Category: entrepreneurs

Inside Ritual’s Katerina Schneider’s Plan To Build A Better Multivitamin

By betting on a subscription business model and targeting niche groups like expectant moms and teen girls, can this former venture partner crack the $36 billion vitamin and supplement industry?

Shots In The Dark: Why Access To A Covid-19 Vaccine Isn’t Guaranteed

Priti Krishtel, co-founder of I-MAK, on vaccine access, drug prices, and inequities in the medicines system.

Survivors & Thrivers

Amid a pandemic implosion, these startups showcase the strength, diversity and adaptability of America’s entrepreneurs—and provide hope for the country’s economic future.

The Pandemic Plutocrats: How Covid Is Creating New Fintech Billionaires

Stay-at-home consumers and stimulus checks have been a boon for online installment financing, digital banks and day trading.

Meet Bold Health: Digital Therapeutics Startup Helping People To Improve Digestive Health

Story of how two entrepreneurs are using mobile apps and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people improve their digestive health.

Lessons From The Rainforest: Human Health Leads To Planetary Health

Kinari Webb of Health in Harmony says: “Covid is the symptom of a sick planet. The cure is to begin to really think about human and environmental wellbeing as intimately interconnected.”

Can Conversations Add 15 Years To Your Life? The Science Says Yes

Does having more conversations lead to greater happiness and fulfillment?

Do deep conversations improve our well-being more than small talk?

Can conversations add 15 years to our lives?!

We’re going to get to the bottom of all 3 questions. Let’s sta…

(Part Of) What We Need To Battle Covid-19: A National Health Information Network To Replace The Fax Machine

Hospitals in many areas are becoming overwhelmed, laboratories are racing to process thousands of tests and report results, and public health agencies are drowning due to continued widespread use in health care of a communications technology most young…

Digital Pharmacy Truepill Raises $25 Million To Expand Telehealth Offerings As Revenue Could Reach $200 Million This Year

Covid-19 is shaking up how patients and insurers alike view telemedicine. Tech-enabled pharmacy startup raised $25 million from Optum Ventures and others to take advantage of that shift.

How Twice Is Changing The Conversation Around Toothpaste (With Lenny Kravitz As A Cofounder)

Brothers turned cofounders, Julian and Cody Levine, along with partner and cofounder Lenny Kravitz, are on a mission to flip the script on toothpaste with their brand, Twice. Learn about their journey and recent partnership with CVS.