West LA 6.19.2017

Ryan Toledo and Devon Smith

Both founders of APCG grew up in the construction industry; with aspirations of owning their own company since they stepped foot on a job site. Building is the passion that has given APCG its foundation to succeed. Ryan & Devon were introduced by a mutual family friend and immediately hit it off. Read More>>

Tracy Murdock

I started my own Interior Design Company in 2001 after my 2nd marriage ended and I suddenly found myself needing to ‘reinvent’ myself both professionally and personally. I am what you would describe as self-taught, my education learnt through osmosis with valuable experience and knowledge gained by incredible and extraordinary mentors, whom I had privileged access to through my 2 marriages… Having spent 5 years working alongside my ‘mentor’ husband; billionaire entrepreneur David H. Murdock, it was only natural that I would go into Interior Design. Read More>>

Peter Jazwinski

As a child in Connecticut, I watched my father work with tools on the weekend, and even though I was too small to use them, I loved touching them and holding them and trying to use them. I loved the smell of wood and began building tree forts with left over scraps. Then I moved on to go karts and boats and beds. Read More>>

Kristina

The idea for Makara Wear started 3.5 years ago, when I moved to Bali and fell in love with the ocean and the island lifestyle. I used to live in LA, where I started to surf. Before that – London – where I studied and worked in various fashion jobs as a stylist, designer’s assistant, PR, even P.A. in British Vogue. Read More>>

Lindsay Thomason

Lindsay is the owner and founder of The Nanny League, offers 20 years of proven expertise. From babysitter and mentor in her hometown outside of Philadelphia (Haddonfield, NJ), to studying Child Development & Psychology in college, childcare has long been an integral theme in her life. Her path to creating The Nanny League began after graduating Cum Laude from Syracuse University’s S.I. Read More>>

Tonie Pimienta

I always had an affinity for art. I was raised in Mexico City by my father, a graphic designer and my mother, a painter and educator, so I was always around it. However, it wasn’t until I moved to Los Angeles as an adult when I channeled this passion into a career in the interior design field. I first earned my Interior Design degree from UCLA, while working with one of LA’s top designers. Read More>>

Vera Indenbaoum

I was born and educated in Moscow, Russia. I had an internship and worked at the Moscow Kremlin Museum, Museum of Decorative Art of Russian Federation, Grobar Center of Art Conservation, and Gedemanis of Art Conservation in Vilnius, Lithuania. I received certification as a textile conservator from the Russian Ministry of Cultural. Read More>>

Randall Barbera

Having grown up in New England, at a very young age I was exposed to lots of antiques. My parents had them, all my neighbors had them and I had this horrible habit of always breaking them, by accident of course. So I had to learn to be creative to be able to fix them before I got busted and, I did. I guess that’s when I introduced myself to the world of restoring Read More>>

Kate Granchelli

My journey into the nanny industry started right out of college when I found my very first nanny position on Craigslist. I had no idea if the post was real or if it was just a scam. I had no idea “nanny agencies” or “household staff” was even a thing. Read More>>

Ava Masoumi

My background and passion gave me the idea to start my own business as an environmental consultant. As a researcher and laboratory supervisor in various universities, I was able to communicate with my young students very well but I had never challenged myself to communicate and impart my knowledge to a variety of people with different backgrounds, especially customers. Although I did not have any background in customer service, I relied on my extensive scientific expertise, and completed necessary training to receive multiple certifications. Read More>>

Ian Shive

I’ve lived in Los Angeles for 20 years and like many people who come here, sought a career in the entertainment industry. I was fortunate to quickly land a great position at Sony Pictures Entertainment in Culver City where I had the opportunity to build some of the most successful publicity campaigns of the era, including the original Spider-Man films, many Adam Sandler films and more. I stayed there for nearly a decade and had a wonderful experience that gave me an education and basis for starting my own media company. Read More>>

John Greco

I moved to LA in 1983 for the purpose of advancing my career as an artist and printmaker. After arriving, I realized that there was no established printmaking studio that an artist could walk in off the street and make prints. To fill that void, I opened Josephine Press, a fully equipped printmaking facility offering custom edition printmaking, platemaking, instruction, and workshops for the professional artist. Read More>>

Kim Rodgers

Bark Pet Photography started almost 10 years ago, before pet photography was a “thing”. As an animal rescuer and passionate photographer, snapping photos of pets came naturally. I began by volunteering with local rescue groups to help take pictures of pets that were in need of forever homes and over time this led to people asking for pictures of their own pets. Read More>>

