The Power of a Picture

The Splurge is our monthly column about entrepreneurs’ first big gift to themselves—because hard work deserves its rewards. This month: capturing a beautiful moment.

- Joe Keohane

Like many entrepreneurs, Maria Hatzistefanis began her journey when she got fired from a good job she couldn’t stand. The Greekborn Hatzistefanis had studied business at Columbia University and, after graduation, taken a job in banking. It went well until it didn’t—“My passion wasn’t there,” she says. She soon found herself out of work.

“I was devastated, but it was actually the best thing that ever happened to me,” Hatzistefanis says, “because it made me think harder about what I wanted to become.”