Name
Irving
Belateche
Author
The idea of the starving artist doesn’t appeal to
Irving Belateche, who supports a family on his
income as a writer in Southern California.
Having written three Amazon best-sellers,
Irving finished his latest novel, The Origin of
Dracula, this year and took it to the shelves
with the help of Laurel Canyon Press.
Name
William Sacks
Company
Kindara
They say the best things come in pairs. That’s
definitely true when it comes to William and
Kati Sacks, the husband-wife team behind
groundbreaking fertility app Kindara. With
Kati’s knowledge of birth control and Will’s
background in engineering, the two couldn’t be
stopped in their quest to revolutionize female
You can’t judge a book by its cover — but
without a great cover, the book doesn’t have a
chance to be judged at all. With this in mind.
Irving and the team at Laurel Canyon turned to
99designs to outfit The Origin of Dracula with
a cover that would make it indistinguishable
from major publishers. It was a success and
then some; Irving wound up with not one but
two eye-catching covers that were good
enough to be framed. He even mailed a copy of
his book to the Oakland office to thank
everyone for their help! Now that’s teamwork.
healthcare. “We want to live in a world where
women and men are celebrated and valued
equally, and by helping women feel powerful in
regards to their fertility we are accomplishing
that mission in an important area of life.”
Kati and Will’s secret to success has been
starting small and going big. Having re-mortgaged their house to pay themselves salary for
the first year, the couple wasn’t in a place to
spend thousands on branding. Instead, they
asked 99designs to fit Kindara with a
professional-looking website and logo that
would help attract investors. The result
couldn’t have been better: Kindara has raised
several million in funding since its inception.
Talk about a healthy business!