CAROLE CRIST

By Rodney Sparrow

CREATOR: ZAC SEGAL

Live Axe, a bar and lounge featuring axe throwing, brings a sophisticated, New York City-level experience to this activity that has become popular across the U.S. Manhattan’s first axe-throwing venue. Live Axe offers delicious food, including vegetarian and gluten-free options, an elevated cocktail menu in a Viking-themed bar, and chic, Instagram-friendly industrial design in its 10,000 square-foot Soho space. And no worries, it’s perfectly safe to hang out there – the axe throwing is relegated to cages and guided by highly trained “Axperts” called Cage Captains.

Instagram Backdrops

“We elevated the experience, it’s not just a barn or warehouse,” says founder Zac Segal. “I don't think there's any other axe throwing place in the world that does it the way we do, with everythingthe music, the food, the drinks, the design - together.”

Throughout the stylish space graphic walls designed by different artists in a variety of materials provide perfect Instagram backdrops. “The vibe is like going to a fancy lounge in Manhattan,” says Segal

In the planning stages is a “rage room,” in which you are invited to break things. It could be plates or glassware, or monitors , computer, or anything that comes to mind . (We can all relate to that!) You choose your weapon, perhaps a sledgehammer, baseball bat, or, yes, an axe, and smash the object. Loud music may be your accompaniment, getting you even more keyed up - or more concisely, more gleefully vengeful.

“It definitely matches axe throwing, so I'm not going in different directions. It's adding one more way to be active, to be social.” Explains Zac. In the future, he’s planning to open additional Live Axe locations, in big cities both in the U.S. and abroad. liveaxe.com

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Champion For Those In Need

After an esteemed career in private business and public life, it’s now all about how and whom she can help. While many know Carole Crist as the former First Lady of Florida, she is equally known in philanthropic circles as a champion for those in need. Her personal and professional experiences in public and private life have honed her understanding of the impoverished and the underserved, giving her unique perspective on the “who” and “how” one can make a difference.

the technology sphere. Developing disruptive technologies not only shakes things up, but also brings positive 21st-century solutions to the problems facing society today and generates outsized returns to investors. To paraphrase JFK, impact investing is the proverbial “rising tide that lifts all boats.”

Capital With A Conscience

If impact investing is the tide, then Carole Crist is a wavemaker. Carole is the Founder of CLC Global Advisors, a firm that works alongside select clients and family offices whose shared objective is to build businesses that can have significant impact around the world. Coining the phrase “capital with a conscience,” Carole and fellow business leaders have made waves in various industries. “Investors have myriad choices for how to allocate human and financial capital. Why not deploy it with a purpose into ventures that have a positive impact on people’s lives? It is classic doing well by doing good,” she says.

Women In Leadership

Fisher Island

Crist is a native New Yorker, but now calls Fisher Island, Florida “home”. After earning a degree from Georgetown University Business School, she went on to take the reins of her family’s 100-year-old Halloween company for 25 years and built a global private jet business, among her various corporate ventures.

Impact Investing

This path has led Carole into the world of “impact investing.” People invest money to advance a social agenda and expand opportunity for those in need, typically in

Carole’s foremost passion is the advancement of women in business. She emphasizes a shocking statistic: only 2% of venture capital dollars go to companies founded by women. This is a tremendous disparity she hopes to rectify by both raising awareness and actively engaging in female startups. It is worth noting research shows that businesses with women founders tend to have a higher rate of success. “I see elevating women as my highest calling,” she says. Crist believes we must do all we can to support women in business and fuel their success.

“By helping women break into the technology field and the venture capital realm, I know that our world will be more equitable, inclusive and successful for generations to come.” carolecrist.com