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Seed
Raja Dhir is the co-founder of microbiome company Seed. Based in LA, Seed is a collective of scientists and doctors, researching how bacteria can improve human health and that of our planet. Its first product, a daily synbiotic, focuses on the stomach.
The best of The Entrepreneurs: Tech for Good
In revisiting our favourite conversations with technology-company founders in 2019, we hear from Richard Pierson, a former ad executive who founded meditation app Headspace with a Buddhist monk; Luis von Ahn, CEO of free language-learning tool Duolingo; and Michelle Kennedy, founder and CEO of the app for mothers, Peanut. Plus:…
The best of The Entrepreneurs: sustainable fashion design
We talk to some of the leaders in the world of fashion on how to cut waste and design more sustainably. The brothers Christopher and Graeme Raeburn tell us about their “reduced, recycled and remade” concept, and we chat with Kresse Wesling from Elvis & Kresse about recycling London’s discarded…
Eureka 179: Long Meadow Ranch
Chris Hall is the executive vice-president of Long Meadow Ranch, a family-owned California wine company and integrated agricultural business. Started after his parents bought the ranch in 1989, the company now runs four wineries, a restaurant, café and farmer’s market. As California now deals with the effects of climate change…
Hello Ruby
Linda Liukas is a Finnish programmer, author, illustrator and founder of Hello Ruby, an interactive and fun children’s book series about technology and computing. Launched on Kickstarter in 2014, the series is now published in 25 languages. Liukas also founded Rails Girls, teaching programming to young women in more than…
Eureka 178: Waterdrop
Martin Murray, founder and CEO of Austria’s Waterdrop, has created the ‘microdrink’: an effervescent, compact cube made of plant and fruit extracts that can be added to tap or filtered water. It’s a response to the large carbon footprint of the drinks industry, which ships glass and plastic worldwide.
Fender
After working at Nike and Disney, Andy Mooney joined Fender in 2015, becoming the first CEO of the US heritage guitar brand to actually play the instrument. He now oversees the relaunch of Fender’s iconic models and the company’s digital growth.
Eureka 177: Snow Peak
Lisa Yamai is the executive vice-president of Snow Peak, the Japanese outdoor apparel and gear firm, and granddaughter of the company’s founder. Yukio Yamai was an accomplished mountaineer who started the brand in 1958 to create climbing gear that met his standards. In 2014, Lisa joined to lead the design…
Deciem
Nicola Kilner is the co-founder and CEO of Deciem, a skincare firm with 50 shops that is known for its tagline, ‘The abnormal beauty company.’ Kilner co-founded the company with Brandon Truaxe, launching 10 brands in 2013. But it was the firm’s eleventh brand, The Ordinary, which has been its…
Eureka 176: Cossac
Agata Kozak launched Madrid-based Cossac in 2014, a women’s fashion label with a focus on sustainability. Kozak – who grew up in Poland, studied in Barcelona and Istanbul and worked in London – wants people to buy less while investing in quality pieces, which is why she makes wardrobe staples…
