Valerie Demicheva

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's at TCD.

TSG, Chuck Esserman's private equity firm, has delivered net returns topping 24% over his last three funds and more than 35% for TSG’s most recent fund. Yet thirty years ago, Esserman’s brand-centric approach was met with skepticism.

The busy and car-less cooks and snackers of San Francisco, Mountain View and Palo Alto can now rest (on their couches) assured that they don't have to leave the house or spend more than 10 minutes grocery shopping - which is what fit the lifestyle of Instacart creator Apoorva Mehta,...

John C. Jay was voted one of the “Top Ten Most Influential Art Directors of the Past 50 years” by Graphic Design USA Magazine and has received numerous awards for his work in advertising, which includes campaigns for Nike during his time at Wieden+Kennedy as Global Executive Creative Director. Today, Jay serves as President of Global Creative at Fast Retailing Co. and is widely lauded as one of the most creative thinkers in the business.

A curated lifestyle in your inbox, Inside Hook is a daily newsletter and site whose editors hand-pick travel, fashion, health and lifestyle experiences for the man with less time than money.  The s......

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Operating more like a tech startup than a traditional luxury-goods company, Wen and Chung started out with a few dozen sketched designs. They raised $1.3 million in funding from angel investors, partners from Peterson Partners, GSR Ventures and S-Cubed Capital, and began testing prototypes with hundreds of women in their networks. “At a certain point of showing it to people, they started to say, ‘Can I buy this? I want to use it immediately,’” said Chung. “That was a strong sign that we were ready.”

In 2000, a trip to the mall with her full-figured mother alerted her to the dearth of stylish clothing for larger women and led her to launch Igigi, an award-winning contemporary line for plus-size women. After Igigi became a success, Raquel said that her most time-consuming obstacle continued to be...

Biking is a kind of meditation for Rich Silverstein, co-chairman and partner of the award-winning advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners - known for the "Got Milk?" commercials, among many others. Having recently moved to San Francisco, his new morning routine includes a quick ride to see his beloved bridge....

Rather than armor women with shoulder pads and pants to match the men on the playing field, it conveys power by explicitly pointing out the wearer's gender and elevating it as a celebrated asset, rather than a handicap to be masked in garb traditionally worn by men. Yahoo's CEO Marissa...

Bestselling author of "The 4-Hour Workweek" Tim Ferriss and InsideHook - the gentleman's e-newsletter good life guide that launched in San Francisco this month - clearly know how to curate a rollic......

“There’s a demand for what I’m doing — simple, high-quality dresses at affordable prices that women can wear all year,” says Dmowska, who hopes her label will soon grow to become an international brand. Having moved from Poland to New York to study fashion and apparel at Parsons the New...

Pickup artist Vince "Hollywood" Kelvin seems at home under a red spotlight created by the "open" and "sale" signs of competing pizzerias, bars, and souvenir shops on Powell Street. Kelvin, a Los Ange......

The Chronicle's Valerie Demicheva reports from the food technology front: Earlier this month, developers, bloggers and all kinds of food lovers banded together for two straight days (and nights) at......

Within hours of the firm's annual meeting on Tuesday, a bogus Web site released a statement professional-sounding statement on behalf of the company....