News Deeply Tackles the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Mashable's Jason Abbruzzese profiles founder Lara Setrakian.

RefugeesDeeplyAt age 33, Lara Setrakian has been running News Deeply for four years now. As Mashable business and media writer Jason Abbruzzese notes in his deep dive look at her operation, something a little different has been going on lately:

For the past few months, Setrakian has been running it all while very, very pregnant.

She admits it was something that did force her to pause, at least at first. “Can I really pitch and can I really do a demo day with a big belly?” she recalls thinking.

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