David Stewart

Imperfection Is Sexy Watching this video of Betsy Huelskamp discussing her wardrobe — loves fringe, the color brown and customizing everything in sight — we are struck by her utter self-possession. The root of this seems to be that she fully owns who she is, with all of the imperfections, and thus is seemingly fearless....

There is a wonderful fairy tale that goes like this: Brilliant college student in posh Ivy League dorm room creates an irresistible startup in his spare time, quits college to run his new shiny enterprise, raises billions in funding and promptly changes the world. Wonderful. Except that, apart from 3...

Jan Garde is the founder of The Embassies of Good Living, based in Zurich, a global co-living concept that changes the way we perceive and experience later life.  Jan Garde has worked in marketing and customer experience for more than 15 years, at companies including Jung von Matt, Mercedes Benz,...

We profiled Mary last year and were taken by her amazing skin. Let's find out what her secrets are. Hi/Lo Approach AGEIST: What is your daily skincare routine? Morning + evening? Mary: My go-to for skincare is sleep, low stress, and lots of laughter and gratitude. But in terms of products, I have done the...

Debra Hotaling is out to change how women explore: "I'm launching a project called Dareful that curates badass outdoor adventures like rock climbing and surfing for women —and men if they can roll with it — over 50." AGEIST: Why did you start Dareful? I was sitting in a marketing meeting...

The healthcare industry is in dire need of a shake-up and Geeta has the experience and the vision to do it. We caught up with this dynamo entrepreneur to find out what she will be speaking about at our YBL conference in June. Pursuing Real Change AGEIST: Why would you leave...

Women our age are leading the push in starting new businesses. We will be having a number of these north star female entrepreneurs speaking at YBL on how they started a successful business at an age their parents may have retired. Today we catch up with Susan Feldman who founded...

AGEIST is located in one of the most difficult to understand cities in the world: Los Angeles. It’s a place where the best Chinese may be an obscure Szechuan place in a strip mall in the Valley, or the coolest pizza place is hidden down a blind alley in...

We first profiled Robert Neubecker a few years ago. He recently sent us this photo and we thought it would be good to check in and see what's going on with him and why is he skiing in places like this. AGEIST: This photo is crazy. Where are you? Robert: This...

Viome. A company pioneering microbiome testing and personalized nutrition. What if our health outcomes are not so much pre-determined by our genome, but rather by the food we eat and the 5 trillion microbes that inhabit our bodies? Why is it that diets that work for one person don’t for the other? Is...