This 56-Year-Old Had ‘Zero Experience’ as a Founder. Here’s How She Grew a $100 Million Brand With a Cult Following.
She was working at a commercial real estate lending company when inspiration struck.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
How Branch Basics Built a $50 Million Cleaning Empire On Trust, Not Hype
One in every three Branch Basics purchases in 2025 came from a friend or family recommendation. That single data point tells you everything about how this women-founded cleaning brand scaled to over $50 million, and why it’s still growing.
Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims
Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.
What 60 Property Management Clients Taught Me About Marketing Failure
The lessons learned from what clients will win, and those that won’t.
Are You Trustworthy? Why the Most Valuable Asset in Business Is Your Personal Brand
Trust has become the new currency of business. Before customers buy your product, they buy confidence in the person behind it.
He Started in His Kitchen With a Family Beer Recipe. Now the Boston Beer Company Does More Than $1 Billion in Revenue. Here’s How Jim Koch Did It.
Jim Koch, founder of the Boston Beer Company, says his wild ride began when he realized that a “safe” career path would be “dangerous.”
This Automaker Paid $4.8 Billion to Fix Its Cars in a Single Year. Here’s Its Unexpected Solution to Quality Control Issues.
The company’s efforts are paying off.
SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish
SpaceX reportedly showed investors a “handset-like” AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.
Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller
The actor and investor is joining forces with Morgan Beller, who was previously a GP at NFX, to invest in early-stage startups.
Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation
The AI neocloud provider, which specializes in hosting open source models, last raised at a $3.3 billion valuation in early 2025.