--- title: (14) description: (14) image: https://www.hubspot.com/hubfs/assets/hubspot.com/buzz/HubSpotOpenGraph.png --- # Trends ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-5_01_11-PM_20191028220907-3.png) [how to](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/how-to), [travel](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/travel), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [DTC](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/dtc), [profile](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/profile) ### [Cannabis Business: How Revelry Supply Became a Million-Dollar Brand](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/how-revelry-supply-became-a-million-dollar-brand) Oct 29, 2019 1:20:52 PM Sometimes you just want to keep other people from smelling your stuff. Enter [Revelry Supply](https://revelrysupply.com/). Based in Santa Cruz, CA, the lifestyle cannabis business makes odor-absorbing luggage — duffels, backpacks, personal bags, etc. — aimed at cannabis users. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/how-revelry-supply-became-a-million-dollar-brand) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-lukas-blazek-UAvYasdkzq8-unsplash_20191023020906-4.jpg) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [DTC](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/dtc), [Retail](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/retail), [industry deep dive](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/industry-deep-dive) ### [Tiny Things: Honey, I shrunk everything](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/tiny-things-honey-i-shrunk-everything) Oct 23, 2019 1:18:23 PM We started exploring tiny things by sharing a single [Signal](https://trends.co/articles/trends-signals): [miniature cooking sets](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=miniature%20cooking%20set). We’ve now gone all-in on the tiny business, and found that it’s not just the miniature cooking set–it’s tiny 🏡, tiny 🎂, tiny 🌵, and just about tiny everything. We teased out over 50 tiny products and whether they’re on the 👍 or 👎. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/tiny-things-honey-i-shrunk-everything) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-bethany-legg-75nbwHfDsnY-unsplash_20191022055520-3.jpg) [service](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/service), [featured](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/featured), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [Software](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/software), [B2B](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/b2b), [saas](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/saas) ### [The A to Z of XaaS](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/the-a-to-z-of-xaas) Oct 22, 2019 1:06:20 PM Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses have commanded unprecedented attention in recent years. The glamorized business model has produced many winners, thanks to its high margins and recurring, predictable revenue. Pair that with the flurry of SaaS businesses that have hockey-stick growth and you get businesses trading at [10x revenue](https://upekkha.io/blog/valuing-saas-startups/). [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/the-a-to-z-of-xaas) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-Stuart-Rudick-Head-Shot_20191021195432-4.jpg) [Interviews](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/interviews), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [q and a](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/q-and-a), [health and wellness](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/health-and-wellness), [environment](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/environment), [Health](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/health) ### [Longtime VC Stuart Rudick: ‘The biggest opportunity today is water’](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/longtime-vc-stuart-rudick-the-biggest-opportunity-today-is-water) Oct 22, 2019 1:03:50 PM Stuart Rudick, founding partner of the VC firm [Mindfull Investors](https://mindfullinvestors.com/), has long been an early adopter. When he was bar mitzvahed at 13 his father asked him what he wanted to do with the $2k he had been gifted. “I said, ‘I want to invest it,’” Rudick recalls.  [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/longtime-vc-stuart-rudick-the-biggest-opportunity-today-is-water) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-austin-distel-EMPZ7yRZoGw-unsplash_20191022142122-3.jpg) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [Markets](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/markets), [Finance](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/finance), [Finance and Investing](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/finance-and-investing) ### [Inside Pitchbook’s Q3 Venture Capital Report](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/inside-pitchbooks-q3-venture-capital-report) Oct 22, 2019 1:01:49 PM Pitchbook recently released their quarterly [venture monitor report](https://nvca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/3Q_2019_PitchBook_NVCA_Venture_Monitor.pdf). The 37-page report is full of insight, so we pulled out the key points for you here. (You’re welcome!) [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/inside-pitchbooks-q3-venture-capital-report) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-samson-ZGjbiukp_-A-unsplash_20191017073440-3.jpg) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [Analysis](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/analysis), [industry deep dive](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/industry-deep-dive), [Markets](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/markets) ### [Making Sense of the Inc 5000](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/making-sense-of-the-inc-5000) Oct 19, 2019 12:59:28 PM Every year, Inc. releases its popular [list](https://www.inc.com/inc5000/2019/top-private-companies-2019-inc5000.html) of the fastest-growing, privately-held companies. The list started as the Inc. 100 back in 1979, but has grown to more than 5k listings in recent decades. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/making-sense-of-the-inc-5000) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-shridhar-gupta-dZxQn4VEv2M-unsplash_20191015170956-4.jpg) [Diversity](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/diversity), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [diversity and Inclusion](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/diversity-and-inclusion), [hr](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/hr) ### [The Diversity Windfall](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/the-diversity-windfall-and-entrepreneurs) Oct 15, 2019 12:56:31 PM **What you need to know: ** [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/the-diversity-windfall-and-entrepreneurs) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-Screen-Shot-2019-10-15-at-10_55_28-AM_20191015155556-3.png) [Interviews](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/interviews), [how to](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/how-to), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [profile](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/profile), [Guides](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/guides), [Software](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/software), [Design](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/design) ### [Step-by-Step: How Design Firm GBPro Doubled Revenue to $448k within 4 Years](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/step-by-step-how-design-firm-gbpro-doubled-revenue-to-448k-within-4-years) Oct 15, 2019 12:51:49 PM 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 by Amazon and designed by a company called GBPro. [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/step-by-step-how-design-firm-gbpro-doubled-revenue-to-448k-within-4-years) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-Screen-Shot-2019-10-07-at-4_36_15-PM_20191007213846-3.png) [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [Transportation](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/transportation) ### [Vacations, Unplugged](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/vacations-unplugged-remote-homes) Oct 8, 2019 12:47:29 PM **What you need to know:** [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/vacations-unplugged-remote-homes) ![](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lrg-Pat2_20191008091517-3.png) [Interviews](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/interviews), [how to](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/how-to), [Membership Required](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/membership-required), [Articles](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/articles), [q and a](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/q-and-a), [Software](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/software), [Finance and Investing](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/tag/finance-and-investing) ### [Pat Walls from Starter Story: Interviewing Over 500 Businesses While Bootstrapping His Own](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/pat-walls-from-starter-story-interviewing-over-500-businesses-while-bootstrapping-his-own) Oct 8, 2019 12:45:25 PM After a failed Y Combinator application in 2017, Pat Walls decided to bootstrap his next business. Hustling around his full-time job as a software developer, he built up [Starter Story](https://starterstory.com/) as a “solopreneur.” [Read More](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/articles/pat-walls-from-starter-story-interviewing-over-500-businesses-while-bootstrapping-his-own)