Manduka: Peter Sterios
Peter Sterios discovered yoga by accident when he was in college, and wound up—also by accident—launching a multimillion-dollar business around it. He used yoga to ease neck strain and loosen his hams...
24 Apr 20231h 10min
HIBT Lab! Ursa Major: Joe Laurienti
Joe Laurienti, a former SpaceX and Blue Origin engineer, launched Ursa Major in 2015 with the idea that 3D printing could revolutionize the production of rocket engines.The timing was right: Russia ha...
20 Apr 202338min
Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
In one of the most remarkable feats ever performed by a frozen dessert, Halo Top ice cream became the best-selling pint in America just six years after launch. Its founder Justin Woolverton was a frus...
17 Apr 20231h 14min
HIBT Lab! New Culture: Matt Gibson and Inja Radman
It’s hard not to love cheese: feta, brie, gruyère, parmesan, pepper jack, mozzarella, asiago...it’s all delicious! But there’s a downside — cheese production is quite taxing on the environment, with d...
13 Apr 202337min
Orangetheory Fitness: Ellen Latham
Ellen Latham would probably have been happy teaching classes at her popular fitness studio in south Florida until she turned ninety. After being fired from her dream job as a spa director, she’d found...
10 Apr 20231h 5min
HIBT Lab! Nas Company: Nuseir Yassin
In 2016, Nuseir Yassin quit his cushy tech job to embark on a journey around the globe. The idea was simple: post a one-minute video every day for 1,000 days to show the world from his perspective. Th...
6 Apr 202344min
Twilio: Jeff Lawson
When Jeff Lawson co-founded Twilio in 2008, he had already been through a series of start-ups. Some succeeded, others fizzled out—but each provided insights that led him to build one of the most exten...
3 Apr 20231h 14min
ICYMI... HIBT Lab! Climeworks: Jan Wurzbacher
According to the 2022 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world needs to cut carbon emissions drastically to avoid the worst effects of global warming. But that’s not...
30 Mar 202338min
