Roberto Milk, 40, is the chief executive and a co-founder of Novica, which searches the globe for artists unknown outside their local areas. The Santa Monica company gives them an online platform and a forum for their stories. Novica says it has delivered $50 million in payments to nearly 17,600 artists. Products include 400 kinds of jewelry boxes, more than 1,300 styles of handbags and more than 900 oil paintings, just to name a few of the categoriesMore

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