Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs

Nurses are breaking the mold to set out on their own

Tech platform Hydreight wants to help nurses go into business for themselves by being a turnkey solution.

B. David Zarley

Business

From CDs to NFTs: Starbucks’ surprising history of embracing new tech

Starbucks’ newly-announced blockchain platform is just the latest example of the chain’s early embracement of tech.

B. David Zarley

Inventions

This company turns food waste and mushrooms into building materials

UK-based company Biohm uses natural vegetative material like food waste and mushrooms to ‘grow’ insulation panels.

Victoria Masterson

Leadership

Babble hypothesis shows key factor to becoming a leader

Researchers show that intelligence is not the most important factor in leadership, simply talking the most is.

Paul Ratner

Coal mining has changed. What’s next for miners?

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In partnership with Lumina

Coal-mining families in Kentucky lost their jobs almost overnight. But they’re not giving up. Here’s how they built a new way of life.

How Grant Sabatier saved $1 million in 5 years

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“Financial Independence, Retire Early” - How the FIRE movement is helping a generation retire in their 30s.

Entrepreneurs

This company is tackling Kuwait’s ‘tire graveyard’ problem by tire recycling

Kuwait wants to build 25,000 new houses on the site of a former tire graveyard. Here's how they're going to do it.

Ahmed Hagagy

Series| Hack the Dream

This family ditched the suburbs for an RV—and have no regrets

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In partnership with Million Stories

Could you rewrite the American dream in an RV?

Clean Energy

This battery may solve renewables’ energy storage problem

Flow batteries are a type of liquid battery that has the potential for large-scale, long-term energy storage. Researchers have found a new material for flow batteries and it looks a lot like molasses.

Teresa Carey

Robotics

These robotic suits supercharge human workers

This new wearable robotic suit from German Bionic, can boost human strength, and it is powered by artificial intelligence

Teresa Carey

Inventions

How should we measure innovation?

Researchers have come up with a new method for measuring the impact of an innovation.

Scotty Hendricks

Fashion

Denim is a dirty business, but biotech bacteria are cleaning it up

The indigo dye in denim is problematic because it is derived from petroleum. But a new startup is cultivating bacteria that generate the same iconic blue, without the need for hazardous chemicals.

Teresa Carey

Employment

Package free store offers work for neurodiverse employees

Opening in North Carolina, Part & Parcel is a package free grocery store that strives to decrease single-use packaging waste and offer inclusive employment.

Teresa Carey

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