
The Ringer: Bill Simmons
Wherever Bill Simmons is, he’s obsessed with helping his team win. During 14 tumultuous years as a creative force at ESPN, that meant launching a slew of influential projects that blended sports and p...
13 Feb 20231h 21min

HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Biobot Analytics founders Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli first met in a poop lab. Yep, you read that correctly...Their company has been working with government and corporate clients since 2017 to ana...
9 Feb 202337min

Zumiez: Tom Campion
Working as a manager for nine years at JCPenney, Tom Campion learned a critical lesson about how to succeed in retail: you have to keep close track of inventory. Tom’s experience navigating the ebb an...
6 Feb 202356min

HIBT Lab! The Sioux Chef: Sean Sherman
Chef Sean Sherman is on a mission to revitalize and reimagine Native American cuisine. Growing up on a reservation in South Dakota, Sean ate a lot of highly processed foods provided by the U.S. govern...
2 Feb 202335min

Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
When steaks don’t sell you shift to sticks; that’s how Chomps was born. After several failed ventures—one of which left him bankrupt—Pete Maldonado decided to take another chance on launching a busine...
30 Jan 20231h 25min

HIBT Lab! Osmo Salt: Nick DiGiovanni
Do you know who holds the record for making the world’s largest chicken nugget? How about the world’s largest sushi roll?If you know Nick DiGiovanni, then you know the answer to those questions. Each ...
26 Jan 202342min

Tarte Cosmetics: Maureen Kelly
Let’s say you had a passion but thought of it only as a hobby; certainly never the seed of a billion-dollar company. Plus, you are studying for a career in something unrelated to business. That’s Maur...
23 Jan 20231h 21min

HIBT Lab! Nuro: Dave Ferguson
When you think about self-driving cars, you might imagine relaxing in the back seat while a vehicle carries you to your destination. But according to Dave Ferguson, nearly half of all car tips that Am...
19 Jan 202339min






















