West LA 7.3.2017

Laura Goldenberger

Growing up, I saw how passionate about photography my Dad was. He would go backpacking in the mountains with his camera. When the film was developed we would all sit in the living room and he would project slides onto a screen and we would see the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. He ended up having his work in a gallery and selling prints. Read More>>

Nicole Baca

I spent my teenage years overcoming complicated skin disorders and persevering through immense suffering from food and cosmetic allergies, I jumped from doctor to doctor with no immediate solution in sight. Curiosity and determination to solve my problem propelled me on a lifelong passion for the chemistry of skincare. I began by researching dermatology and chemistry at a young age, while working alongside dermatologists and plastic surgeons. Read More>>

Andrew Bunya

Aquariums and Tropical Fish are practically part of my DNA and for as long as I can remember my world has been filled with them. My grandfather was a pioneer in this industry importing tropical fish in the 60’s. My father had multiple aquarium stores throughout his life in Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, and Simi Valley. Read More>>

Dale Kosven

I was attending Santa Monica College in the early 70’s, and at the time my father’s business wasn’t doing well. At this time, we were just selling brake parts. The partner he was working with at the time had left, so I joined my father and helped out with sales, visiting customers. I found I was pretty good at this, and was able to get more and more customers and help grow the business. Read More>>

Laura Bjergfelt Nielsen and Christian Toxboe

My husband, Christian, and I moved from Copenhagen Denmark in 2008 to Venice Beach, with a dream of opening up organic gelato and sorbet stores. We found a great spot on the now very trendy Abbot Kinney Blvd and opened up for business the fall of 2008. It was really rough in the first couple of years. Read More>>

Jay Eitel

Robert Eitel started the company in 1985. He has always been on the cutting edge of audio and video technology being amongst the first dealers in the world to earn a THX certification. Robert’s innovative and tenacious search to create the best home theater systems is something that he has instilled as a legacy to his company. Today, Jay Eitel, Robert’s son is continuously improving systems and value to the client as his father did before him. Read More>>

Miho Nomura

Music has always been the center of my life. Music has kept me focused, disciplined and has given me a sense of self-worth. I was 5 years old when I started playing organ and piano and I continued to study music in junior high, high school and college. I continued my music career as a music composer for TV and Film after I graduated my college. Read More>>

Lan Nguyen

I have been doing photography as a hobby for 10 years. I started out with a point-and-shoot camera when I was 11 years old and took the camera everywhere I went to capture moments in time. Shortly after, I found a love for the punk/alternative music scene and started doing music photography. Read More>>

David Leopold Lyons

I started designing outdoor movie systems shortly after my cinema in Malibu was burned by an adjacent fire at the beauty salon. I based much of my concept from a recent trip to Maui where I volunteered to assist the inaugural Maui Film Festival, now one of the best festivals in the world today. From the first flicker outdoors under the starry night, I was overpowered and knew I had to bring this cinematic magic back to Malibu, home to studio executives, A-list actors, Academy Award-Winning Directors, Writers and Composers etc. Read More>>

Kyra Oser

When I was 9, I saved a life. A 5-year-old girl lived across the street from us, but we hadn’t seen her outside for over a month. My family told me she was sick, but none of the doctors could figure out what she had. I said, “Don’t they know she has scarlet fever?!” Read More>>