the mobile industry would be my best fit. Read More>>
Frosti Fresh
My wife and I started Clark & Madison based on several designs she created, inspired by family heirlooms. Combining our classic designs with top quality, locally sourced materials and artisan craftspeople we quickly found opportunities creating unique collections for companies like Anthropologie, American Rag, and the Hammer Museum. We expanded our world and started designing and curating retail spaces both under our brand and in partnership with for retailers like Juice Served Here, Urban Outfitters, and West Elm. Read More>>
Janet Carpenter
Kathy Weber and Janet Carpenter founded artistic environments, Inc., in 1988. The company specializes in interior design for housing developers, commercial offices, and private residential clients. We met at a large design firm. When we decided to set up artistic environments, the company we worked for had gotten so large there were many small projects they could not take on, and began referring them to us. Read More>>
Gilli Stuppel
I am a 3rd generation holistic healer whose family holds secret healing treatments for physical and energetic problems. From a young age, I learned the skills I would later use in my practice. I went to school in Israel and spent two years in the Israeli army serving as a medic in the Tank and Paratrooper Battalions. After the army, I spent another two years working in Emergency Care at the Labour/Delivery Unit of the Kaplan Hospital in Israel. Read More>>
Ricardo Basta
I actually came to this country to see if I even liked it here besides picking up a job. My Uncle had a jewelry manufacturing shop in Beverly Hills and as a young 20-something, where else is there to be? I set aside a few months to try my hand at becoming a jeweler and went through the typical humility, with some success and I saw a strong potential future in this work. The strongest bottom line to my career is to always finish what work you have today because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Read More>>
GEORGE TORRES
In 2003, I left the Post Production/Hollywood industry and started a new career. I took a crack at Real Estate Loans but could not make a solid living at it so I decided to go back to school. I attended Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, CA and double-majored in Horticulture and Landscape Design. After graduating from college in 2007, I went to work for a prominent landscape designer in South Orange County. During the 2008 recession, I was laid-off and found work in Los Angeles at a popular boutique nursery in the heart of Santa Monica… Read More>>
Irina Chen
When you combine a lifetime of artistic talent, over a decade of hands on experience, and an unwavering dedication to doing passionate work? You get Irina Chen —founder of World Microblading and one of the most recognized Microblading artists in the world. Microblading has been pioneered over the last decade by Irina Chen to help women boost their confidence and self-esteem creating perfect, natural-looking eyebrows. Read More>>
Hua-Bing Wen
Dr. Hua-Bing Wen, B. Med., MS, L.Ac. (licensed acupuncturist) brings his expertise in the field of medicine to Los Angeles while coming from a long line of rigorous schooling in China. Dr. Wen began his studies at the age of sixteen with a deep thirst for knowledge and problem-solving that has followed him throughout his career. He earned his medical degree from the prestigious Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM) in 1987, graduating with highest honors. This earned him the privilege to forego the entrance examination for the graduate program at the same university. Read More>>
Ric Vega
I was born in Argentina. My ancestral family came from Sicily, Syria and from both, the north and south of Spain (one stuck-up, the other one, a gypsy). I use the distancing word “ancestral” simply because I’ve never met any of them, from either side of the family. Grandparents, uncles, cousins, you name it; I have no idea what that means. In fact, I met my father when I was 26. Read More>>
Monika Basse
I started working in the art world as a student liaison for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive while working towards my bachelor’s degree. Following my undergraduate studies, I returned to Los Angeles and worked as a gallery assistant at the Lois Lambert Gallery in Bergamot Station. After almost a year of working there, I was accepted to the University of Southern California’s Master’s Program in Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere. During my graduate studies, I had internships at LACMA and Christie’s, and also served as a teaching assistant. Read More>>
Eric Snell
When my father Mike was in his twenties, he was working for a large moving company in LA. After a few years working for someone else, he thought to himself, he could do this better! He opened up Armor Moving with a 16ft truck and had one employee. The following year, he purchased his second truck, a 24-footer. Read More>>
Marisela Arechiga
Building dream spaces and owning our own business have always been shared passions of ours. Mario grew up in East Los Angeles and as a boy loved using his hands to create. He would spend hours building low-rider model cars and as he grew older his passion for using his hands to create transferred into painting art. After a few years of experience in the electrical trade he found a way to harnessed his respect for technicality and love of creativity by obtaining a bachelor’s degree at CSULB in Construction Engineering Management, revealing a natural talent for building and renovating. Read More>>
Attila Csupo
With a passion for sales, I have worked for numerous telecommunication companies in Los Angeles. While most people can have a license to sell real estate, they may not have the capability to negotiate deals and to build business relationships. I received my license in 2007 and has been a Realtor ever since. Read More>>
