This 21-Year-Old Was In College and Didn’t Know What He Wanted to Do With His Life. A Year Later, He Thought of an Idea That Turned Into a $16 Million Business.

November 12, 2024

Adam Cohen, founder and CEO of Stic, shares his roadmap for success for the car-based ad tech startup.

This Chef’s Unfiltered Approach to Food Found Success Online. Now, Her Grocery Store Brings Her Brand to Life: ‘I Don’t Want to Live on the Internet.’

November 12, 2024

Alison Roman discusses her growing list of digital projects — and her Upstate New York grocery store, First Bloom.

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November 12, 2024

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‘We Were Just Constantly Getting Made Fun Of’ — How Athletic Brewing Crushed an ‘Enormous Stigma’ to Craft an $800 Million Business

November 12, 2024

Bill Shufelt fought an uphill battle to create a non-alcoholic beer that people actually wanted to drink. Now Athletic Brewing Company is one of the top 10 brewers in the country.

Productivity Up, Price Down—Windows 11 Pro Is Just $17.97

November 12, 2024

Powerful tools, sleek design, terrific price.

His Online Community College Offers Classes from Ivy League Professors — And It’s Free For 86% of Students

November 12, 2024

Tade Oyerinde started Campus because he believed Americans deserve low-cost, high-quality options for getting a college education. Tuition is $7,200 a year — less than a Pell Grant — and all students are given a laptop and a career coach.

Olipop Created a New Beverage Category. Now It’s Nearing a Half Billion Dollars in Sales — and Knocking on the Door of Big Soda.

November 12, 2024

Ben Goodwin people to enjoy a bottle of pop without feeling bad about it. His nostalgia-infused, “functional soda” brand Olipop makes that possible.

After Working at Google and Facebook, She Started a Company to Fight Forest Fires. Now The Government Is Her Customer.

November 12, 2024

Allison Wolff cofounded Vibrant Planet because she realized how much of an impact technology could have on land management — a huge aspect of controlling forest fires.

She Wanted to Make Hand Sanitizer Sexy, Long Before the Pandemic. Here’s How She Made It Into Sephora, and Sold 20 Million Bottles.

November 12, 2024

Back in 2014, Andrea Lisbona set out to make hand sanitizer a daily-use product like skincare. Next year, revenue at Touchland is projected to be more than $100 million.

The Download: parkour for robot dogs, and Africa’s AI ambitions

November 12, 2024

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. Generative AI taught a robot dog to scramble around a new environment Teaching robots to navigate new environments is tough. You can train them on physical, real-world data taken from recordings made by…

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