Angie Davis

I was raised in Columbus, Ohio, as a navy brat, if you will. Throughout my high-school years, I started out flipping pizzas and stocking shelves in the neighborhood grocery stores. Money was scarce, so if I wanted that dress for prom, or getting my hair done, or a car, I had to work for it! Read More>>

Michael Hale

When looking for a new office space in 2011, I found a great space that was zoned as retail. Having a few friends that were artists and being an artist myself, I thought “why not feature our work on the walls” and thus began haleARTS. We created a mission statement with a goal of providing a fun and comfortable space for local artists to show and sell their work in a professional gallery setting. Read More>>

Hillary Barth

Growing up in the San Fernando Valley in the 1960’s and 70’s, I had a pretty traditional childhood. We were a family of four, the typical ‘nuclear family’; Mom, Dad, two kids, two dogs, two cars, house in the suburbs with a sparkling pool for those long, hot, brilliantly blinding summer days and jasmine scented, star studded valley nights…you get the idea. Read More>>

Ian Stewart Daniels

I’ve always had a passion for clothing. Perhaps having been born and lived in Los Angeles my whole life this may be considered unusual. However, my mother tells me that my first inclination started when I was less than 2 years old whereby I began pushing her away and selecting my own clothes to wear. This passion continued all throughout school and several years after college having been in other businesses I sort of stumbled into fashion in my later 20s. Read More>>

Lauren Martin-Moro

I’ve been working in the interior designer industry for over 15 years. Daughter of an architect and interior designer, I was surrounded by style, scale and aesthetics from a very early age. A heightened sensitivity to people and environmental factors was engrained in me, helping me connect deeper with clients on all angles. Read More>>

Arne Hyman

Arne Yoga has been carefully constructed over the last two decades by combining the most effective, and gentle exercises from yoga, tai chi, sanchin and resistance training into a complete, easy to do exercise program that works the entire body for peak physical, mental and emotional conditioning. Arne Yoga has been designed to benefit everyone by strengthening the muscles, joints and immune system as well as greatly improving circulation – our body’s best healer – and giving those who practice it a tremendous sense of wellbeing. Read More>>

Berit Freutel

Free spirits keepin’ it together. The story is as easy as life on the Westcoast: It’s a band. Free spirits keepin’ it together. And a knot or two. Read More>>

Linda Gonzalez

I was 10 yrs. old when my “Tia Bebe”…Gloria Alvarez….started teaching me how to decorate cakes, I loved it! She also taught cake decorating classes at Veterans Memorial Community Center in Culver City. I would go with her to learn and help her as best I could. I was 12 when she first opened the shop in 1972 in a tiny strip mall on the corner of Cardiff & Venice Blvd. in Culver City. Read More>>

Andrew Lee

The genesis of our idea comes from a simple reflection: Everyone on Earth should have access to safe drinking water, and it should not come from a plastic bottle. In the United States alone, consumers throw away 1000 used plastic water bottles every second. This translates into approximately $1 billion in annual costs and 50 billion used plastic water bottles each year. Read More>>

David Mann

I was a late bloomer in music. I didn’t start playing an instrument until I was 16, but from the moment I started it became an all-consuming obsession. I started learning electric guitar and was really into heavy metal. Sabbath, Ozzy, Metallica, Maiden, the whole lot. Read More>>

Corey Folsom

As a wilderness vision quest guide and recovery counselor in my twenties and thirties, I loved leading people deep into the mountains and desert and was profoundly inspired by the courage and creativity of my students. I then settled into a seven-year sexless marriage made difficult by lack of truth-telling and few intimacy skills in general. When that marriage met its logical and painful end, I hired a love coach and made a deep study of sexual intimacy, masculine-feminine dynamics and tantra. Read More>>

Brian Kirshbaum

We are licensed plumbers as well as heating and air conditioning contractors. We do new installations, kitchen & bathroom remodels, troubleshooting, service and repair of all things heating, air conditioning or plumbing. We are a small company with a focus on customer service. Read More>>

Jana Hollingsworth

I am an Intuitive Life Coach, Author, and award-winning Fitness Competitor. I am also a Fitness Ambassador for www.fitfluential.com. I have been interviewed on many radio shows and am known for my workshops in psychic development. Read More>>

Joshua Mak

After graduating from Chapman University with a BFA in film production, I knew I wanted to become a cinematographer. I found work on independent films and soon became disillusioned with the film industry and decided to travel around Europe and see other parts of the world. I bought a DSLR camera and throughout my travels learned how to photograph. That was 10 years ago, and I haven’t put my camera down since. Read More>>