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

Entrepreneurs

A lesson on empathy from a people-first CEO

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In partnership with Conscious Capitalism

In an increasingly competitive corporate world that so often prioritizes profits over people, one CEO is flipping the script and calling attention to the importance of empathy in the workplace.

Doug Dais

Aerospace

Supersonic travel went stale. Can Boom bring it back with new commercial jet?

The startup aims to make supersonic travel available to the public within a decade.

Amanda Winkler

Series| Challengers

Disrupting the business of dying

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Ever Loved is modernizing the funeral planning process with an all-in-one platform akin to “The Knot” for weddings, so that people can focus on honoring their loved ones.

Doug Dais

Series| Challengers

Air Jordan designer’s lessons for startups

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While there have been an array of challenges for startups during COVID-19, Jason Mayden is preparing for long-term success in a post-pandemic world.

Doug Dais

Series| Challengers

Healthy fast food start up takes on the McDonald’s empire

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This LA-based business wants to radically alter the fast food industry by selling healthy fast food at the same low cost as competitors like McDonald’s.

Doug Dais

Series| Catalysts

Business boot camp for low-income entrepreneurs

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In partnership with Stand Together

By developing the skills of entrepreneurs in low-income communities, this nonprofit is empowering people to generate sustainable income and become a force for economic growth in their neighborhoods.

Jennifer Greil

Series| Catalysts

Open source textbooks save students $1 billion

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In partnership with Stand Together

Many college students’ ability to realize their full potential is hampered by insurmountable expenses, so OpenStax is turning the tide by providing access to free textbooks.

Doug Dais

Entrepreneurs

Red Bull’s underground pitch competition for young innovators

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Red Bull’s pitch competition allows colleges around the world to tap into the limitless potential of young, creative minds to develop new technology for the greater good.

Series| Catalysts

3D printed homes for the homeless

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In partnership with Stand Together

This 51-acre neighborhood for the homeless will be the first of its kind in the U.S. to have 3D printed homes.

Female Leaders

Why don’t women’s health companies get adequate funding?

Celmatix Founder and CEO Piraye Beim gives an inside look into the battle to secure funding for women's health.

Julia Sklar

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