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The Diversity Windfall

by Mark Dent October 15, 2019 0Comments

SUB As more companies seek a diverse workforce, entrepreneurs see big opportunities to help 3 Minute Read What you need to know: Businesses with the most ethnic diversity and gender diversity outperform their peers by 33% and 21%, but many industries struggle…

Step-by-Step: How Design Firm GBPro Doubled Revenue to $448k within 4 Years

by Mark Dent October 15, 2019 0Comments

First in a series of how-to guides to help you grow your business 4 Minute Read If you visited Seattle in the last couple years, you may have seen the wall-size posters of entrepreneurs featured throughout the Amazon Marketplace. They were commissioned…

9 Tips for Finding Product Market Fit

by Mark Dent September 24, 2019 0Comments

Decoding the holy grail sought by every startup with the help of the Trends community 1 Minute Rea In the Trends Facebook group this week, subscriber Jay Wa discussed an app he is planning in the legal tech space that could provide…

Age Tech: The Market Where Everyone is a Potential Consumer

by Mark Dent September 10, 2019 0Comments

Age tech is a trillion-dollar industry where everyone is a potential consumer 5 Minute Read What you need to know: Worldwide, the number of people over 65 totals 635m and could rise to 2B by 2060. The people getting older and living…

21st century catnip: The rise of CBD for pets

by Mark Dent September 3, 2019 0Comments

CBD is the fastest-growing segment of the popular pet supplement industry 4 Minute Read What you need to know: Pet supplements have risen in popularity because of the increase in pet ownership and humanization of pets. The $636m supplement market is expected to…

Catharine Dockery on building a VC fund for vices

by Mark Dent September 3, 2019 0Comments

Vice Ventures has raised $25m since January and invested in several companies traditional funds bypass 4 Minute Read Her last job was technically for Walmart. Catharine Dockery, the founder of VC fund that specializes in vice, was chief of staff for…

The future of bikes is electric

by Mark Dent August 20, 2019 0Comments

Ebike sales in the U.S. are projected to grow from 300k units per year to 7m 4 Minute Read What you need to know: Sales of ebikes are eventually expected to comprise half of all bike sales, meaning about 75m units will be…

Cold brew office kegs are the future of coffee

by Mark Dent August 13, 2019 0Comments

The office is the daytime version of a bar, and cold brew is the drink of choice 6 Minute Read What you need to know: Cold brew coffee, a $29m industry, is expected to grow to $170m by 2025. Grant Gyesky, co-founder…

Chris Marshall is building a sober bar franchise

by Mark Dent August 13, 2019 0Comments

His pop-up tour has caught national attention as more people lean sober curious 3 Minute Read On a stretch of Austin’s eastside that features a popcorn cafe, vintage store, vegetarian soul food restaurant, and the city’s oldest black-owned barbecue joint, Chris Marshall has…

How to build a successful brewery in 2019

by Mark Dent August 13, 2019 0Comments

Scott Metzger, co-founder of Freetail Brewing Company, shares 4 tips on how to win customers 2 Minute Read CONTENT For the average person thinking about starting a brewery, the short answer is don’t do it. Consider the numbers: There are 7.5k breweries…