When you look around the wellness industry, there are a lot of well-intentioned and thought out products covering physical and mental needs. However, when it comes vaginal health and feminine sexuality, many products lacked this thoughtfulness and usefulness, sorely underserving a $181 billion addressable market. Quim provides a line of proactive, plant-based, and sustainable products…
When COVID-19 put the office workers at home indefinitely, Thru Shivakumar thought her company would be dead in the water. However as the dust began to clear (working professionals and parents struggling to work from home),it’s evident offices are a needed space in the current work environment. What was an existential concern became a strength…
CEO of Proxfinity. Proxfinity, like almost all companies in the event space, got slammed by the consequences of the COVID-19 spread. However unlike most other event companies, Proxfinity had an existing product, their wearable tech badge that lights up when around people with like-minded interests at networking events, that they could reimagine to help achieve…
CEO and COO of Pear Chef. Founder Danielle Drabkin and COO Jennifer Wei join the show to catch up with Scott about the growth of Pear Chef, a private-chef service amenity serving fresh meals and drinks. Pear Chef provides weekly menus to buildings that residents can order from on the Pear Chef site, made on-site…
CEO of Publicist. Too often, brands turn to agencies that offer PR, advertising and marketing services but come away dissatisfied with the full suite. Now, companies can find the best people for certain PR/marketing jobs on their own with Publicist. Lara founded Publicist to be the 2020 answer to getting the quality marketing talent when…
Tyla-Simone Crayton, the 16-year-old founder of Sienna Sauce came up with her delicious formula while her mom was hosting Wine and Wings. After the initial taste test stunned the room, Tyla-Simone recreated the sauce with better ingredients that cut out the excessive sugar and sodium than your regular bottle of ketchup or other condiment, and…
CEO of PartySlate. How do you capture that feel and experience of an organized event when you can’t meet in person? Julie Novack, cofounder of PartySlate (and longtime friend of Technori), has been in the middle of of solving this question with a rapid pivot towards orchestrating digital events as a part of their platform.…
“Uber for ‘x’” is the most overused, maddening phrase in startup land. It’s hype-marketing shorthand for just about every business idea that leverages the sharing economy. That’s why co-founders Keithan and Quiante Hedrick were initially wary of framing their live-translator-on-demand app, Instaspeakers, as “Uber for translation” to potential investors. But the VCs they spoke…
When Dana Todd decided to do a major wardrobe update, she had no idea she was about to hit on the idea for her next business. Dismayed with the availability of fashionable options for women who don’t fall into the very young or very thin categories, Dana saw an opportunity to offer custom-made clothing…
Earlier this year, WeSolv founder and CEO Stella Ashaolu was asked during an interview which tech mogul she’d most like to have in her corner: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos. Understandably, Stella didn’t love the premise of having to choose her hero from one of three white guys (she eventually settled on…