I.R.S. Records: Miles Copeland
As a music industry mogul and founder of I.R.S. Records, Miles Copeland prided himself on making deals that were easy to say “yes” to. With a mixture of shrewd business skills, swagger, good taste and...
26 Dec 20221h 7min
HIBT Lab! Immunai: Noam Solomon
According to the CDC, 6 in 10 adults in the U.S. have a chronic disease like cancer or diabetes. Meanwhile, the process for discovering new drug treatments is critically expensive and inefficient. Abo...
22 Dec 202233min
Beautyblender: Rea Ann Silva
Working as a Hollywood makeup artist in the early 2000s, Rea Ann Silva designed a sponge that reshaped the face of beauty. She'd been looking for a technique to simplify makeup touch-ups without worry...
19 Dec 20221h 10min
Alienware: Frank Azor and Nelson Gonzalez
With no formal training in business or computer design, Nelson Gonzalez and his cofounders decided to do what almost no other company was doing in the mid-1990’s: make personal computers specifically ...
12 Dec 20221h 14min
HIBT Lab! Gro Intelligence: Sara Menker
Growing up in Ethiopia in the 1980s and ‘90s, Sara Menker saw the devastating effects of drought and famine firsthand. Later as a commodities trader on Wall Street, Sara realized that a major driver o...
8 Dec 202238min
Famous Dave's: Dave Anderson (2020)
Growing up in 1960's Chicago, Dave Anderson didn't eat much deep dish. Instead, his dad took the family to the South Side for barbecue, and those memories—and aromas—stayed with him.For years, Dave ti...
5 Dec 20221h 15min
ICYMI... HIBT Lab! Babish Culinary Universe: Andrew Rea
Growing up, Andrew Rea dreamed of becoming a Hollywood filmmaker. But the special effects production job he landed after college left him feeling…uninspired. After a series of creative defeats and mou...
1 Dec 202246min
