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AYSO Region 13 is a volunteer-run recreational soccer league serving the communities of Altadena, Pasadena, and La Cañada in Los Angeles. While its core mission is to develop and deliver quality youth soccer programmes in a fun, family-oriented environment, AYSO’s impact goes far beyond the pitch. In January 2025, devastating wildfires swept through Los Angeles, [...]

WiseOceans is on a mission to inspire ocean conservation through education, community engagement, and hands-on science. What started as a simple idea – helping people find careers in marine conservation – has grown into a global organisation running education programmes, conservation projects, and more. We spoke with Toni from WiseOceans to learn how they bring [...]

Alimo (both the name of the brand and the artist) was created to share creativity and help bring more happiness to the world. Born and raised in Oregon, Alimo draws inspiration from the ocean to the mountains focusing on people interacting with their everyday selves. His work can be seen with clients like Patagonia, Portland Trail Blazers, [...]

They Might Be Giants‘ invitation to sign up to their mailing list is one of the most engaging ones out there: Why join a mailing list? Well, there are a few good reasons to join ours. They Might Be Giants’ mailing list has been in service for almost 20 years and currently serves over 125,000 [...]

OK Go is a band that has built a remarkable career, creating award-winning videos, collaborating with leading dance companies, tech giants, animators, and even the Muppets. They once even encoded their music onto DNA strands! Known for pushing creative boundaries, the band has earned 21 Cannes Lions, 12 CLIOs, 3 VMAs, 2 Webbys, the Smithsonian [...]

Birdsong is a certified B Corp company that focuses on sustainability and circularity. B Corps are companies working towards sustainability and using business as a force for good. Though Birdsong started as a sustainable fashion brand, it has now expanded into other areas in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of consumer goods. The [...]
Hi, Ramy. Tell us a little about your background. I currently live in Brighton, UK and am the founder of a QR code generator called Hovercode. Before Hovercode, I ran Page Flows, which is a design resource that was acquired last year. What motivated you to start Hovercode? After running Page Flows for ~5 years, [...]

Yael Weinreich is the Director of Business Operations at Formsort, a form builder that focuses on personalisation, conversions and privacy while being easy to use and no-code. We caught up with Yael to learn more about Formsort and how they use email marketing at their organisations. So Yael, what are Formsort’s priorities at the moment? [...]

Steven Edwards is the founder of etch., a restaurant in Brighton & Hove on the south coast of England. After winning MasterChef: The Professionals in 2013, Steven set about finding the perfect home for his own restaurant and etch. was born. We caught up with Steven to hear more about etch., weathering the pandemic, and [...]

Meet EmailOctopus’s youngest creator and entrepreneur: author, designer and artist Bodhi Biddle Schneider. During the pandemic, nine-year-old Bodhi combined his love of cats, art and stories to launch a quarterly magazine, Cats Jumping on the Couch. We caught up with him to hear a bit more. Hi, Bodhi! First up, tell us a bit about [...]

Picture the scene – it’s a balmy British summer’s eve. You’re in the garden with friends and loved ones (following current social distancing guidelines, of course). The wine is flowing. And so is the conversation. One by one, three courses of restaurant-quality dishes are brought to your table. And you and your guests dine on [...]

In today’s internet age, there has never been so much online content. Whether it’s images uploaded to Instagram or tweets posted on Twitter, the total amount of data uploaded and shared is mind-boggling. And somewhere in all that content, people are talking about brands. It might be a question on Reddit or a comment in [...]